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Fishing in British Columbia => Fly Fishing Cafe => Topic started by: Clarki Hunter on August 25, 2009, 09:14:13 PM

Title: Recommendation for fly books
Post by: Clarki Hunter on August 25, 2009, 09:14:13 PM

Hey all,

I was hoping someone could recommend a good book on flies for our area.  I have a trout book right now but it lists flies for the world.  Ideally something with alot of pictures, as I'm new again to fly fishing, I can only name a few flies by looking at them. 

Thanks!

Title: Re: Recommendation for fly books
Post by: jimmywits on August 26, 2009, 08:03:34 PM

Quote from: hookmeup on August 25, 2009, 09:14:13 PM

Hey all,

I was hoping someone could recommend a good book on flies for our area.  I have a trout book right now but it lists flies for the world.  Ideally something with alot of pictures, as I'm new again to fly fishing, I can only name a few flies by looking at them. 

Thanks!

The best book on fly fishing and flies for British Colunmbia is a book called the ''Gilly''. If you are new to fly-fishing this book is the bible. It is no longer in publication, but you can easily obtain it through used book stores. Just google it and store names will show. I cannot give new fly-fishers any better advice than to obtain this book. I still read my hardcover copy every year.
hope this helps       tight lines

Title: Re: Recommendation for fly books
Post by: Clarki Hunter on August 26, 2009, 09:46:24 PM

Thanks Jimmy!  Picked one up off amazon for 18 bucks.

Title: Re: Recommendation for fly books
Post by: jimmywits on August 27, 2009, 08:09:32 AM

Quote from: hookmeup on August 26, 2009, 09:46:24 PM

Thanks Jimmy!  Picked one up off amazon for 18 bucks.

Well done, you will see very quickly what an essential learning tool this book is. It is a compilation of all the heavy hitter fly-fishing guru's and it is exclusively about British Columbia.
    enjoy   jimmywits

Title: Re: Recommendation for fly books
Post by: bigsnag on August 27, 2009, 09:47:31 PM

Hookmeup, if you tie your own flies , Phil Rowly has a great book on still water flies with great illustrations,easy tying instructions for the basic collection of the most commonly used patterns that are fishable on any lake.

Title: Re: Recommendation for fly books
Post by: Clarki Hunter on August 27, 2009, 09:51:08 PM

Thanks for the reply bigsnag.  I'm new again to fishing so I don't tie... yet?  Not sure that I'll be able to, only because we have a 1 year old.  So maybe when she's older I can start.   :-\

Title: Re: Recommendation for fly books
Post by: newsman on August 27, 2009, 10:56:00 PM

"A Compendium of Canadian Fly Patterns" and "Fly Tying for Trophy Trout."

Title: Re: Recommendation for fly books
Post by: Clarki Hunter on August 28, 2009, 07:26:32 PM

Quote from: newsman on August 27, 2009, 10:56:00 PM

"A Compendium of Canadian Fly Patterns" and "Fly Tying for Trophy Trout."

Looks like I'm heading to Chapter's this weekend.

Thanks newsman!

Title: Re: Recommendation for fly books
Post by: mykisscrazy on August 31, 2009, 11:34:48 AM

Books that I find Useful (and Yes the Gilly is my bible)

Fly Patterns of British Columbia
Contemporary Fly Patterns of British Columbia

BC Outdoors also has a nice little fly pattern book

Good Instructional Fly Tying Books

Spey Fllies and how to tie them
American Nymphs Fly Tying Manual
Trout Flies of the West
Fly Patterns for Still Waters

Title: Re: Recommendation for fly books
Post by: Clarki Hunter on August 31, 2009, 09:33:33 PM

Picked up Flies of the Northwest tonight from Army and Navy.  The place was buzzin with people...  lotsa pink talk and people getting excited.

Thanks for the suggestions mkc.

Title: Re: Recommendation for fly books
Post by: drock31 on September 01, 2009, 08:24:45 PM

Flyfishing stillwaters for trout by brian chan and skip Morris