Here are some of the most popular fishing books by some of the worlds leading authors in the field. Most of titles listed here are fly fishing and fly tying. I've only put on a small selection of titles here which I believe to be some of the most popular. If you are looking for a specific title or author then the amazon logo will take you direct to Amazon where you can search for a title, author or subject.

The Books

Rivers & Lochs of Scotland.

(Bruce Sandison)

Probably the most complete guide to fishing in Scotland available. Republished in October 2000, the book covers just about every piece of fly-fishing water in Scotland, with listings for more than 6,000 lochs and 600 rivers including maps, addresses, permission, telephone numbers, costs, boats and gillies, recommended flies, and fishing tactics. A truly remarkable piece of research.

Bruce Sandison is an experienced fly fisher and author who also writes regularly for some of Scotlands leading newspapers.

Fly Fishing for Trout

(Bob Church, Peter Gathercole)

Bob Church and Peter Gathercole offer this approach to mastering the sport. Trout is found in lakes, reservoirs, streams and rivers, and for each environment the angler is shown how to change his techniques to cope with the conditions. With step-by-step photographs of all the techniques used.

List Price: £14.99      Amazon Price: £11.99

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Secrets of Fly-fishing for Trout

(Ian Ball)

For those people who want to learn how to tighten their line and budget, Ball's book is the ideal purchase. Aims to instruct people who wish to acquire knowledge, and will also suit those who want to enjoy a lazy day out on the riverbank with the added bonus of a catch.

List Price: £3.99

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Fly Casting for Everyone

(Gary Lewis)

Experienced Orvis fly caster teaches the basics of the cast in this illustrated book. Easy-to-understand instructions make clear the proper grip, stance and arm movements for long and short casts.

Amazon Price: £6.50

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Fly-fishing

Covering both fresh and salt water, this book reveals the secrets of successful fly-fishing, discussing the fish, food and flies, techniques and fishing areas. The holistic nature of fly-fishing is explored, showing the link between fish and their food, and our understanding of it.

List Price: £25.00      Amazon Price: £21.25

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Matching the Hatch

(Pat O'Reilly)

An excellent book packed with full colour photographs of the insects and corresponding flies. Giving a reference as to the insects that are hatching during the course of the year and which flies represent them. The history, tying and materials. This is not just another guide to help the angler choose the right artificial fly, but a study of entomology including macro-photography of insect life combined with selections of the most lookalike lure.

List Price : £12.95      Amazon Price: £11.01

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Fly-Tying Techniques & Patterns

(John Van Vliet)

This guide is designed to help fly anglers select the proper equipment, tie knots, cast, analyze a body of water, and present a fly to a fish and catch it.

List Price : £12.95      Amazon Price: £11.92

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The Fly Tier's Benchside Reference

(Ted Leeson, Jim Schollmeyer)

Printed in full color this book features over 3,000 color photographs and over 400,000 words describing and showing, step-by-step, hundreds of fly-tying techniques! Leeson and Schollmeyer have collaborated to produce this masterful volume which will be the standard fly-tying reference book for the entire trout-fishing world. Through enormous effort on their part they bring to all who love flies and fly fishing a wonderful compendium of fly-tying knowledge. Every fly tier should have this book in their library.

List Price : £69.89      Amazon Price: £62.90

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Trout Flies of Britain and Europe

(John Goddard)

This book provides a wealth of fishing information on different types of water as well as on particular species, and the author explains the many successful techniques he has developed over the years, some of which are relatively new and have proved to be astonishingly successful.

A large proportion of the 500 colour photographs that appear here have been taken by the author, who is also a skilled micro-photographer. Together with those donated by other experts, they provide a unique collection of almost every insect or fauna that is likely to be seen either in or on the water throughout Europe. For fly-fishers or students of freshwater life, this is an essential reference book that is so comprehensive it is unlikely to be superseded.

List Price : £35.00      Amazon Price: £28.00

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Basic Manual of Fly-tying

(Paul N. Fling, Donald Puterbaugh)

The secret of successful fly-tying is to learn to think like a fish. This book provides details of what kinds of insects particular species of fish want to catch, and what they look like at certain times of year. This is the revised edition.

List Price : £12.99      Amazon Price: £10.39

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The Fly Fisher's Illustrated Dictionary

(Darrel Martin)

Contains some 350 explanations of fly-fishing terms and phrases, encompassing fly tying, entomology, historic equipment, and angling methods. Entries are listed alphabetically, and supported by anecdotes and often by b&w drawings and photos. Of particular interest to fly tyers.

List Price : £24.95      Amazon Price: £18.84

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Trout and the Sub-surface Fly

(Lou Stevens)

Research has revealed that trout find and consume between 75 and 85 per cent of their food below the actual surface. This book concentrates on the use of sub-surface "flies" and the various methods of fishing them. The author includes actual fishing situations with anecdotes.

List Price : £12.99      Amazon Price: £10.39

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The Fly Tier's Manual

(Mike Dawes)

This reference book for the fly fisherman outlines the essential equipment for fly tying and discusses the basic methods of fishing with nymphs, dry flies, wet flies, lures and streamers. Includes equipment, materials, patterns and has over 300 illustrations and 200 colour photographs. An excellent reference and instruction manual for beginner and experienced fly tyer alike

List Price : £15.99      Amazon Price: £12.79

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Fly Tying Made Clear and Simple

(Skip Morris)

Expert tier Skip Morris shows how easy it is to tie excellent flies in this all-color book. Over 220 color photographs show all the techniques you need to know. 73 different materials in color plus 27 tools. Clear, precise advice tells you how to do it step-by-step as well as pointing out difficulties and explaining how to overcome them! Dries, wets, streamers, nymphs, etc., included so that you can tie virtually any pattern.

List Price : £13.94      Amazon Price: £12.55

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220 Favourite Flies

("Trout and Salmon", "Trout Fisherman")

This book on flies is sub-divided into : salmon and sea trout; river trout; still water trout; and grayling. It features fly construction details in full, information on when and how to use each fly and a colour photograph on each page.

List Price : £9.99      Amazon Price: £8.49

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Steelhead and Salmon Drift-Fishing

(Timothy Kusherets)

Drift-Fishing uses the exact same principals as Fly-Fishing. Like fly-fishing, the applications of drift-fishing can be taken anywhere in the world where trout (steelhead) and salmon are found, so what's the difference? While fly-fishing offers drifting techniques from the surface, drift-fishing offers techniques near the riverbed, where trout and salmon hold, the offerings are placed right in front of their noses. A point-by-point address covers species, migration, reading water, gear, setup considerations, what it takes to put them on the bite, and so much more. Every single person that has gone out with me using drift-fishing techniques has caught fish using the very same applications in this book.

Amazon Price : £8.42

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Shrimp & Spey Flies for Salmon

(Chris Mann, Robert Gillespie)

This book gives us the complete, world-wide and historical shrimp and spey patterns and a lot of information about their origins. It provides us with hundreds of useful patterns that can be used not only in the U.K. and Ireland but will seduce salmon and steelhead on many rivers elsewhere.

List Price: £20.00      Amazon Price: £16.00

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Pike Fishing

(Mick Brown)

All pike anglers need a knowledge of their quarry and the best methods for catching it. This book provides both. All aspects and methods of pike fishing are covered: live-baiting, dead-baiting, lure fishing, river fishing, and piking in all types of stillwater.

List Price: £19.95      Amazon Price: £16.96

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Fifty Years a Fisherman

(John Wilson)

In all the slow, quiet bays and side streams off the main river shoals of piranha wait to chomp your morenita in half, so a step down in hook and bait size is imperative. The face of British angling, television star, big fish specialist and author of countless excellent guides to the sport of rod fishing.

List Price : £20.00      Amazon Price: £17.00

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