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Brook trout are native in the Eastern United States and were the most important fly rod gamefish for early anglers, until they were supplanted by n...

Carrie Stevens (1882-1970) of Upper Dam, Maine, created some of the most beautiful and enduring streamer patterns ever, including the legendary Gra...

We've had great comprehensive books on fly fishing before, but this one is excellent because it is concise.  It has the info you need to start fly...

Maine offers some of the most diverse angling opportunities in the nation. Depending on the season, or your fishing preference, you can canoe a rem...

"...let me introduce an idea - just something to kick around: Maybe your stature as a fly fisherman isn't determined by how big a trout you can cat...

Fly Tyer's Guide to Tying Essential Trout Flies provides the beginning and intermediate fly fisher with everything he or she needs to know in orde...

Fly Tying Made Clear and Simple by Skip Morris is a standard among fly tying guides for beginners.  Hundreds of color photographs and clear illustr...

In this intriguing look at his many hours at the tying bench, popular author John Gierach focuses on the trout flies he has found most successful a...

Burton Spiller's Grouse Feathers is possibly the best known book of all time on grouse hunting. The spirit and passion with which he writes i...

This is an all-new color edition of a popular reference and introduction of aquatic insects at the simplest level. There is no Latin and the classi...

Black Ghosts and Art in a Maine Guide’s Wilderness by Graydon and Leslie Hilyard Herbert Welch, the inventor of the still very popular streamer pat...

An intensely private and shy man, Hoover the person was largely unknown to the American public. In this extensively researched biography devoted to...

Kayak fishing is one of the fastest growing segments in the sport of fly fishing. In addition to getting you away from the bank and to unpressured ...

Midges may be small, but in many streams and lakes around the world they are the most important year-round food source for trout. Rick Takahashi an...

Best-selling author George Daniel shares expert tactics and techniques for a new generation of nymph anglers. He covers specialized equipment, flie...

More than twenty outings are included in this paddling guide to the rivers, ponds, and lakes of the Western Maine mountains and foothills. Seasoned...

Lefty Kreh calls it the best fly-tying book of the past few years and  Field & Stream calls it "a bible of invaluable secrets".  This revised t...

Storied Waters chronicles the author’s six-week odyssey from Maine to Wisconsin and back to explore and fly fish America’s most storied waters and...

Streamers, and hair wing versions called bucktails, are versatile patterns that can be fished anywhere whether targeting landlocked salmon on a pri...

Mike Valla's, The Founding Flies is a book that seeks to venerate many of America's most influential fly tyers, their innovations and flies, in tha...

Written by Orvis's Tom Rosenbauer, The Orvis Guide to Hatch Strategies is the definitive book on understanding stream entomology and how to apply i...

Learn the mysteries of the Carrie Stevens method of making Rangeley-style streamers-one of the most enduring, effective, and beautiful baitfish imi...

Midge larvae and pupae, tiny parachutes, floating nymphs, micro scuds, tiny antsChoosing the right hook, thread, wire, and amount of weight for sma...

Features 21 classic fly patterns with step-by-step photo tutorials for tying them, Tips on the best way to fish the founding flies today. Includes ...