O.K. I am a book nerd and I love to read and collect books related to fishing and hunting in BC. This forum was started at my request. I have many books and have read them all. I just want to help others make informed decisions about what they are buying for their personal library. If you have questions about a book or need help locating a book an a specific subject, feel free to ask in General Fly Fishing discussion. Speaking of posting, if you have a book you liked, or didn't like, write a review and let us know. Just remember to keep it civil, no slagging etc. All reviews must be sent to RickB or myself via Private Message or use the site contact page to be reviewed before ...

Attachment 1320by Rick Takahashi
ISBN 10: 1934753009
Publisher: Headwater Books
Binding: Hardcover
Spiral-bound: 288 pages

The Review: In my effort to expand on my midge boxes this winter, I decided to see what ...

By Roderick Haig-Brown
ISBN: 0-295-95932-0
(Fourth Printing with an introduction by Nick Lyons)
189 pages, 18 Chapters.

“Good sense and gentle wisdom rooted in long experience never go out of fashion” are Nick Lyons’ first words which fittingly introduce us to the coming words of a legendary fisherman. Some ...

The Ultimate Fly Box: Over 50 Years of BC's Best Flies
Compiled by BC Outdoors
OP Publishing
190 pages
ISBN:1-896373-66-6

I first saw an ad for this book in a BC Outdoors Magazine a few years back. I finally bought it a few months ago. It was money very well spent! The book covers a wide variety of fly patterns. The sections are Nymphs, Emergers, Dry Flies and Salmonids. There is also a chapter on Knots. ...

The Fly-Tying Bible: 100 Deadly Trout and Salmon Flies in Step-by-step Photographs
by Peter Gathercole
full color, 256 pages
Published by Piers Spence
ISBN – 13:978-0-7641-5550-5

The first time that I cracked this book open, I was awed by the simple and easy-to-follow layout for each fly pattern. Each fly has two pages dedicated to it; the first page gives a brief description of the bugs that the ...