The Fly-Tying Bible: 100 Deadly Trout and Salmon Flies in Step-by-step Photographs
by Peter Gathercole
full ...

The Gilly’ A flyfisher’s guide
Compiled and edited by Alfred G. Davy
Copyright 1985
Frank Amato Publications
ISBN: 0-99925-638-1
21 chapters, 184 pages.

If one were to judge a book by its cover, this one is a beauty. Hatheume Lake at sunrise greets me every time I pick up this book, and I’ve been picking it up for nearly two decades now. This is a ...

Totem Topics -25th Anniversary Edition

Compiled and edited by Ron Grantham
Published by Totem Fly fishers
151 pps.
Hard bound

As a member of the Totems this book holds a special place for me. Here in one volume we have the combined knowledge of many of the finest fly fishers B.C. has ever produced. Starting in 1968 and continuing through 1992,we can follow the exploits and follies of B.C.'s first official fly fishing ...

The Freshwater Fishes of British Columbia
J.D. McPhail
approx 600 pages
ISBN 978-0-88864-467-1

I recently bought this book as a reference book for work. It gives information on all freshwater fishes in BC - native and introduced. Most books from BC are focused strongly on salmonids. The author, J.D. McPhail has been studying all species of fish, not just salmonids, his whole life and is probably the leading expert on the topic in BC. It covers equally the salmonids as it does the life history of the minnows or suckers. Believe me, these little guys can be far more interesting than ...