Let My People Go Fishing

This new book by Yvon Chouinard, Craig Mathews, and Mauro Mazzo, reveals the best way to catch trout: simply, with a rod and a fly and not much else. It teaches how to discover where the fish are and what they are feeding on, then demonstrates techniques to present a fly, make it look life-like, and hook the fish.

"Simple Fly Fishing: Techniques for Tenkara and Rod & Reel" will be available from Patagonia Books in spring 14.

Wild Steelhead—The Lure and Lore of a Pacific Northwest Icon

This soon to be released two-volume slipcased set is the latest in a series of distinctive titles on premium game fish by Northwest publisher Wild River Press. It is lavishly illustrated with more than 1,000 striking new color and vintage black-and-white photographs.

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Fly Fishing the Inland Oceans

After three years of on-water "research" and hundreds of hours banging away on the computer, Jerry Darkes's first book, Fly Fishing the Inland Oceans is on the market. This is the first-ever, comprehensive look at fly fishing IN the Great Lakes.  All five Great Lakes are reviewed along with Lake St. Clair and various connecting waters.  Both warmwater and cloldwater fish species are covered with the techniques and equipment needed to catch them.  There are also over 160 fly patterns presented with recipes for Great Lakes use.

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The book is held in such high regard by anglers that is still being published today

An incredibly rare 170-year-old book credited with transforming fishing from a gentleman’s hobby into a nationwide phenomenon has emerged for sale.

The 48-page folio was published by tackle dealer William Blacker in 1842 and went on to become one of the most definitive guides to fly fishing.

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The Gray Ghost Murders

Montana’s favorite fly fisherman detective is back on the case in this compelling follow-up to The Royal Wulff Murders.

When the graves of two men are discovered on Sphinx Mountain, Sheriff Martha Ettinger suspects murder.  But with the only evidence a hole in a skull that might or might not have been caused by a bullet, she once more finds herself turning to private investigator Sean Stranahan for help. Stranahan already has a case, having been hired by a group of eccentric fly fishermen called The Madison River Liars and Fly Tiers Club to find a valuable fly that they suspect has been stolen. Could the disappearance of a vintage Gray Ghost from a riverside cabin in the Madison Valley be connected to the gray ghosts who haunt Sphinx Mountain?

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The Royal Wulff Murders

In McCafferty's compelling debut, a young man is found dead with a Royal Wulff trout fly stuck through his lip. Sheriff Martha Ettinger's investigation leads her to cross paths with fly fisher, painter, and has-been private detective Sean Stranahan. As the water temperature rises, the clues point them both toward Montana's big business: fly fishing. Where there's money, there's bound to be crime.

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