This page is dedicated to the art and craft of fly fishing writing—reading it and writing it.

On those days when I’m not frothing the water with fly and line, I’m often laying down lines in a notepad or reading someone else’s lies they have left lying on the page. I have a couple of hundred books on fly fishing. Most of them are not guidebooks or how-tos, but rather fit into the "literature" genre. I thought it might be fun to share some of my joy of reading with you.

I have a couple dozen pieces that I’ve written about fly fishing: stories, poems, travelogues, etc. I don’t consider myself an expert (although I have had a couple of things rejected by magazines), but I thought I might share a few of my ramblings about the writing of fly fishing writings.

I may occasionally get carried away with $5.00 words when a 20¢ word would do. I’m just fascinated by words and language and sometimes get carried away. I don’t consider myself a snooty highbrow when it comes to writing. And I certainly don’t have any training or knowledge in critiquing books and articles. I plan on writing my reviews and insights from a "Regular Joe" point of view—right from the gut. I hope you find some interest in the words shared in this section.

Scott

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Index to My Pieces (most recent on top):

Title Summary
 The Trout Whisperers  Two men on their annual fly fishing trip to Montana rescue a woman, and get in trouble with the law while trying to discover the mythical "Gooseneck Creek."
On Trout Streams and Salmon Rivers A collection of short (3-4 pages) narrative pieces about trout and salmon fishing which originally appeared in “The Anglers’ Club Bulletin” or “The Atlantic Salmon Journal.”
 A Place In Mind  A fiction book dealing with friendship, place and loss.
Riverwalking This book contains 20 essays about rivers, but it’s not a "fishing" book. The rivers are just means to discuss other topics of life. Nice book. (this link will take you to Goodreads website where I have reviewed the book)
Rivers of Memory My review of Harry Middleton’s last book. It contains eight essays about his memories of water and fishing those waters.
The Language of Fishing Explores some words related to fishing.
Fly Fishing – Writing Categories Fly fishing writing can be put into different categories. This information is probably of more use to the aspiring writer.
   

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A Fly Fisher's Reflections
A River Never Sleeps
A River Runs Through It and Other Stories, Twenty-fifth Anniversary Edition
About Trout: The Best of Robert Behnke from Trout Magazine
American Fly Fishing: A History
Being, Nothingness, and Fly Fishing: How One Man Gave Up Everything to Fish the Fabled Waters of the West
Big Indian Creek: October 23-29, 1994
Big Water
Bright Rivers: Celebrations of Rivers and Fly Fishing
Brook Trout and the Writing Life
Caddisflies
Catch And Release
Chalkstream Chronicle
Complete Book of Western Hatches: An Angler's Entomology and Fly Pattern Field Guide
Crosscurrents: A Fly Fisher's Progress
Darwin's Bass: The Evolutionary Psychology of Fishing Man
Dry-fly Fishing Theory and Practice
Early Love and Brook Trout: With Watercolor paintings by the author
Fiction, Flyfishing & the Search for Innocence
Fishing for Fun - and to Wash You Soul
Fishing Lessons
Fishless Days, Angling Nights
Golden Days - From the fishing log of a painter in Brittany
Halcyon Days: The Nature of Trout Fishing and Fishermen
Hatches: A Complete Guide to Fishing the Hatches of North American Trout Streams Bk. 2
Haunted By Waters: Fly Fishing In North American Literature
In the Ring of the Rise
Jerusalem Creek: Journeys into Driftless Country
Joe and Me: An Education in Fishing and Friendship
Knee Deep in Montana's Trout Streams - Second Edition
Little Rivers: Tales of a Woman Angler
Matching the Hatch: A Practical Guide to Imitation of Insects Found on Eastern and Western Trout Waters
My Secret Fishing Life
Neversink: One Angler's Intense Exploration of a Trout River
On the Spine of Time
Practical Dry-Fly Fishing
Reading Trout Streams; An Orvis Guide
River Why, The
Rivers of Memory
Running Waters: Where Angler, Fish, and Fly Are Destined to Meet
Silent Seasons
Small in the Eye of a River
Stoneflies for the Angler: How to Know Them, Tie Them, and Fish Them
The Bright Country: A Fisherman's Return to Trout, Wild Water, and Himself
The Complete Angler: A Connecticut Yankee Follows in the Footsteps of Walton
The Complete Fly Fisherman: The Notes and Letters of Theodore Gordon
The Dry Fly and Fast Water
The Earth is Enough
The Fly Fisher's Illustrated Dictionary
The Fly Tier's Benchside Reference




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