OTHER GREAT MODERN TITLES:

• Ted Leeson, THE HABIT OF RIVERS
• Seth Norman, MEANDERINGS OF A FLY FISHERMAN, a very fine book!
• James Prosek, JOE AND ME
• Thomas McGuane, LIVE WATER
• Steve Raymond, THE YEAR OF THE ANGLER or THE YEAR OF THE TROUT.
• Dave Hughes, AN ANGLER’S ASTORIA (Available only in paperback and an expensive leatherbound limited edition)
• Havilah Babcock, THE BEST OF BABCOCK (Bird shooting and angling)
• Gordon Macquarrie, STORIES OF THE OLD DUCK HUNTERS AND OTHER DRIVEL (This is a fine book of duck hunting and some angling stories that are very entertaining)
• Edward R. Hewitt, A TROUT AND SALMON FISHERMAN FOR 75 YEARS. Wonderful stories about angling in the 20’s, 30’s and 40’s.
• Austin Francis, CATSKILL RIVERS A must for the flyfisher who wants to know more about American Fly Fishing and it’s roots. A very personal account with many memorable stories.
• Scott Waldie, TRAVERS CORNERS A wonderful fictional account of a small town in Montana and the angling characters who inhabit it.
• John Gierach, Any of his titles including: TROUT BUM, DANCES WITH TROUT, STANDING IN A RIVER WAVING A STICK, ANOTHER LOUSY DAY IN PARADISE, etc. Great reading and affordable (Early first editions are becoming scarce)

The list could go on and on. I hope I have enlightened you. Perhaps you will spend an enjoyable fireside read, or a day in the park with a good book, and have this article to thank for the tip on an author. I hope so. If you have specific questions on authors or collecting, please feel free to contact me at my email address: FISHBOOK@aol.com. You may also visit my website and search my book inventory at: http://www.abebooks.com/home/fishbook/. I love to talk books!! I’m happy to email you a list of the titles I currently have available for purchase.

Remember: "Some of the best fishing is done not in water, but in print....." Sparse Grey Hackle.

(Patrick Ayres lives in Southern California with his wife and two daughters. A Project Manager for a Foodservice Design firm by day, he searches the book stores and internet by night and on weekends to find books for his collection and to offer for sale through PATRICK AYRES ANGLING & HUNTING BOOKS over the internet. He still ties flies on a regular basis and fishes for steelhead at his ranch on the Klamath River)

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