Dale LaFollette selecting a fly at North Junction by Doug Lynch
Editor’s Note: A few months ago, long-time non-resident member, Barry Mayer, sent me an impressive list of favorite fishing books compiled by his Battenkill Breakfast Boys Book Club. I’ve just copied the titles and authors as they were entered by the “Boys” so formats vary. A couple of the book club members wrote up detailed editorial notes and I will save their contributions for a future Literary Angler. I deleted the names of the individuals for privacy. How many of these favorites have you read? Or perhaps have read more than once? You may find some gems for your summer reading list! LKH
- The Complete Angler, Walton 1847 ed.
- The Way of a Trout with a Fly, Skues
- Thy Rod and Thy Creel, Shepard
- A River Never Sleeps, Haig-Brown
- A Modern Dry Fly Code, Marinaro
- On the Cains, Brad Burns
- Closing the Season, Brad Burns
- The Battenkill, Merwin
- Spring Creek, Lyons
- Fishing Atlantic Salmon Flies, Bates and Richards
- Where the Bright Waters Meet, Plunket-Greene
- A River Runs through it, Mclean
- Trout, Bergman
- A River for Christmas, Schweibert
- The Seasons of the Fly Fisherman, Haig-Brown
- John Gierach-any book
- Ed Van Put, any book
- Royal Coach, McCafferty
- Sean Stranahan mystery books
- Jerusalum Creek: Journeys into Driftless Country, Ted Leeson
- The Year of the Angler, Raymond
- The River Why, James Duncan.
- Streamside Guide, Art Flick
- Well Tempered Angler, Gingrich
- Trout Madness, Traver
- The Fly and the Fish, Atherton
- Sidelines, Sidelights and Reflections (1932) Gem Skues
- The Practical Angler (1857) WC Stewart
- Favorite Flies, Marbury
- Fishing Flies and Fly Tying, William F. Blades
- This Wonderful World of Trout, Charles Fox
- Trout and Salmon Fisherman for Seventy-Five Years, Hewitt
- Currents and Eddies, Schaldach
- Matching the Hatch, E. Schweibert
- The Modern Angles, Kinght
- Fur, Feathers and Steel, F. Cross
Barry Mayer with steelhead hen (from the archives)
