A Saltwater Library
Ó Ed Mitchell (Home)
When the cold winds rake the coast, every angler deserves an armchair and alongside it a stack of angling books. If you’re looking for additions to your stack, here are some saltwater titles I can suggest. Yes, I even stuck my own books in there.
Some of the books are in print and readily available; they shouldn’t be hard to find. Others, however, are oldies but goodies. Still they are well worth searching for and the hunt is often half the fun. Sporting book dealers specializing in out-of-print titles can be found on the web. And a few of them regularly set up shop at the major fishing shows along the east coast.
Abrames, J. Kenney. Striper Moon, Portland, Oregon: Amato, 1994.
Brooks, Joe. Salt Water Fly Fishing. New York: Putnam’s Son, 1950.
Burns, Brad. The L.L. Bean Fly Fishing for Striped Bass Handbook, New York: Lyons Press, 1998.
Caolo, Alan. Sight-Fishing for Striped Bass, Portland, Oregon: Amato, 2001
Curcione, Nick. Tug-O-War, Portland, Oregon: Amato 2001
Earnhardt, Tom. Fly Fishing the Tidewaters, New York: Lyons & Burford, 1995.
Gilmore, Tom. False Albacore, Woodstock, VT: Countryman Press, 2002
Kreh, Lefty. Fly Fishing in Salt Waters. rev. ed. New York: Lyons Books, 1986.
Mitchell, Ed. Fly Rodding the Coast. Mechanicsburg, PA. : Stackpole, 1995.
Mitchell, Ed. Fly-Fishing the Saltwater Shoreline. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole, 2001
Mitchell, Ed. Fly Rodding Estuaries. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole 2003
Nix, Sam. Salt Water Fly-Fishing Handbook. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1973.
Raymond, Steve. The Estuary Fly Fisher, Portland, Oregon: Amato 1996
Sands, George. Salt Water Fly Fishing, New York: Knopf, 1970.
Swisher, Doug & Richard, Carl. Backcountry Fly Fishing, New York: Lyons & Burford, 1995
Tabory, Lou. Inshore Fly Fishing, New York: Lyons & Burford, 1992.
Tabory, Lou. Stripers on the Fly, New York: Lyons Press, 1999.
Tessein, Terry. Fly Fishing Boston, Woodstock, VT. : Countryman Press 2002
Southern Saltwater Fly Fishing
Adams, Aaron J. Fisherman’s Coast, Mechanicsburg, PA. : Stackpole, 2003
Babson, Stanley. Bonefishing, New York: Harper & Row, 1965.
Beck, Barry and Cathy. Fly-Fishing the Flats, Mechanicsburg, PA.: Stackpole, 1999.
Brown, Dick, Fly Fishing for Bonefish, New York: Lyons & Burford, 1993.
Fernandez, Chico. Fly Fishing for Bonefish, Mechanicsburg, PA : Stackpole 2004
Jacobs, Jimmy. Fly-Fishing the South Atlantic Coast, Woodstock, VT. : Countryman Press 2000
Kaufmann, Randall. Bonefishing with a Fly, Portland, Oregon: Western Fisherman’s Press, 1992.
Kaufmann, Randall. Bonefishing! Moose, Wyoming: Western Fisherman’s Press, 2000
Saltwater Fly Tying
Abrames, J.Kenney. A Perfect Fish, Portland, Oregon: Amato, 1999.
Bay, Kenneth E. Saltwater Flies, New York: Knopf, 1972.
Gartside, Jack. Striper Flies, sec. ed., n.p., n.d.
Kreh, Lefty. Salt Water Fly Patterns, Fullerton, Calif.: Maral, Inc., n.d.
Meyer, Deke, Saltwater Flies: Over 700 of the Best, Portland, Oregon: Amato, 1995.
Popovics, Bob, and Jaworoski, Ed. Pop Fleyes, Mechanicsburg, PA.: Stackpole, 2001.
Steward, Dick, and Farrow, Allen. Flies for Saltwater, North Conway, N.H.: Mountain Pond, 1992.
Ververka, Bob. Innovative Saltwater Flies, Mechanicsburg, PA.: Stackpole, 2000
Wentink, Frank. Saltwater Fly Tying, New York: Lyons & Burford, 1991.
Saltwater Baitfish
Caolo, Alan. Fly Fisherman’s Guide to Atlantic Baitfish, Portland, Oregon: Amato, 1995.
Roberts, George. Saltwater Naturals and their Imitations, Camden, Maine: Ragged Mountain Press, 1994.
Tabory, Lou. Lou Tabory’s Guide to Saltwater Baits and Their Imitation, New York: Lyons & Burford, 1995.
Books Containing Reference to Saltwater Fly Fishing.
Adams, Leon. Striped Bass Fishing in California and Oregon, Palo Alto, CA : Pacific Books,1953
Bates, Joseph. Streamers and Bucktails, New York: Knopf, 1979.
Bates, Joseph, Streamer Fly Tying and Fishing, rev. ed. Harrisburg, PA.: Stackpole, 1966.
Brooks, Joe. Salt Water Game Fishing. New York: Harper & Row, 1968.
Brooks, Joe. Bermuda Fishing, Harrisburg, PA.: Stackpole, 1957.
Daignault, Frank. Striper Surf, Chester, CT.: Globe Pequot, 1992.
Daignault, Frank. Trophy Striper, Short Hills, NJ: Burford, 1999
Freda, Jim. Fishing the New Jersey Coast, Short Hills, NJ: Burford, 2001
Karas, Nicholas. The Striped Bass, rev. ed. New York: Karmapco & Lyons, 1993.
Leiser, Eric. The Book of Fly Patterns, New York: Knopf, 1987.
Lyman, Henry. Bluefishing, New York, NY: Barnes,1955
Lyman, Henry. Successful Bluefishing, Camden, Maine: International Marine, 1974
Lyman, Henry and Woolner, Frank, Weakfishing, New York, NY: Barnes, 1959
Moss, Frank. Successful Striped Bass Fishing, Camden, Maine: International Marine, 1974.
Post, Robert. Reading the Water, Chester, CT.; Globe Pequot, 1988.
Rodman, O.H.P. Striped Bass, When, Where, and How to Catch Them, rev. ed. New York: Barnes, 1947
Rosko, Milt. Secrets of Striped Bass Fishing, London: Macmillan, 1966.
Sosin, Mark. Practical Light-Tackle Fishing, New York: Lyons/Doubleday, 1979.
Sosin, Mark, and Kreh, Lefty. Fishing the Flats, New York: Lyons & Burford, 1983.
Waterman, Charles F. Modern Fresh and Saltwater Fly Fishing, New York: Winchester Press, 1972
Woolner, Frank. Modern Saltwater Sport Fishing, New York: Crown, 1972.
Woolner, Frank, and Lyman, Henry. Striped Bass Fishing, rev. ed. New York: Winchester Lyons, 1983.
Understanding the Saltwater Environment
Adams, Aaron J. Fisherman’s Coast, Mechanicsburg, PA. : Stackpole, 2003
Bulloch, David K. The Underwater Naturalist, New York: Lyons & Burford, 1991.
Ross, David. The Fisherman’s Ocean, Mechanicsburg, PA.: Stackpole, 2000.
Martha's Vineyard
With the exception of Post's effort, these aren't angling books, but if you love Martha's Vineyard ,I know you'll like them just the same.
Allen, Joseph C. Tales and Trails of Martha's Vineyard, Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1949.
Banks, Charles, Edwards, The History of Martha's Vineyard, 3 vol.set, Edgartown, MA: Dukes County Historical Society.
Coon, Nelson, Wild Flowers of Martha's Vineyard, Vineyard Haven, MA: Dukes County Historical Society, 1969.
Lazell, James Jr. This Broken Archipelago, Cape Cod and the Islands, Amphibians and Reptiles, New York: Demeter Press, 1976.
Oldale, Robert, N. Cape Cod and the Islands, The Geologic Story, East Orleans, MA: Parnassus,1992.
Post, Robert. Reading the Water, Chester, CT.; Globe Pequot, 1988.
Wood, Bertrand, T. Noman's Land Island, Jewett City, CT: Salem J. David, fourth printing 1989.