The GBF Library

Books & DVD’s

Gary Gale, Librarian

The GBF library has accumulated a large selection of materials that serve the GBF membership, from those new to fly fishing to experienced veterans. In addition to the knowledge based books and dvds, we also manage loaner fly rods and the like. We have information on: 1) Fish and Insect Biology; 2) Techniques, Gear and Rigging for a variety of species; 3) Fly Tying and Fly Selection; and Destination Information including local waters – and lastly 4) a selection that entertains us with the questions of why we fly fish, and famous folks who can tell us a bit about their exploits. We have a suggestion guide for beginners or those new to the area so you don’t have to guess what might be valuable to you.

The GBF Library is open to all members.  All Books and Videos have been assigned a library number. Duplicates are for sale at our general meetings (quarterly), and some donated books are given away free.

All members in good standing can check out up to 2 items at any meeting. In order to keep the information available to all, please return these at the next (or at maximum the second) meeting following.

If you wish to donate items to the library, please limit these to three items. Larger donations should be handled by contacting the librarian in advance to allow adequate time and storage space required for processing. Currently hardcover books are preferred as these fare better over time as library loaners. Preferred magazines are: California Fly Fisherman and Fly Tyer Magazine.

Contact information: Gary Gale

Text: 916-223-0682

Email : librarian@gbflycasters.org

gbfID 0-199 – Reference Titles (April 2026)
# Title Author
1 McClane`s Standard Fishing Dictionary McClane, A.J.
4 The Complete Brown Trout Heacox, Cecil
5 Trout – an Illustrated History Prosek, James
8 Game Fish of North America McClane, A.J.
9 Native Trout of North America Smith, Robert
10 Fly Fishing Structure Newman, Bob
13 Fish Flies Vol. 1 Hellekson, Terry
14 Fish Flies Vol. 2 Hellekson, Terry
15 Favorite Files and their Histories Marbury, Mary
17 Illustrated Dictionary of Trout Flies Roberts, John
18 Flies for Trout Stewart, Dick
19 Flies –  the Best One Thousand Stetzer, Randle
24 Aquatic Insects and their Imitations Hafele, Rick
25 The Complete Book of Western Hatches Hafele, Rick
26 Hatch Guide for Western Streams Hughes, Dave
27 Western Streamside Guide Hughes, Dave
28 New Streamside Guide Flick, Art
30 Hatch Guide for Lakes Schollmeyer, Jim
31 Matching the Hatch Schwiebert, Ernest
32 The Angler’s Fly Identifier Simpson, Stephen
33 The Bug Book Weamer, Paul
38 Ephemeras ‘Mayflies’ Goidy, Charles
40 Flies for Atlantic Salmon Stewart, Dick
45 The Complete Book of Knots Budworth, Geoffrey
49 North American Game Fishing Buckland, John
52 Trout of the World Prosek, James
53 Mayflies Knopp + Cormier
54 Stoneflies for the Angler Leiser + Boyle
56 The Half-Pounder:  A Steelhead Trout Lee, Dennis
57 Trout & Salmon Flies
58 Illustrated Dictionary Of Trout Flies
59 Index of Orvis Patterns
60 Fly Pattern Encyclopedia
61 A Book of Trout Flies
62 The Way of the Trout With A Fly
63 Nymph Fishing for Chalk Stream Trout
65 Nymphs – A Complete Guide to Naturals & Imitations
66 Trout & Salmon of North America
67 Naturals Borger, G.
 
200 – 399 Advice From the Experts
201 American Masters Part One Skills Kreh, Lefty
202 American Masters Part Two Tackle Kreh, Lefty
203 American Masters Part Three the Life Kreh, Lefty
211 Stillwater Presentations Rickards, Denny
212 Fly Fishing Stillwaters for Trophy Trout Rickards, Denny
214 Tactics for Trout Hughes, Dave
218 Lefty’s Little Tips Kreh, Lefty
219 Fly Fishing Techniques and Tactics Kreh, Lefty
221 The Practical Fly Fisher McClane, A.J.
227 Fishing with McClane McClane, A.J.
234 Northwest Fly Fishing Shewey, John
239 Fly Fishing from a Woman’s Perspective Wulff, Joan
243 Terrestials Steeves + Koch
244 The Essence of Flycasting Krieger, Mel
246 Greased Line Fishing for Salmon Scott, Jock
250 Steelhead Dreams Supinski, Matt
256 The Orvis Guide to Saltwater Fly Fishing Curcione, Nick
260 Speycasting Falkus, Hugh
262 Bonefishing with a Fly Kaufman, Randall
270 Fly Fishing for Bass Handbook Whitlock, Dave
272 Bonefish, Permit and Tarpon Kreh, Lefty
273 Modern Fly Casting Method Kreh, Lefty
287 Spinners Nemes, Sylvester
289 The Trout and the Fly Clarke + Goddard
295 Fishing the Dry Fly Wilson, Dermot
296 Dry Fly Strategies Weamer, Paul
297 Fishing the Dry Fly as a Living Insect Wright, Leonard
299 Dry Line Steelhead McMillan, Bill
301 Fly Fishing Bass Basics Pfeiffer, Boyed
302 Fly Fishing Afoot in the Surf Zone Hanley, Ken
303 Fly Fishing Small Streams Gierach, John
308 Fly Fishing Strategy Swisher + Rickards
310 Flyfishing the Pacific Inshore Hanley, Ken
312 Fish Food – A Flyfisher’s Guide to Bugs and Bait Cutter, Ralph
313 Nymph Fishing Hughes, Dave
315 Fishing Dry Flies For Trout Lee, Art
316 The Complete Book of Fly Fishing Brooks, Joe
317 The Dry Fly – New Angles LaFontaine, Gary
318 Guide To Aquatic Trout Foods Whitlock, Dave
319 Wet-Fly Fishing Sports Illustrated
320 The Soft-Hackled Fly Nemes, Sylvester
321 The Soft-Hackled Fly Addict Nemes, Sylvester
322 Practical Fishing Knots II Sosin & Kreh
323 Fishing Knots Kreh, Lefty
324 Flyfishing Coastal Cutthroat Trout Johnson, Les
325 The Teeny Technique for Steelhead & Salmon Teeny, Jim
326 Fishing Nymphs, Wet Flies & Streamers Sternberg + Tieszen
328 Advanced Fly Fishing For Steelhead Meyer, Drake
329 A Passion For Steelhead Hogan, Dec
330 Nymphs and the Trout Sawyer, Frank
331 Western Hatches Hafele + Hughes
332 The Cast Jaworowski, Ed
333 Presentation Borger, Gary
341 Fly Fishing in Salt Water Kreh, Lefty
342 Drift Boat Strategies Streeks, Neale
343 Reading the Water Hughes, David
350 Reading the Water Hughes, David
380 Tenkara Galhardo
381 Tenkara:  Radically Simple, Ultralight Fly Fishing Ishamura + Kelleher
 
400 – 599 Fly Tying
400 The Complete Book of Fly Tying Leiser, Eric
402 Nymph Fly-Tying Techniques Schollmeyer, Jim
403 The 2nd Fly Tyer’s Almanac Boyle + Whitlock
404 Guide to Fly Tying Deane, Peter
405 Tying Better Flies Scheck, Art
406 Western Trout Fly Tying Manual Vol. 2 Dennis, Jack
407 Mastering the Art of Fly Tying Talleur, Dick
408 Flytyers Masterclass Edwards, Oliver
411 The Art of Fly – Tying Hunter, T.
414 Modern Fly Tying Materials Talleur, Dick
416 Fly – Dressing Materials Veniard, John
417 Fly – Tying Materials Leiser, Eric
419 Fly – Tying with Synthetics Camera, Phil
420 American Nymph Fly – Tying Manual Kaufmann, Randall
422 The Masters on the Nymph Migel, Michael
423 Nymph – Tying + Fishing Tullis, Larry
424 Stoneflies for the Angler Leiser, Eric
425 The Caddis and the Angler Leiser, Eric
426 Tricos Fly – Tying Miller, Bob
428 Flies for Fish and Fisherman Shaw, Helen
429 Selective Trout Swisher, Doug
430 How to Tie Freshwater Flies Bay, Kenneth
432 Successful Fly Tying Befus, Brad
433 The Art of the Trout Fly Dunham, Judith
435 Designing Trout Flies Borger, Gary
436 Steelhead Fly – Tying Guide Helvie, Kent
438 Salmon Flies Jorgensen, Paul
439 How to Dress Salmon Flies Pryce + Tannet
441 Modern Atlantic Salmon Flies Marriner, Paul
442 Saltwater Fly – Tying Wentink, Frank
443 Fly – Tying and Fly Fishing for Bass + Panfish Keith, Tom
444 Flies for Bass + Panfish Stewart + Allen
445 Bass Flies Stewart, Dick
447 Tying Bugs and Flies for Bass Livingston, A. D.
455 Fishing the Midge Koch, Ed
458 Fly Patterns of Roderick Haig – Brown Lingren, Arthur
459 Inshore Fly Fishing Tabory, Lou
460 The Art of Tying the Dry Fly Morris, Skip
462 Expert Fly – Tying Fling + Puterbaugh
463 Flies of the Northwest Roskelley, Fenton
465 Tying and Fishing the Fuzzy Nymphs Rosborough, Polly
466 Trout Flies:  Proven Patterns LaFontaine, Gary
467 The Fly Tiers Benchside Reference Leeson + Schollmeyer
470 Tube Flies Two Evolution Mandell + Kenly
471 Fly Tying Made Clear and Simple Morris, Skip
472 Tying Steelhead Flies – 12 Of The Best Meyer, Deke
473 Steelhead Fly Tying Guide Helvie, Kent
474 Orvis Guide To Beginning Fly Tying Orvis
475 Barr Flies Barr, John
476 Caddisflies LaFontaine, Gary
477 Clouser’s Flies Clouser, Bob
478 Trout Flies For Rivers Morris, Skip
480 Creative Fly Tying Mercer, Mike
481 Guide To Fly Tying Talleur, Dick
482 Basic Fly Tying (Stackpole Books) Rounds, John
483 Tying Nympha (softcover) Kaufman, Randall
484 Flies For Trout Stewart + Allen
485 Western Trout Fly Flying Manual
486 Modern Fly Tying Materials
487 Essential Saltwater Flies
488 Classic Steelhead Flies – Stackpole Books
489 Tying Stillwater Patterns For Trophy Trout Rickards, Denny
491 Tying Dry Flies: Randall Kaufman Kaufman, Randall
492 Tying Emergers Shollmeyer, J.
495 Striped Bass Flies Klausemeyer, D.
497 Midge Magic Holbrook & Koch
498 The Fly Tying Bible P. Gathercole
499 Creative Fly Tying Mercer, Mike
500 Fly Patterns for Stillwaters Rowley, Philip
600 – 799 Destinations
600 America’s Best Trout Streams Ross, John
601 Trout Fishing in California Kovach, Ron
602 California Trout Freeman, Jim
603 California Blue Ribbon Trout Streams Sunderland, Bill
604 Guide to Fly Fishing Northern California Hanley, Ken
605 Sierra Trout Guide Cutter, Ralph
606 Fly Fishing the Tahoe Region Haggard, Stephen
607 Fly Fishing Southern California’s Lakes + Streams Bean, Richard
609 Shasta’s Headwaters Ballenger, Craig
610 Fly Rodding the Coast Mitchell, Ed
612 The Baja Catch Kelly + Kira
613 Fly Fishing for Pacific Salmon Ferguson, Bruce
615 A Fisherman’s Guide to Central Oregon Campagna, Clain
618 Baja, California Miller, Tom
621 Idaho – River Maps & Fishing Guide Thomas + Lewis
622 Nevada Angler’s Guide Dickerson,Richard
623 The Yellowstone Fly – Fishing Guide Mathews, Craig
625 Yellowstone Fishes Varley, John
627 Silver Creek – Idaho Clark + Glasscock
628 Fly Fishing the Colorado River Marlowe, Al
629 The Henry’s Fork – Idaho Brooks, Charles
630 The Battenkill – New York Merwin, John
631 Fishing the Delaware Valley Ingram, George
632 West of Key West Cole + Pollard
633 Trout Fishing in the Shenandoah National Park Murry, Harry
634 The Living River – The Madison Brooks, Charles
635 Fishing the Headwaters of the Missouri Strung, Norman
636 Fishing in Oregon’s Deschutes River Richmond, Scott
637 Fly Fishing the San Juan – New Mexico Rizuto + Stoddard
638 Utah’s Green River (not in inventory?) Breer, Dennis
639 Fishing in Northern California Albert, Ken
640 The Wyoming Angling Guide Fothergill + Sterling
641 Fly Fishing California’s North Yuba River Klingelhofer, Ed
643 The Colorado Angling Guide Fothergill + Sterling
645 Trinity River Fishing Freeman, Jim
646 Klamath River Fishing Freeman, Jim
649 Fly Fishing The West’s Best Trophy Lakes Rickards, Denny
650 North Fork Trails Gould, Ron
651 Plumas National Forest – Trout Fishing Guide Harris, Andrew
652 Fly Fisher’s Guide To Northern California Norman, Seth
653 Fly Fishing The Sierra Nevada (2008) Sunderland, Bill
654 Fly Fishing California Hanley, Ken
655 Flyfisher’s Guide to California Vinci, Greg
656 Fly Fishing California Stillwaters Sunderland, Bill
657 CA Blue-Ribbon Trout Streams Sunderland, Bill
658 Fishing Central Oregon Hill, Geoff
659 Idaho Blue-Ribbon Fly Fishing Guide Shewer, John
660 Fly Fishing N. California Waters Wong, Lilly
661 The Highway Angler Pederson, Gunnar
662 Alaska Fishing Limeres, Rene
664 California’s Smith River Burdick, George
665 Olympic Mountains Fishing Guide Shorett, Dave
666 Oregon Blue Ribbon Fishing Guide Shewey, John
667 Guide to Pyramid Fishing Barron, T.
668 Guide to Pyramid Fishing #2 Barron, T.
 
800-999 Fishing Legends / History / Zen
801 The Best of Zane Grey, Outdoorsman Reiger, Grey
802 Catskill Rivers Francis, Austin
806 The Philosophical Fisherman Blaisdell, Harold
808 River Music Babb, James
809 The River Why Duncan, David
810 The River Never Sleeps Haig – Brown, Roderick
811 Return to the River Haig – Brown, Roderick
812 A River Runs Through It Maclean, Norman
815 Home Waters – A Fly Fishing Anthology Soucie, Gary
816 Steelhead Waters Arnold, Bob
818 Big Indian Creek Hughes, Dave
819 Indian Fishing Stewart, Hilary
820 Cadillac Desert Reisner, Marc
824 The Fisherman’s Guide to the Meaning of Life Kaminsky, Peter
828 McClane’s Angling World McClane, A. J.
829 Being, Nothingness, and Fly Fishing Checchio, Michael
830 The Longest Silence McGuane, Thomas
831 The Well – Tempered Angler Gingrich, Arnold
834 Fly Fishing Small Streams Gierach, John
835 Dances with Trout Gierach, John
836 Curtis Creek Manifesto Anderson, Sheridan
850 My Secret Fishing Life Lyons, Nick
851 Treasury of Trout Fishing Wright, Leonard
852 Trout Magic Traver, Robert
854 Treasury of Fly Fishing Paugh, Tom
856 Fear of Fly Fishing Ohman, Jack
859 A Different Angle Morris, Holey
860 Crimes of Passion Norman, Seth
863 An Anglers Album – Photography + Literature Traub, Charles
864 The Lost Lore of a Man’s Life Boyles, Denis
865 Shadow of the Salmon Taylor, C.
866 Anatomy of a Fisherman Traver, Robert
867 Fly Fishing Through the Midlife Crisis Raines, Howell
869 I Don’t Know Why, But I Swallowed the Fly Maxweld, Fessica
872 The Earth is Enough Middleton, Harry
874 Where the Pools are Bright and Deep Lamb, Dana S.
875 The Year of the Angler Raymond, Steve
876 Sex, Death and Flytying Gierach, John
878 The View From Rat Lake Gierach, John
879 At The Grave of The Unknown Fisherman Gierach, John
880 Trout Bum Gierach, John
881 Even Brook Trout Get The Blues Gierach, John
882 Another Lousy Day In Paradise Gierach, John
883 Death, Taxes & Leaky Waders Gierach, John
884 Standing In a River Waving A Stick Gierach, John
885 A Different Angle:  Fly Fishing Stories By Women
887 Fly Fishing Through The Midlife Crisis Howell Raines
889 The River Why Duncan, David James
   
  Loaner items
950 5WT #1
951 5WT #2
952 5WT #3
953 5WT #4
954 5WT #5
955 5WT #6
956 SPEY #1
957 SPEY #2
959 DVD READER Gale, Gary
958 Miscellaneous
 
DVD’s GBF DVD’s – all topics
003D Fish Passage Success Stories DFW Publication
006D Tying and Fishing the Dave Whitlock Originals vol.5 Whitlock, Dave
009D Panfish & Bass Fly Fishing Basics with Larry Dahlberg Dahlberg, Larry
010D Tying Bass Flies with Jimmy Nix Nix, Jimmy
011D The Underwater World of Trout “Discovery” Ozefovich, Wendell “Ozzie”
012D The Underwater World of Trout “Feeding Lies” Ozefovich, Wendell “Ozzie”
014D The Endless Hatch Two Gourley, Dave
015D Flies for Sea Run Cutthroat Trout Morris, Skip
016D Dynamics of Fly Casting Wulff, Joan
018D Fly Fishing Yellowstone Hatches Matthews + Juracek
022D Fly Fishing in Yellowstone BLANK
024D Improving Your Fly Fishing Cabelas
027D Endangered Species – California Fish & Game Wardens DFW Publication
028D Strippin’ for Stripers Howard, Dave
030D Bugs of the Underworld Cutter, Ralph & Lisa
034D Tying Stillwater Patterns for Trophy Trout, vol.1 Rickards, Denny
035D Spey Fishing Steelhead with John Hazel Hazel, John
040D Rivers of a Lost Coast Coupe, Justin
042D Beginnings: An Introduction to Flyfishing Krieger, Mel
046D Stillwater Trout Angler Horsry, John
049D Tying Shad Flies Fisher, Phil
051D Designing Flies with Fur Dubbing Borger, Gary & Jason
052D Designing Flies with Feather Dubbing Borger, Gary & Jason
054D Tube Flies for Steelhead Kustich, Rick
055D Wet Fly Tying with Davy Wotton (2 DVD set) Wotton, Davy
056D Don’t Move a Mussel (Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission) Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission
060D Tying Jack Dennis’ Favorite Flies Dennis, Jack
062D Tying and Fishing Stillwater Flies Chan, Brian
063D Tying Copper Johns Barr, John
064D Tying Cripples and Spinners Gallop, Kelly
065D Traveling Fly Fisherman Dennis, Jack
067D Getting Started Fly Fishing Cabelas
069D 101 Tips to Improve Your Flyfishing Cabelas
070D Our Favorite Flies and How to Fish Them Dennis + Barr
071D Tying Flies Vol 3 Dennis, Jack
072D Skakit Master Vol 1 Ward, Ed
075D How To Fly Fish – Lakes Marts, Bill
076D Beyond the Basics & Reading the Water Marts, Bill
078D Tying Flies with Jack Dennis Dennis, Jack
087D Fishing Bob Quigley’s Signature Flies Quigley, Bob
088D Running Down the Man Smethurst, Frank
090D Casts That Catch Fish On The Fly Productions
092D Tying Deer Hair Bass Bugs Jay Murakoshi
095D The Essence of Fly Casting II & The Essence of Spey Casting Mel Krieger
096D Bass Blast Vol. 1 Flies Unlimited Production
100D Fly Tying Yellowstone Hatches Vol. 1 Craig Mathews
101D Magic Tool – Introduction Marc Petijean
104D Flex Coat Rod Building Roger Seiders
106D Essential Skills with Oliver Edwards Oliver Edwards
107D Single-Handed Fly Rod Casting and Using Spey Casting Techniques Jeff Putnam
108D Chuck Escher’s October Caddis Escher, Chuck
109D Bugs of the Underworld Cutter, Ralph & Lisa
110D Tying Flies For Saltwater Stewart, Dick
111D Fishing Knots Watt, Jim
112D Casting Nymphs Humphreys, Joe
113D Joan Wulff:  Dynamics of Casting Wulff, Joan
115D Stepping Into The Stream Klutinis, Barbara
117D Essential Skills With Oliver Edwards Edwards, Oliver
118D Essential Skills With Oliver Edwards Edwards, Oliver
120D Flyfishing Large Western Rivers Vol. 2 (Spring) Hafele, Rick
121D Flyfishing Large Western Rivers Vol. 3 (Summer) Hafele, Rick
122D Dave Scudder’s Launch Double XX Scadden, Dave
123D Fisheye “Through Angler’s Eyes”, Issue 4
124D Fisheye “Get Bent”, Issue 3
126D A Casting Approach to Nymphing Tactics Humphreys, Joe
130D Panfish & Bass Fly Fishing Basics Dahlberg, Larry
131D Bonefishing The Flats Mathews, Craig
132D Rivers of the Lost Coast BLANK
133D Bass – the Movie Jamie Howard
134D Streamer Fishing for Trophy Trout Kelly Galloup
135D Henry’s Fork with Mike Lawson Mike Lawson
136D The Endless Hatch: When A Fish Gulps A Fly Dave Gourley
137D Fly Fishing Made Easy O’Keefe, Judith & Brian
138D Knots – Learn To Tie 20 Knots BLANK
139D Tying Bob Quigley’s Signature Flies Quigley, Bob
140D Metalheads AEG Media
151D The Lost World of Mr. Hardy Heathcote, Andy
153D Nymphing Expert Tactics Egan, Lance
154D Temperature Rising – Spring Steelhead Techniques no author given
155D Sipping Dry no author given
156D Predator no author given
157D Skagit Master 3 – Steelhead Flies Beyond the Books no author given
158D Jeff Putnam’s Switch Rod Casting Techniques Putnam, Jeff
159D The Last Wild River in CA / Fly Fishing Winter Steelhead Clark, George
160D Single-Handed Fly Rod Casting – Spey Techniques Putnam, Jeff
161D Tying Flies With Jack Dennis & Friends Dennis, Jack
162D Basic Fly Casting Swisher, Doug
163D Advanced Fly Fishing Swisher, Doug
164D Streamer Fishing for Trophy Trout Galloup, Kelly
165D Fly Fishing Still Waters for Trophy Trout Rickards, Denny
166D Fly Casting Jacklin, Bob