Book on Illinois Smallmouth Fishing?

[Ryan S]

Hey all,

 

Anyone know any books focused on Illinois smallmouth fishing? Or fly fishing in Illinois? Thanks!

 

Ryan

[Terry Dodge]

For a fly fishing book I would start here

https://shop.tightlinesflyshop.com/smallmouth-modern-fly-fishing-methods-tactics-and.html

I’m still writing the book on Illinois smallmouth fishing. Hope to get a new box of Crayons for Christmas.

[rich mc]

best info on illinois smallmouth has been in our bronzeback bulletin  we have had great articles by jonn graham on the float n fly, paul trybul on jerkbaits.as well as local fly patterns .

[Kev-mo]

you could also look back on past posts on this site and others

here's a book that has been mentioned before; Stream Smallmouth Fishing - Book by Tim Holschlag

[Bart Durham]

Welcome aboard Ryan!

In addition to what Kevin mentioned, Tim Holschlag has another excellent book entitled "Smallmouth Fly Fishing, The Best Techniques, Flies and Destinations"

Another great resource is Bob Clouser's "Fly Fishing for Smallmouth in Rivers and Streams"

Lots of great reading resources to get you through this Pandemic winter and prepared for spring fishing!

[Mark K]

On 11/24/2020 at 8:21 AM, Kev-mo said:

you could also look back on past posts on this site and others

here's a book that has been mentioned before; Stream Smallmouth Fishing - Book by Tim Holschlag

 

On 11/24/2020 at 9:29 AM, Bart Durham said:

Welcome aboard Ryan!

In addition to what Kevin mentioned, Tim Holschlag has another excellent book entitled "Smallmouth Fly Fishing, The Best Techniques, Flies and Destinations"

Another great resource is Bob Clouser's "Fly Fishing for Smallmouth in Rivers and Streams"

Lots of great reading resources to get you through this Pandemic winter and prepared for spring fishing!

Tim Landwehr's book is geared towards northern wisconsin but you could apply that here.  I think Austin Adduci (Kank Guide) is mentioned in there.

You can get most of these books at your Library, they will transfer to your local library. 

SWAN Libraries

[Ryan S]

Thanks for all the recommendations. Just received my first Bronzeback Bulletin the other day. Looks like I will have plenty to read during this winter.

[John Gillio]

Another good book is,"Fly Fishing for Smallmouth Bass", by Harry Murry and illustrated by Dave Whitlock. It discusses tackle, casting, reading the water, flies, techniques, etc.

[Mark K]

On 12/6/2020 at 2:46 PM, John Gillio said:

Another good book is,"Fly Fishing for Smallmouth Bass", by Harry Murry and illustrated by Dave Whitlock. It discusses tackle, casting, reading the water, flies, techniques, etc.

There is a video too.

[Eric]

Books??? Real renaissance men! 😉 There’s this thing called YouTube...