Books, and books and books ! Except for your fishing gear, all you need is books !
This book is only coming out on Nov. 7 (Paperback) but I couldn't wait to ta...
It was time for me to go back to the Wild West. And this is done with this dusky western by Bruce Holbert, Lonesome Animals. The action takes place in 1932 in t...
We already mentionned Lee Spencer to you, several times, the story of this passionated wildlife protector who has dedicated his life looking after Walden Pool o...
We' sorry, we promis it won't happen again, but we were so thrilled by this book that we had to review it for our french readers since it's not traslated yet!
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Our mates at Fly Punk are back with their third delivery of their online magazine. Go read it and enjoy that spirit we love with them: a band of good fellows wh...
The winter publishing season is a big deal in France, I had set my eyes on this new novel : The Animals by Christian Kiefer. I have to add that Richard Ford's w...
Here a few books coming up in our bookstores in France, some were published several years ago in the U.S, but not all of them ! I love to read first novels as w...
If you're looking for an "easy reading" - Ned Crabb is the man! I really enjoyed myself following the adventures of Six and Alicia in Willow Pond. I had no tro...
December 2nd, 3rd and 4th.
The FlyShow, Paris. We'll be there if you're in Paris the first week end of December! We'll have plenty of goodies, we'll have...
Well, you read Paris but it's actually outside of Paris, 45 minutes away by car or train, and if take the train there are shuttles to pick you up at the station...
The taste of salt, the unic feeling of sea water running down your face, the heat of the sun, the sound of the choppy waves, the brightness of the slies, like i...
How to resist a western signed John Williams who puts a buffalo on the front cover ? Have I told you already how this animal fascinates me ? If I had a ranch, I...
Bob Dylan, you rock! We love you! And for those who don't know (have been hiding in a cave?). Here are all his lyrics and books. We strongly recommand Chronicle...
Yesterday we suggested you to buy Jim Harrison's cabin by Grand Marais, today, we go a little higher in your fisherman's or in your writer's dream, Jim Harrison...
What about if I tell you that I got into fly fishing after reading Jim Harrison's books, in the late 80's. I was obsessed, all I dreamed of was to meet those am...
I was longing to start a new reading journey to Kentucky and Alex Taylor made it happen with his nove, The Marble Orchard. Another first novel, another hit.
Ke...
As soon as I found out that Glenn Taylor was coming to the Festival America in Vincennes, I wanted to read the book who got him to be compared to his fellow wri...
Jason Borger, you all know him. If not directly, at least because he was Brad Pitt's casting double in And a River Ran Through it. He's a fly casting instructor...
That's what I like when I open a new issue of This Is Fly. Find sumptuous photographs depicting items on top. And that number 57 late summer is no exception...
Holidays ! Summer has definitely set in .. and you're still wondering what to read ? Here some ideas of books you might find interesting !
Meet Early “Trenchmo...
"Cry Father is strong medicine. It burns going down, but there's healing in that dose as well. It's a book that put me in the mind of my own Dad and made me thi...
On Bent Road, a battered red truck cruises ominously along the prairie; a lonely little girl dresses in her dead aunt's clothes; a boy hefts his father's rifle ...
In Jeanette, in Louisiana, the small bay of Barataria, in the Jefferson paris, upon the Gulf Coast, life has become tough. Formerly famous for protecting the f...
I've read Indian Creek Chronicles written by Pete Fromm back in 2014 and it's still vivid in my mind so I thought I'd share it with you. If you haven't read it ...
Sometimes the best book encounters you can make are not planned. The Azeman's jazz was one of them. I saw the cover and I had to get it. Does the title ring a b...
Jim's sense of humor is one of a kind. While I was lying in the couch, battling fever, I suddenly heard the TV anchor announcing, at the end of his news report,...
The first sound that came out of my mouth was FUCK! But not just fuck in fact I said FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK! Big Jim, my idole, the one I owe so much, we all owe s...
Gilles Clément, do you know that guy? He's not just one of France's best garden designers, he's one of those rare artists who change deeply the way we think abo...
Several weeks ago, I was invited by my friend Alexander. As usual, the program was exciting: duck breast, red wine, cheese... And above all, fly tying! It was o...
Blood Atonement
A novel by Jim Tenuto
Meet Fly-fisherman Jim Tenuto and his fishing guide hero : Dahlgren Wallace. Published in 2006, the book features Mont...
Big Sur, on the ''One", that winding road that goes along the coast from San Francisco to Los Angeles. Big Sur, home of the greatests like Henry Miller, Edward ...
I'm a guy who buys everything and anything as long it's it fly fishing related. But for this one, I just could not let it sleep in the shop and I had to have it...
Bitch Creek
A novel by William G.Tapply
I was longing to meeting Stoney Calhoun, the character created by the American author William G.Tapply. His book was ...
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