The following publications will interest anyone keen on learning more about the north country tradition. we have used them for our own research
BRITISH PUBLICATIONS
The Angler’s vade-mecum - James Chetham (1681)
The Driffield Angler - Alexander Mackintosh (1806)
The Fly-fisher’s Guide - G.C.Bainbridge (1816)
The Fly-fisher’s Entomology - Alfred Ronalds (1836)
The Angler’s Manual - John Turton (1836)
The Practical Fly-fisher - John Jackson (1854)
The Practical Angler - W.C.Stewart (1857)
A Book on Angling - Francis Francis (1867)
British Angling Flies - Michael Theakston (1883)
North Country Flies - T.E.Pritt (1886)
The Book of Grayling - T.E.Pritt (1888)
Grayling and how to catch them - F.M.Walbran (1895)
Brook an River Trouting - H.H.Edmonds and N.N.Lee (1916)
A History of Fly Fishing for Trout - John Waller Hills (1921)
The Way of a Trout With A Fly - G.E.M. Skues (1921)
Grayling Fishing - William Carter Platts (1939)
Border River Angling - W.H.Lawrie (1939)
The Rough Stream Nymph - W.H.Lawrie (1947)
International Trout Flies - W.H.Lawrie (1969)
The Grayling Angler - John Roberts (1982)
The Art of The wet Fly - W.S.Roger Fogg (1979)
A Handbook of North Country Trout Flies - W.S. Roger Fogg (1988)
Fly Fishing - The North Country Tradition - Leslie Magee (1994)
AMERICAN PUBLICATIONS
The Art of Tying the Wet Fly & Fishing The Flymph - James Leisenring & Vernon S Hidy (1971)
The Soft Hackled Fly - Sylvester Nemes (1975)
The Soft-hackled Fly Addict - Sylvester Nemes (1981)
Two Centuries of Soft-hackled Flies - Sylvester Nemes (2004)
Tying & Fishing Soft-hackled Nymphs - Allen McGee (2007)
WEB LINKS TO OLD CLASSICS
http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=fly%20fishing
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibliography_of_fly_fishing
http://www.flyfishinghistory.com/