Fishing book: our selection of the best books dedicated to fishing

The holiday season is approaching. The opportunity to think of gift ideas to please those around you and yourself. In this area, fishing books abound and a long literary tradition has been established for a very long time around this leisure sport. To have read some by the fireside or during a trip, here is a selection of the best books dedicated to fishing. 

Fishing on the Edge by Mike Iaconnelli

Mike Iaconelli is one of the most emblematic figures in American fishing, to the point of completely overturning its codes. In Fishing on the EdgeMike Iaconelli reveals the secrets of his extraordinary success: how he developed his "power fishing" style, what his approach is at the water's edge, how he positions his boat and perseveres when the bass aren't biting. This fishing book is an intensive, informative and often striking journey through the life of an impetuous young man who has dedicated his life to fishing and taken the sport to a whole new level. This is the gripping story of a man who carefully planned every step of his success, kept notes on all his fish and executed the perfect plan to reach the top. A beautiful story, even if you're not an angler. 

The River of the Sixth Day by Norman McLean

Everyone knows the film Et au milieu coule une rivière, but few people know the book from which it is based. And rightly so. It's often difficult to 'get into' a book that has previously been adapted for the screen. Especially when the film is as good as Redford's. But we do recommend it.

This fishing book which tells the story of the relationship between Norman Maclean, the narrator and his brother at the turn of frenzied fly fishing parties between the two brothers. We are irremediably attached to this authentic love and we share their many differences which separate them as well as bring them together.

The Long Silence by Thomas McGuane

What if the secret of happiness lay in a few lonely escapes along the most beautiful rivers in the world? If the world finally found its meaning while armed with its fishing rod, we try for the thousandth time the perfect cast?

With this autobiographical accountThomas McGuane opens the door to a childhood and a life spent in contact with nature, and invites us to savour the richness of the world around us.

A fishing book that is both moving and overwhelming, as we can recognize ourselves in his testimony as a fisherman.

Life According to Gus Orviston by David James Duncan

In the middle of a storm by Sebastian Junger

For an angler who only fishes for recreation, it's often easy to forget that there are also many people on this planet who fish for a living. In the middle of a storm is one of the most famous accounts of this commercial fishery, telling the story of the Andrea Gail, a commercial swordfish vessel operating out of Gloucester, Massachusetts. During October 1991, Andrea Gail was caught in what meteorologists described as "the storm of the century".

Exciting, terrible, terrifying. The American journalist Sebastian Junger investigated for more than two years among the swordfish fishermen of Gloucester, among the coast guards, the rescuers, of those who survived this terrible hurricane.