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Many writers already dealt with 'hit' lists of books that influenced fly fishing. You may read John Waller Hills 'A History Of Fly Fishing For Trout' (written in 1921, but still hard to beat). Or take the lists of James Robb 'Notable Angling Literature '.The 9 writers listed top are :

1.The Treatyse,
2.Izaak Walton,
3.Charles Cotton,
4.Thomas Tod Stoddard,
5.William Scrope,
6.W.C.Stewart,
7.Francis Francis,
8.Frederic M. Halford,
9.Lord Grey.

There is a second list of 11 authors ( Lest we forget ) naming among others Ronalds, Plunket Greene and John Waller Hills. You may also read

Marston 'Walton And Some Earlier Fishing Writers'
Lambert 'Angling Literature In England'
Col.E.W.Harding,1931, 'The Flyfisher&The Trout's Point Of View', part V.Notes on Modern Fly Fishing Literature

If you prefer newer books, there is Voss Bark with his book of 1992 ' A History of Flyfishing '.

Of US writers dealing with this subject there is first of all Arnold Gingrich with 'The Fishing in Print '.For those who really want a hit list there is the list of 30 books on page 252ff in Gingrich's book ' The Joys Of Trout '. Those who want a list of notable German authors dealing with fishing should have a look at the book by Hans-Heinrich Welchert ' Der unsterbliche Angler'.

I read a lot of literature about fly fishing but do not fell competant to create a list of the most important writers dealing with fly fishing. All I can say is: I do not like to read instructional books, especially modern ones. Books I do like are

Grey ' Flyfishing ' ( 2nd edition ),
all fishing books of Voelker,
Waller Hills ' Summer on the Test ',
Leonard M.Wright ' Fly Fishing Heresies ' and ' Fishing The Dry Fly as A Living Insect ',
Caine ' An Angler At Large',
most books of H.T. Sheringham,
Arthur Ransome ' Rod And Line',
Harry Plunkett Greene ' Where The Bright Waters Meet' ,
many of John Gierach's books
all fishing books by William Humphrey.

Of writers in German I like Wolfgang L.R. Ecke ' Schimmernde Schatten ' ( 1966 ) and his second fishing book 'Von Flüssen und Fischen' written much later in 2002 with his wonderful photos ) .