Books on fly tying and flyfishing by one of America's pre-eminent flyfishing authors. Because Jack self-publishes, these books are not available anywhere else. This is where you get them! Books are listed alphabetically by title.
Fly Patterns for the Adventurous Tyer (4th edition)
This book contains all of my best-known fresh water patterns. The Sparrow, Gartside Pheasant Hopper, Soft Hackle Streamer, CPF and Firefly mayflies and caddis, the Gurgler (with 20 variations!), and many more unusual and innovative designs to challenge the tyer and to entice the fish.
156 pages, spiral-bound. Each copy signed by author.
Price: 24.95
Flyfisherman's Guide to Boston Harbor
This guide covers the water, just about every inch of shoreline within Boston Harbor, including the islands. Specifically written with the wading angler in mind (but with plenty of useful information for the boater as well), this guide tells you where, when, and how to best enjoy the many opportunities that Boston Harbor has to offer.
Contains almost two hundred pages of photos, charts, directions, pertinent tide and wind advice, and suggestions for flies and techniques as well as a bit of history and personal comments along the way.
"If there is a more comprehensive guide to fishing the shores of the Boston Harbor area, I'd like to see it! Jack Gartside has produced a book that should be under the front seat of the car of every fisherman who fishes the 50 square miles of the Harbor."
Gene Bourque, On the Water Water
159 pages, spiral-bound. Each copy signed by author.
Price: 29.95
Original Salt Water Fly Patterns (4th edition)
Original and effective salt water fly patterns for striped bass, bluefish, bonefish, tarpon, permit, redfish, sea trout, snook, and other salt water species. Contains all of my best-known salt water patterns such as the Gartside Sand Eel, the Gurgler, the Floating Minnow, the BeastMaster, the FishHead, the BeastMaster General, and the Soft Hackle Streamer.
240 pages, spiral-bound. Each copy signed by author.
Price: 24.95
Scratching the Surface is a book unlike any I've written before. It includes stories from my life as a fly fisherman, more particularly stories centered around fishing with some of my favorite surface (and slightly subsurface) flies. Set in various locations (Montana, Massachusetts, the Florida Keys and Mexico), some of the stories are strange but all are true and all, I hope, will be enjoyable to read.
In addition to the stories, the book also contains the dressings and unusual techniques used in creating these patterns, along with illustrated step-by-step instructions and thoughts on fly tying. Whether you fish in fresh water or salt, tie your own flies or not, you'll enjoy this book.
Chapters include: Minnows at Midnight, Pheasant Hopper Memories, The Pheasant Caddis and Stonefly, Ants in Your Pants, The Yellow Bivisible, The Hoverbug Variations (or How the Gurgler Got to Be the Gurgler), The BeastMaster, plus a special chapter, Deer Hair Magic (or How I Gave Up Spinning and Learned to Love Deer Hair), detailing my own original and extraordinarily easy method for working with deer hair.
68 pages, paper-bound. Each copy signed by author.
Price: 10.00
Secret Flies (for Fresh and Salt Water)
Secret Flies for Fresh and Salt Water reveals revolutionary and exquisitely simple fly tying techniques I've developed for use with Gartside's Secret Stuff. Gartside's Secret Stuff (GSS for short) is a unique tying material that lets you create unusual and beautiful flies that combine realism and action. Packed with illustrated step-by-step instructions and tips for working with GSS, Secret Flies for Fresh and Salt Water gives recipes for over 50 patterns and ideas and inspiration for hundreds more.
100 pages, spiral-bound. Each copy signed by author.
Price: 19.95
Secret Fly Kit: Get a discount when you order Secret Flies with 2 packs of Secret Stuff. Read about it here.
