List of pseudonyms of angling authors

Last updated March 05, 2022

Since the 18th century, hundreds of angling authors have adopted pseudonyms for their books, for their contributions to journals and the popular press.^[1] Pen names for angling authors were most common in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This is a list of pseudonyms used by notable angling authors. Entries are listed by pen name, real name, and works.

The Amateur Angler, Edward Marston^[2]
The American Angler, John J. Brown^[2] Brown wrote the American Angler’s Guide (1845), the first book-length guide for angling published in the United States.
Athenian, Harry.G.McClelland. McClelland is famed for this book The Trout Dresser's Cabinet of Devices, or How to Tie Flies for Trout or Grayling Fishing (1898), which was published after his death by The Fishing Gazette for which he wrote articles under his pseudonym.
Badger Hackle, Theodore Gordon, early American Catskill angler.^[1]
Barnwell (or Ira Zell), Robert Barnwell Roosevelt, author of Superior Fishing; or The Striped Bass, Trout, Black Bass and Bluefish of the Northern States (1865) and other titles.^[1]
Christopher North, John Wilson, a Scottish author associated with Blackwood's Magazine .^[1]
Clericus, William Cartwright^[2]
Clifford, Charles, William Henry Ireland, author of The angler: a didactic poem (1804) and noted forger of Shakespearean papers.^[3]
Cotswold Isys, Richard H. Glover^[2]
Detached Badger, Frederic M. Halford, noted British author of Floating Flies and How To Dress Them (1886) and others on Dry Fly Fishing.^[4]
Ephemera, Edward Fitzgibbon, British author of The Book of the Salmon (1850) and others.^[5]
Fennel Hudson, Nigel Hudson, British author of Fly Fishing (2009), Traditional Angling (2010), and Wild Carp (2009).
Fisher, Paul, William Andrew Chatto, British author of The angler's souvenir (1835, 1845, 1847)^[6]
Frank Forester, F.F., of the Cedars, Henry William Herbert, British author of The Fish and Fishing of the United States (1850).^[1]
Geoffrey Mortimer, Walter M. Callichan^[2]
Ghanrhos, L.J. Graham-Clark, British fly tyer and contributor to The Field ^[7]
Grapho, John Harrington Keene, American author of Fly Fishing and Fly Making for Trout (1887)^[1]
Greendrake, Gregory, J. Coad, British author of The angling excursions of Gregory Greendrake Esq. (1832)^[8]
Greydrake, Geoffery, Thomas Ettingsall, contributor to The angling excursions of Gregory Greendrake Esq. (1832)^[8]
Hampshire Fisherman, Richard Clark Sewell, British writer with contributions to The Field ^[9]
Hi-Regan, John Joseph Dunn^[2]
I.D. Esquire, John Dennys (d. 1609) The Fisherman's "Glorious John" (see Westwood, Thos. Bibliotheca Piscatoria, 1861) Author of earliest English poetical treatise on fishing, The Secrets of Angling, first published in 1613.
Jim-Jam, James C. Mottram, English author of Fly Fishing, Some New Arts and Mysteries (1915)^[10]
John Bickerdyke, C. H. Cook, a prolific 19th-century angling author on coarse and sea fishing^[11]
Jock Scott, Donald Rudd, author of Greased Line Fishing for Salmon^[12]
John Chalkhill, Izaak Walton, author of The Compleat Angler (1653)^[1]
John Trotandot, George P. R. Pulman, British author of Vade mecum of fly-fishing for trout (1841) and others^[13]
J. R. Hartley , Michael Russell, an author who wrote two books about fly fishing-- Fly Fishing: Memories of Angling Days and J. R. Hartley Casts Again: More Memories of Angling Days
Kego-E-Kay, Fred Mather, American author of Men I have Fished With (1897)^[1]
Klahowya, Orange Perry Barnes, author of Fly Fishing in Wonderland (1910)^[1]
Lariat or (Sam Slocum), Charles Hallock, founder and proprietor of Forest and Stream , 1873–80, now Field & Stream ^[1]
Latouche, John, Oswald J. F. Crawford, British sporting writer, c. 1876^[14]
Martindale, Charles White^[2]
Oconomowoc, Dr. James A. Henshall, American angling author of Book of the Black Bass ^[1]
Old Log, Colonel Tickell, a contributor to The Field c. 1876^[15]
Oliver, Stephen, William Andrew Chatto, British author of Scenes and recollections of fly-fishing, in Northumberland, Cumberland and Westmoreland (1834)^[16]
Otter, A. J. Alfred, London, published three angling books in multiple editions between 1859 and 1878.^[17]
Palmer Hackle, Robert Blakely, prolific British angling writer, 1846-1871^[18]
Pelagius, Rev. M. G. Watkins, a contributor to The Field c. 1892^[19]
Piscator, Edmund Goldsmid. Used in preface to 1885 ed. of John Dennys's The Secrets of Angling.
Piscator, George Philip Rigney Pulman^[2]
Red Quill, James Englefield, a frequent contributor to The Field c. 1899^[20]
Red Spinner, William Senior, British author of Waterside sketches. A book for wanderers and anglers (1875) and others.^[1]
Robert Traver, John D. Voelker, author of Trout Madness (1960) and Trout Magic (1974)^[21]
Seaforth & Soforth, G. E. M. Skues, Skues was a British lawyer, author and fly fisherman most noted for the invention of modern-day nymph fishing and the controversy it caused with the Chalk stream dry fly doctrine developed by Frederic M. Halford.^[2]
Skene-Dhu, Cecil Lang^[2]
Sparse Grey Hackle, Alfred W. Miller, American author of Fishless Days, Angling Nights (1971) and prolific sporting columnist for the Wall Street Journal, New York Times and Sports Illustrated.^[22]
The American Editor, Reverend George Washington Bethune, published first American edition of Isaac Walton's The Compleat Angler (1847)^[23]
Theophilus South, Edward Chitty, British author of The Illustrated Fly Fishers Textbook (1845)^[1]
The Professor, John W. McDonald, author of Quill Gordon (1972)^[1]
The Wanderer, John Keast Lord^[2]
Ubique, Parker Gillmore^[2]
Val Conson, a legal abbreviation for Valuable Consideration was G. E. M. Skues's penname for his articles with The Fishing Gazette .
Water Rail, Richard Walker, well known British angler and author
- Other pseudonyms used by Skues include: Seaforth and Soforth, E.O.E., A Limity Dincombe, S.A.S., Simplex Munidishes, Spent Naturalist, W.A.G., B. Hinde, Unspoiled Child, Captain Stoke, A Fluker, Integer Vitae, Caunter Fordham, A Butt, and Current Colonel.^[24]

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George Edward MacKenzie Skues, usually known as G. E. M. Skues (1858–1949), was a British lawyer, author and fly fisherman most noted for the invention of modern-day nymph fishing and the controversy it caused with the Chalk stream dry fly doctrine developed by Frederic M. Halford. His second book, The Way of a Trout with a Fly (1921) is considered a seminal work on nymph fishing. According to Dr Andrew Herd, the British fly fishing historian, Skues:

was, without any doubt, one of the greatest trout fishermen that ever lived. His achievement was the invention of fly fishing with the nymph, a discovery that put a full stop to half a century of stagnation in wet fly fishing for trout, and formed the bedrock for modern sunk fly fishing. Skues' achievement was not without controversy, and provoked what was perhaps the most bitter dispute in fly fishing history.

Minor Tactics of the Chalk Stream and Kindred Studies is a fly fishing book written by G. E. M. Skues published in London in 1910. Minor Tactics was Skues's first book and set the stage for his ascendancy as the inventor of nymph fishing for trout.

The Way of a Trout with a Fly and Some Further Studies in Minor Tactics is a fly fishing book written by G. E. M. Skues published in London in 1921. This was Skues's second book after Minor Tactics of the Chalk Stream (1910).

<i>A Concise Treatise on the Art of Angling</i>

A Concise Treatise on the Art of Angling- Confirmed by Actual Experiences and Minute Observations to Which is Added the Compleat Fly-Fisher is a fly fishing book written by Thomas Best, first published in London in 1787.

<i>Floating Flies and How to Dress Them</i>

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A Book on Angling – Being a complete treatise on the art of angling in every branch is a work of angling literature with significant fly fishing content written by Francis Francis, angling editor to The Field and published in London in 1867 by Longmans, Green and Company.

Blacker's Art of Fly Making - comprising angling and dyeing of colours with engravings of Salmon and Trout flies shewing the process of the gentle craft as taught in the pages with descriptions of flies for the season of the year as they come out on the water is a work of fly tying literature with significant fly fishing content written by William Blacker, a London tackle dealer and first published in London in 1842 by George Nichols. The 1842 and 1843 editions were only 48 pages while, the 1855 edition was considerably expanded by Blacker with hand-painted, colored illustrations and 252 pages.

Book of the Black Bass - Comprising Its Complete and Scientific and Life History with a Practical Treatise On Angling and Fly Fishing and a Full Description of Tools, Tackle and Implements is a work of angling and fly fishing literature on the subject of Black Bass written by James A. Henshall, M.D., a mid-western medical doctor and first published in Cincinnati in 1881 by Robert Clarke & Co.

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This annotated bibliography is intended to list both notable and not so notable works of English language, non-fiction and fiction related to the sport of fly fishing listed by year published. Although 100% of any book listed is not necessarily devoted to fly fishing, all these titles have significant fly fishing content. Included in this bibliography is a list of species related fly fishing literature.

Dry-Fly Fishing in Theory and Practice (1889) is British author and angler Frederic M. Halford's second and most influential book on dry fly fishing. It followed Floating Flies and How to Dress Them (1886) and this pair of books initiated some 40 years of a rigid, and sometimes dogmatic school, the Halfordian school, of dry fly fishing, especially on English chalk streams. The work also played a significant role in the development of dry-fly fishing in America.

The Fly-Fisher's Entomology, Illustrated by Coloured Representations of the Natural and Artificial Insect and Accompanied by a Few Observations and Instructions Relative to Trout-and-Grayling Fishing, first published in 1836 by Alfred Ronalds (1802–1860), was the first comprehensive work related to the entomology associated with fly fishing. Although the work was Ronalds' only book, it was published in 11 editions between 1836 and 1913 and has been extensively reprinted in the last 100 years.

Fly Fishing, first published in 1899 by English author and diplomat Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon (1862–1933), is a book about fly fishing English chalk streams and spate rivers for trout and salmon. It includes reminisces about the author's fly fishing experiences on Hampshire rivers. The book was in print for nearly 50 years and has been extensively reprinted in the 21st century.

The Secrets of Angling was a book written by John Dennys. It was the earliest English poetical treatise on fishing, first published in 1613 in London. A didactic pastoral poem in 3 books, in the style of Virgil's Georgics. It was published in 4 editions until 1652, examples of which are amongst the rarest books in existence.

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