The Bug Book · A Fly Fisher's Guide to Trout Stream Insects by Weamer, Paul -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

The Bug Book Copyright Acknowledgments Introduction Aquatic Insect Habitats

Freestone Rivers and Streams Tailwaters Limestone Streams and Spring Creeks Rehabilitating River and Streams Stillwaters: Lakes and Ponds

The Name Game: Latin vs. Common Names Mayflies (Ephemeroptera)

Imitating the Mayfly Life Cycle with Flies

Caddisflies (Trichoptera)

Imitating the Caddis Life Cycle with Flies

Stoneflies (Plecoptera)

Imitating the Stonefly Life Cycle with Flies

Other Important Trout Stream Foods

Midges (Diptera, Chironomidae) Crane Flies (Diptera, Tipulidae) Dragon Flies and Damsel Flies (Odonata) Aquatic Worms (Annelida Oligochaeta) Scuds (Amphipoda) and Sow Bugs (Isopoda) Hellgrammites and Dobsonflies, Fishflies, and Alderflies (Megaloptera) Terrestrials

Hatch Progression and Importance Charts

Selecting the Best Fly Patterns

Trigger Mechanisms, Masking Hatches, and Drag Dry Flies

Wet Flies and Nymphs

Wet Flies Nymphs

East/Midwest Five Star Hatches

Little Blue Winged Olive (Baetis spp.) Hendrickson (Ephemerella subvaria) Grannom (Brachycentrus spp.) Big Sulphur (Ephemerella invaria) Tan Caddis (Hydropsyche and Symphitopsyche spp.) Little Sulphur (Ephemerella dorothea dorothea) Green Drake (Ephemera guttulata) Michigan Caddis (Hexagenia limbata) Slate Drake (Isonychia spp.) Brown Drake (Ephemera simulans) Blue Winged Olive (Drunella cornuta and D. cornutella) Green Caddis (Rhyacophila spp.) Trico (Tricorythodes spp.)

Western Five Star Hatches

Blue Winged Olive (Baetis spp.) Hex (Hexagenia limbata) Western Green Drake (Drunella spp.) Pale Morning Dun (Ephemerella spp.) Yellow Sally (Perlodidae and Chloroperlidae spp.) Golden Stones (Calineuria, Hesperoperla, Doroneuria, and Claassenia spp.) Salmonfly (Pteronarcys californica) Spotted Sedge (Hydropsyche spp.) Grannom (Brachycentrus spp.) Western Trico (Tricorythodes spp.)

Choosing the Best Dry Fly Style: Fooling the Alpha Trout Resources About the Author