Moose Pheasant Mole Grouse

[hankaye]

Dub-ya, Howdy;

Looks like this last one (close and closer), has a corsetted waist...
What ya doin' gettin' into insect lingerie???

hank
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[William Anderson]

Hank, that's funny. It's never a bad time to be thinking about lingerie.

Back to the bug I.D. conversation. There is some merit in understanding how stoneflies move as nymphs, and when to expect to see them in the water as adults. And to have an idea of how caddis emerge is priceless when you're following your drift and wanting the imitation to present in a certain way. And give some thought to the four basic types of mayfly nymphs, where you might find them and what they do and don't do. Hughes has a book called Handbook of Hatches, which is the flip side of a book like Selective Trout, which really can overwhelm you with minutea. If you fished your whole life and only had the Hughes book you would be as happy as anyone else. Also Dave Whitlock has a great book called Guide to Aquatic Trout Foods, that I think is amazing, but then I like this stuff more than is necessary. It's also more of an overview and offers what you need to know, without all the other stuff that you really don't. For me, I think there is a lot to know and when to apply it, but it only really gets under your skin when you get your butt kicked and you're trying to figure out why. If you never got skunked, you'd probably not pay so much attention to the latin. Nemes focused on three soft-hackles and swears they solved almost any of the hatches he faced. Stewart too. It matters as much as you want it to matter. But if I only had to tie three flies, consisting of two materials each...I'd be a much better guitar player.

w

[hankaye]

Dub-ya, Howdy;

'bout the only thing about lingerie I know is this;

The less there is of it the more it costs!


Been thinking about getting one of those books on hatch matchin', bugs and such.

Ya say the Dave Whitlock is pretty good?

Anyone else wants to jump in come on in water's fine...

hank

[willowhead]

Schwiebert's, Matching the Hatch......THE definative book for decades. Got my copy for $5. from Alan Podell (then CFTG Newsletter editor), at the CFTG's annual swap meet Feb. 19, 2000. When you don't bring anything to swap, money works.
btw, the Whitlock book is good. He does all his own illustrations in all of his books.....

[michaelgmcgraw]

Dave Whitlock Did the illustrations in a couple of Charlie Brook's books as well as many other authors books.