Pocketguide to Western hatches
By: Dave Hughes
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: HeadWater Books; Stackpole Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: [Boiling Springs, Penn.]; Mechanicsburg, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 314
ISBN-13: 9780811707367
Subjects: Artificial Flies; Aquatic insects; Food; Identification; Fly fishing; Guidebooks; Fly tying; Trout
Other titles: Pocket guide to Western hatches; Western hatches
Description: Color photos, key features, habitat, hatch times, and fishing hints for 90 hatches common in the western U.S. and Canada, along with 169 fly patterns for matching them. Covers hatches on stillwaters, creeks, streams, and rivers in Washington, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Wyoming, California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, British Columbia, and Alberta.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Notes on Western hatches. Using this guide ; The wide variety of Western waters ; Hatch timing in the West ; Tactics for fishing hatches; title: Western creek, stream, and river hatches. Mayflies ; Stoneflies ; Caddisflies ; Midges and crane flies ; Terrestrials ; Crustaceans ; Aquatic worms ; Sculpins; title: Western stillwater hatches. Mayflies ; Caddisflies ; Midges ; Damselflies and dragonflies ; Water boatmen ; Alderflies ; Scuds ; Leeches; title: Fly pattern dressings. Patterns for moving water hatches ; Patterns for stillwater hatches.