<li>Includes a 72-minute DVD demonstrating basic nymph fishing techniques </li>
<li>Color photo sequences to teach 11 different nymph fishing methods, including Czech, hinged leader, Leisenring lift, and wet-fly swing </li>
<li>Detailed information on imitating mayflies, stoneflies, caddisflies, true flies, scuds, and sow bugs In nature nothing happens without a reason. The difficulty for the angler is merely that the reason is hidden some way beneath the surface.--G. E. M. Skues
During the considerable periods of time trout spend feeding exclusively on underwater food forms, nymph fishing can be the most productive, if not the only way to catch fish. But understanding what occurs below the water's surface can be a challenge for even the most experienced angler. In Nymph-Fishing Rivers and Streams, aquatic entomologist and long-time fly fisherman Rick Hafele shares the information necessary to successfully decipher the mysteries of trout life. He starts by explaining their feeding patterns--where trout feed, when they feed, and what's available for them to eat. Sections on tackle and pattern selection help anglers sort through equipment and imitations to find the best outfit for their needs. The DVD complements the photos in the book that show various methods for nymph fishing. Also included is an angler's field guide to nymphs with details on their habitat, importance to trout, and the most effective patterns and fishing tactics to imitate them.
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Nymph-Fishing Rivers & Stream: A Biologist's View of Taking Trout Below the Surface

Sports & Outdoors

Hafele, Rick

Hunting & Fishing

Stackpole Books

Three well-known fly fishers (and friends) come together to share the solid technical know-how they've learned from years of fishing the ever-elusive trout.
<li>Chapters cover fishing with nymphs, dry and wet flies, emergers, streamers, and more</li>
<li>Enhanced with more than 200 full-color photos and QR codes that link to video segments</li>
<li>Authors recount their personal experiences with fussy trout, tactics and presentation, choosing fly rods, and organizing their fly boxes</li>

Tactics for Trout

HUGHES, Dave

Morris, Skip

The fly-fishing trio offers winning practical advice and years of wisdom for catching trout all year long, no matter the season.
<li>Includes winter nymphing, the "magic hour," fishing low waters, seasonal hatches, and more</li>
<li>Enhanced with more than 200 full-color photos and QR codes that link to video segments</li>
<li>Also features choice fly patterns and insect id tips</li>

Seasons for Trout

Nymph-Fishing Rivers and Streams: A Biologist's View of Taking Trout Below the Surface

"An Angler’s Guide to Aquatic Insects and Their Imitations" helps you identify the insects that trout and other fish feed on in streams and lakes across the country. This fully illustrated guide leads you step by step through the identification process. Then, after you make an indentification, you’ll find a list of fly patterns that match the natural, supplemented by information about the insect’s life cycle, habitat preferences, and specific flyfishing tactics to help you imitate its behavior. 
The information in this book will help you solve the most basic flyfishing problem—finding out what the fish are feeding on and being able to match the insect and its behavior in the water. Best of all, no prior knowledge of entomology is required to use this guide. All you need to start is an aquarium net, a pair of tweezers, a few vials, the white lid off a pickle jar, and a desire to become a more knowledgeable, more successful flyfisher.

An Angler's Guide to Aquatic Insects and Their Imitations

Science & Math

Roederer, Scott

Biological Sciences

Johnson+books

An Angler's Guide to Aquatic Insects and Their Imitations for All North America

In their first book together since their 1981 classic Western Hatches, aquatic entomologist Rick Hafele and fly fishing author Dave Hughes, combine their extensive knowledge to describe in detail the widespread and diverse western mayflies, unraveling their mysteries, revealing how to identify them, how to match them, and how to fish their imitations. Researched, written, and photographed over a period of more than twenty years, Western Mayfly Hatches covers all mayfly hatches important in the entire range of western states and provinces. Color photos reveal the important aspects of each stage of each important mayfly hatch. Scientifically accurate illustrations by artist Richard Bunse depict the details that will allow you to recognize key differences between species for both nymph and adult stages. A series of fly patterns, from suggestive through impressionistic to imitative, are listed for each stage of each hatch. The full dressing is given for each fly, and each is photographed in color by Jim Schollmeyer. Also included is information on collecting and observing mayflies, mayfly behavior and natural history, fly-tying techniques, presentation methods for nymphs, emergers, duns, and spinners, plus much more. Unique "hatch ranking tables" list the important aspects of each hatch, and provide a means for determining its importance relative to all other hatches. Hatch charts show graphically the emergence period of each hatch throughout the year, and the time of day you might encounter the insect on the water being fed upon selectively by trout. Includes more than 350 color photographs, 75 illustrations, and more than 175 fly patterns, You'll be amazed how much information you'lldiscover within the pages of this book. Western Mayfly Hatches leaves no stone unturned.

Western Mayfly Hatches: From The Rockies To The Pacific

Frank Amato Pubns

(Synopsis) With their usual meticulous attention to detail, noted entomologist Rick Hafele &amp; author Dave Hughes turn their attention to the widespread mayfly, one of the most important insects to fly-fisherman. This book shares all that you need to know about the insect, and the fly patterns and techniques to match them, including: matching hatches, collecting and observing mayflies, recognizing species and stages, fly-tying techniques, presentations, and so much more.

Western Mayfly Hatches: From the Rockies to the Pacific

My Life as a Mayfly

Children's Books

Science, Nature & How It Works

Independently published

Rick Hafele's Favorite Fly Patterns

Arts & Photography

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