Common nymphs of eastern North America : a primer for flyfishers and flytiers / Caleb J. Tzilkowski and Jay R. Stauffer, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tzilkowski, Caleb J., 1975- author.

Stauffer, Jay R., author.

Series:

Keystone Books

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fly tying--East (U.S.).

Fly tying.

Fly tying--Canada, Eastern.

Flies, Artificial--East (U.S.).

Flies, Artificial.

Flies, Artificial--Canada, Eastern.

Nymphs (Insects)--East (U.S.)--Identification.

Nymphs (Insects).

Nymphs (Insects)--Canada, Eastern--Identification.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (126 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

University Park, Pennsylvania : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2011]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Although the concept of “matching the hatch” has been central to flyfishing for 150 years, it has been used almost exclusively for dry flyfishing. With Common Nymphs of Eastern North America: A Primer for Flyfishers and Flytiers, Caleb Tzilkowski and Jay Stauffer Jr. take trout enthusiasts in another hatch-matching direction—to the year-round underwater nymph “hatch,” which, in most cases, constitutes 90 percent of trout diets. Successful flyfishers have at least rudimentary knowledge of the organisms that artificial flies imitate. The relatively few and very best anglers are expert at identifying and imitating nymph appearances and habits. A major hurdle to becoming expert at nymph matching is overcoming two major limitations that make these animals difficult to locate, capture, and identify: first, nymphs live underwater, sometimes burrowed into the stream bottom, and second, many nymphs are nearly microscopic in size. Common Nymphs addresses those challenges by including habitat and life history information regarding the nymphs, tips for their identification, and representative high-resolution photographs of more than thirty types of aquatic organisms and their imitations. In the seemingly saturated flyfishing literature, this book offers something truly groundbreaking. With state-of-the-art microscopy and their years of scientific and practical experience, Tzilkowski and Stauffer provide readers an innovative close-up look at identifying and imitating nymphs that have been historically underrepresented in the flyfishing and flytying literature.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

List of Figures

Preface

1 Nymph ecology

2 Caddisflies (Trichoptera)

3 Mayflies (Ephemeroptera)

4 Stoneflies (Plecoptera)

5 True Flies (Diptera)

6 Hellgrammites and Other Aquatic Arthropods

Appendix A Caddisfly Attributes and Simple Fly Patterns

Appendix B Mayfly Attributes and Simple Fly Patterns

Appendix C Stonefly Attributes and Simple Fly Patterns

Appendix D Dipteran Attributes and Simple Fly Patterns

Appendix E Hellgrammite and Noninsect Arthropod Attributes and Simple Fly Patterns

Appendix F Generalized Caddisfly and Mayfly/Stonefly Anatomy

References

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780271058863

0271058862

OCLC:

1262307751