Mayflies - Fly Fishing Guide to Imitating Aquatic Insects

Product Description The idea is simple. Determine what the trout are eating, match that with an artificial replica and proceed to catch them. Although doing so can range from being easy, to next too impossible, in some angler s minds, the challenge of accomplishing this is the most enjoyable and satisfying part of the sport. This series of programs was written and produced to assist anglers in meeting this challenge. The objective is to assist you in identifying which aquatic insects the trout are feeding on, selecting an imitation that matches it and presenting the imitation in such a manner as to fool the trout into thinking it is the real thing. By far the most imitated specie of aquatic insect is the mayfly. You will see the order Ephemeroptera a big word meaning, short-lived winged insect - (ephemero-meaning short lived) and (ptera-meaning winged). In the United States there are several hundred species of them. When mayflies are hatching and trout are rising, it is a fly fishers dream that came true. Day in and day out, however, this is not the case. To begin with, in the U. S., with few exceptions, mayflies only hatch between the months of March and November and this long period of time occurs only in the southernmost areas of the U.S. where trout waters exist. On most streams, the majority of the hatches occur during the months of May, June and July. When hatches do occur, many of them only last for a short period of time, a few days or less in many cases. During the hatch mayfly duns may emerge for only an hour or two and not return to the water as a spinner until dark or even well into the night in some cases. So all things considered, on any given stream or lake, trout are only feeding on hatching mayfly duns or spinners a very small percentage of time. when they do, you want to be ready for them. If you simply tie on a fly without any idea of what the trout may be interested in and hope for the best, you are counting on pure luck for success. If you do not know where and how to present the fly to imitate the real deal, then you are in worse shape, even though you may occasionally succeed. These two DVDs include over 40 species of mayflies that are the most common mayflies found on trout streams. You will see live mayflies sometimes in the nymph, dun and spinner stages of life. You will learn how to present imitations of each stage of their life to fool trout. It includes mayflies from the west coast to the east coast of the United States and Ca