Product Description

The twentieth-anniversary edition of Hatches II celebrates the enduring value of this complete guide to fishing the hatches of North American trout streams. Chosen by Trout Unlimited as one of the most important fly-fishing books of the past thrity-five years, Hatches II remains the most complete book on the subject of mayflies and their identification. Hundreds of photographs depict the genera and species of the mayfly in all stages of its development, and the authors provide critical information on mayfly biology, tactics, presentation, and imitation. In fact, the Comparadun style of tying, with variations, remains one of the most important innovations of our time.
Special features of Hatches II include Quick Reference Charts for the East/Midwest and western United States hatches; discussions of the mayfly-trout relationship; stream and lab research; photomacrography; tying instructions; emergence calendars; identification charts; and a valuable phonetic table.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #161426 in Books
• Published on: 2004-06-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 376 pages

Review
"...if you want a book on hatches, this has got to be it."
--Steve Bodio, Gray's Sporting Journal

"Since its original publication in 1975, HATCHES has been a popular and important part of the entomological angling literature. Its major contribution has been the incredibly complete survey of trout stream mayflies. Certainly, no angling entomology had ever covered so many species from across the country; and no other book had ever provided so many important details about specific hatches. It represented a clear jump, not just an evolutionary shuffle, in mayfly knowledge for fly fishermen."
--Gary LaFontaine

"This classic guide to fishing the hatches of North American trout streams is truly a treasure for fly fishermen of all skills."
--The International Angler
-- Review

Review

From the Back Cover
This updated edition of Hatches celebrates the enduring value of a complete guide to fishing the hatches of North American trout streams. Chosen by Trout Unlimited as one of the most important fly-fishing books of the past thirty-five years, Hatches II remains the most complete book on the subject of mayflies and their identification. Hundreds of photographs depict the genre and species of the mayfly in all stages of its development, and the authors provide critical information on mayfly biology, tactics, presentation, and imitation. In fact, their Comparadun style of tying, with variations, remains one of the most important innovations of our time.
Special features of Hatches II include quick reference charts for the East, Midwest, and western United States hatches; discussions of the mayfly-trout relationship; stream and lab research; photomicrography; tying instructions; emergence calendars; identification charts; and a valuable phonetic table.

Customer Reviews

Hatches II is an Excellent read as well as Reference book
Outstanding work on the Mayfly - the life cycle, location of specific hatches (and importance in the region), and even recommendations for flies to be used. There is a section of color photographs of nymphs, duns, and spinners of almost every species covered (noted if male or female) and tying instructions for some of the recommended flies. Bottom line, for the money, this is an excellent book you'll be thoroughly happy with. When you've read it though once you'll have a much better understanding of the subject and almost feel like a pro.

If you flyfish and/or tie flies this is book is a must
Caucci and Nastasi provide a detail study and examination of the mayfies of interest to trout flyfishermen in North America. Hatches can be read cover to cover and continue to be used as a reference for years to come. I reference this book at least weekly as I flyfish my way though life.

Hatches II
A beautiful reference book with great info for the fly fisherman. This book could serve as a college entomology reference, so complete is its information. It belongs in the collection of every fly fisherman. The book starts with an introduction to the Mayfly, which gives the neophyte a very detailed overview of the insects and their life cycles. From there, the book moves on to the general hatches for North America, covered in very useful chart form. These charts give times, sizes, imitation guides with names of flies to use. The book moves on to more detailed infomation about the various mayflies, including their characteristics and how to tie the flies that imitate them. The latter part of the book contains a lot of specific info about mayfly imitation and tying which will be helpful in all aspects of fly fishing.

I think if you could have but one book about insects important to fly fishing, this would be the one. It eliminates the guesswork and is simply a great book that I highly recommend.