good primer on bugs..?
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Written by a guy that lives on the McKenzie River Oregon 
The Bug Book: A Fly Fisher's Guide to Trout Stream Insects
https://a.co/d/drhdymO
https://a.co/d/drhdymO
Arlen was on the old Westfly site - great photographs, wealth of knowledge.
Cheers
I think this is one of the best. New England/East Coast oriented, but has a very good discussion of the life histories of caddis, mayfly, and stonefly bugs.
After the life history section at the start of each chapter, the left page shows a picture of the bug (all taken by Ames on the White River in Vermont) and the right page shows flies that match it, along with tips for fishing them.
After the life history section at the start of each chapter, the left page shows a picture of the bug (all taken by Ames on the White River in Vermont) and the right page shows flies that match it, along with tips for fishing them.
A few of these were mentioned in the entomology thread https://pnwflyfishing.com/forum/index.php?threads/entomology-books.6036/ (just for cross reference).
I like the books by Dave Hughes and Rick Hafele, such as "Handbook of Hatches" and especially "Western Hatches" to help put what I observe to fishing use.
I like the books by Dave Hughes and Rick Hafele, such as "Handbook of Hatches" and especially "Western Hatches" to help put what I observe to fishing use.
Bug Water is great.
One of my online favorites is Guide to Aquatic Macroinvertebrates of the Upper Midwest