Recommend a book on insects and flies?

I'm looking for a book that has information on insects, and the flies that mimic these insects.

I don't tie flies, so I don't need information relating to fly tying techniques.

Idealy, the book would have information on various insects, their life cycles, timing, and ranges, and color pictures of the insects and flies that correspond with these insects at their various stages of life.

Can anyone recommend a good book on bugs and the flies that imitate them?

Nope, but what a great title...
"a good book on bugs and the flies that imitate them"

Hi,

I've not read this, but I've seen it around and flipped through it a few times. It looks pretty good, and I've been tempted to pick it up and will eventually. I figure it must be fairly good since it's been in print since 1983. It is, as the title suggests, about New Zealand insects, so depending upon what you want, this may or may not suit your purposes.

- Jeff

http://www.fishingmag.co.nz/book-marsh-trout.htm

Trout Stream Insects of New Zealand
How To Imitate And Use Them
by Norman Marsh

First published 1983 by Millwood Press, reprinted 1985, Published by Penguin Books (NZ) Ltd 1989
ISBN 0-86479-047-3

For caddis get Caddisflies by Gary LaFontaine
For Mayflies try Hatches II by Caucci and Nastasi

Hey Kai, Try the fly fishermans entomological
pattern book by John Cawthorne,pages have very good drawings of the bugs in different stages and the flies that mimic them
G

Take a look at "Aquatic Insects and their Imitations"
by Rick Hafele and Scott Roederer ( revised edition )

This book is a great read and reference.
It also is paper back and fits into your pack nicely
for on stream use. This book is a real hands on field guide written with us flyfishers in mind.

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I also have and old college book titled
" An Introduction to the Study of Insects"
5th edition by Borror, DeLong, Triplehorn. Bit heavy but if your over the bank as I am you might want to get one like this some of the classifications have changed since this was published but still very good reference for amature study.
This one may be more than you need to own so check you library for this one...

I have more so if you are interested give me a shout
I love bugs....

Take care,

Steve Molcsan

ps: for colored pictures and beautful ones at that as well as emergence dates and times take a look at "Selective Trout"
by Doug Swisher and Carl Richards ,iustrated b by
Dave Whitlock, this one dose also cover some tying stuff also but well worth a review.

Kai-

http://www.FlyfishingEntomology.com/Book17.jpg

Given your location, I would highly recommend Hatch Guide For Western Streams by Jim Schollmeyer. It offers a color photo of each covered insect life stage on the left page, shows three effective imitations on the right page, and discusses the insect's behavior and techniques for imitation. Any western flyfisher wishing to match immature and/or adult aquatic insects would benefit from use of this book. It is a small 4"x6" spiral-bound pocket guide with plasticized pages.

I second the recommendation of Schollmeyer's book. He also has one for lakes and another just for the lower Deschutes.

Ernest Schweibert- Nymphs
Gary Lafontaine- Caddisflies
Knopp and Cormier- Mayflies
Stark,Szczytko,Nelson- American Stoneflies- A Photographic Guide to Plecoptera

.... another comes to mind but I can't recall it. It was based on north-eastern US trout streams. carp ....... this is bugging me .......