There are pocket guides to specific types of insects and complicated, detailed volumes on all aquatic insects. This book fills a void - a pocket guide to all types of common trout foods and how to imitate them. Within, The Orvis Streamside Guide to Trout Foods and Their Imitations shows: how to tell a stonefly from a caddisfly; when trout are feeding on minnows; what midge larvae look like and how to imitate them; the difference between a mayfly dun and a spinner.The many color photographs and detailed diagrams will help identify what's hatching or living under rocks on the stream bottom. (41/4 X 61/2, 180 pages, color photos, diagrams, charts)


A pocket guide to all types of common trout foods and how to imitate them.