Nymphs Volume I: The Mayflies: The Major Species

DIVA thorough guide to the classification and identification of the larval forms of the insects that trout eat, all across North America, with highly detailed descriptions of the insects; includes over 80 recipes for tying artificial nymphs./DIVDIVDIVBErnest G. Schwiebert/B(1931-2005)B/Bbecame one of the masters of fly fishing and fly-fishing entomology in the late twentieth century. A widely published magazine writer and author, he produced works of literature that changed the way people fished, includingIMatching the Hatch/I(1955),INymphs/I(1973), andITrout/I(1978).BRBR/DIV/DIVDIVErnest G. Schwiebert published the first edition of Nymphs in 1973 but never ceased working on the project, and over the next thirty years he continued his research into the entomology necessary to successful trout fishing. FlyBRfishers in the early twenty-first century are accustomed to myriad types of artificial flies and approaches to catch trout, but back when there were still many anglers who populated a rules-bound world of dry flies and traditional wet flies, what Schwiebert said in the first edition of this book was novel and heretical. Vincent Marinaro, author of that touchstone American text, A Modern Dry-Fly Code, and hero to Schwiebert, refused to speak with the younger writer after Nymphs first appeared, as this new book promoted a violation of form that was unacceptable to the gentleman of the Letort Spring Run. Schwiebert, however, stood solidly behind his methods of identifying, tying, and fishing imitations of nymphs, aBRrevolution in the sport. Ultimately, critics hailed his highly original book as a landmark achievement in both the art and science of fly fishing, and thousands of anglers today carry fly boxes crammed with nymphs of various sizes and colors. /DIVDIVBRNow, the classic text has been fully revised and greatly expanded-in two volumes-and includes taxonomic details of multitudes of individ