Table of Contents
Preface Nick Lyons vii
Introduction Dave Whitlock ix
I The Trout's World
Birth of a Wild Trout 2
Stream Life with a Trout I 9
Stream Life with a Trout II 15
Shade and Shadows 20
II Aquatic Insects
Aquatic Insects 28
Identifying Mayflies and Stoneflies 34
Caddis and Midges 42
Damselflies and Dragonflies 51
Hellgrammites 58
Backswimmers and Water Boatmen 63
III Minnows
Minnows I 72
Minnows II 78
Minnows III 83
IV Crustaceans and Annelids
Scuds 90
Aquatic Sowbugs 96
Crayfish 102
Leeches 108
Earthworms: Terrestrial and Aquatic 115
V Terrestrials
Terrestrial Insects-Ants and Beetles 124
Grasshoppers and Crickets 130
Moths and Caterpillars 137
Cicadas 145
Jassids, or Leaf and Tree Hoppers 152
VI Fly Fishers' Matters
Through the Trout's Eyes 160
Rise Forms 165
Reading Trout Water 171
Trout Stream Temperature Management 176
Water Temperatures and Seasonal Locations of Fish 186
Acknowledgments 192
Index 193