Resources

This page is a very brief list of sites and resources we've found useful at TYT-LNZ.   Take some time for yourself on the internet and you will find an amazing assortment of resources to help in general Entomology and information more specific to your region and waters.   We'll update these links periodically as we review more sites and books !

Entomology Links - Need to find hatch charts for your part of the world ?? Here's a start...

• Westfly Entomology Page
• http://www.about-flyfishing.com/cs/subject.phtml?cid=23 Great selection of U.S. and international hatch charts.
• http://www.theflyfishingreport.com/Hatch_Charts/hatch_charts.asp Charts by State and nearly 200 river systems !!

Books - The books listed are considered standards in the field (admittedly "Western States" focused) and do great work linking entomology and insect life cycles to fly selection and fishing tactics. www.amatobooks.com, and www.amazon.com are great resources for a broad range of fishing books.

• An Angler's Guide to Aquatic Insects and Their Imitations for All North America: Rick Hafele, Scott Roederer, Richard Bunse
• Fly Proportion Chart Skip Morris
• Hatch Guide for Western Streams Jim Schollmeyer
• Hatch Guide for Lakes Jim Schollmeyer
• The Complete Book of Western Hatches Rick Hafele & Dave Hughes
• Western Streamside Guide Dave Hughes
• Fly Patterns for Stillwaters, A Study of Trout Entomology and Tying Philip Rowley
• Hatch Guide for New England Streams Thomas Ames Jr.
• Matching Mayflies Dave Hughes
• Caddisflies Gary Lafontaine
• Essential Trout Flies Dave Hughes
• Selective Trout

Fly Patterns

• www.worldflyindex.com - Broad spectrum of flies searchable by pattern and originator. Some very innovative work including international tyers.
• Westfly Pattern DB - Pick a species, pull up representative patterns with links to techniques for fishing each pattern.
• http://www.traflyfish.com/tying/index.htm - Great list of patterns and pictures for many stages/species.

NEED WEAVING Links: Woven patterns are a great way to match the segmentation, color variation and thickness of various insects. It's a long standing tradition that is coming back into popularity with fly-fishers around the world.