The Freshman FlyFisher’s Insect Guide
One look at Rick Passek’s newest book and it’s obvious that it was written by a fisherman for fellow anglers. “The Freshman FlyFisher’s Insect Guide” is pressed with a water resistant cover and deliberately sized to fit into a vest pocket. Inside is an essential, no nonsense directory of the insects that fish eat - the most important thing for a beginner or novice to learn about, to become a good fly fisher.
“Fish can be very finicky eaters, and they are very fickle. They will hone in on the most prolific insect available at any particular moment,” author Passek explains. “One minute, they will be eating Chironomids with a vengeance, and the next minute, they switch to emerging Mayflies. This is because of the cycle of hatches.”
What many new fly fishers don’t realize is that if you don’t know how to identify the bugs, or understand what is naturally happening in the fish’s habitat on any particular day, you’re not going to have much success on the water.
“The Freshman FlyFisher’s Insect Guide”, the second in the series of Freshman FlyFisher books, makes learning all of that easy and interesting. The book outlines basic information about the appearance, life cycle, feeding habits, and behaviors of the insects found in the fresh waters of Western Canada and the Pacific Northwest. Full color, detail photos of different life stages allow fly fishers to identify the bugs, right on site. Then Passek shares successful fishing techniques that are easy to follow and, most important of all, make sense for each insect. Also included in the Guide are photos of artificial flies, so you can see exactly what you should put on the end of your hook.
Passek takes more than thirty years of fly fishing experience and study of entomology, and distills that down in his Freshman FlyFisher books, making them useful and comfortable to read, and valuable tools to help with your fly fishing success and enjoyment.
We just received the book! WOW!!! It looks fantastic and everyone here was very impressed! … its fantastic and [I] tell everyone that I know that would be interested that this is a great book!!! Roger [Yellow Fish Road Director, in charge of conservation education] is very excited to introduce them into the classroom and we believe the kids are just going to love them as well as help them learn! - Trout Unlimited Canada
The ‘Insect Guide’ is a great entomology resource for the serious fly fisherman who wishes to understand and emulate the insects that trout feed upon. The photos of actual insects in their various developmental stages as well as photos of imitative fly patterns are a fantastic resource. I’m looking forward to reading your next book! - “Oysterboiler“
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