02-02-2011, 11:02 PM
The books on hatches is your best bet. Until you get it though, look up hatch charts for your area.
I like the one at West Fly. Do a search for hatch charts West Fly and you should get their hatch chart customizer. (I would give the link, but they have a forum, so I can't.)
Put in your area and choose summary for the year to get an over view of the bugs that may be in the water. Then you can go back and put in the months you want etc. Remember that still water has different bugs than the rivers.
Next you get to look up fly and nymph patterns for those bugs!
Have fun.
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I like the one at West Fly. Do a search for hatch charts West Fly and you should get their hatch chart customizer. (I would give the link, but they have a forum, so I can't.)
Put in your area and choose summary for the year to get an over view of the bugs that may be in the water. Then you can go back and put in the months you want etc. Remember that still water has different bugs than the rivers.
Next you get to look up fly and nymph patterns for those bugs!
Have fun.
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