Aquatic Insect Collection

The following equipment is helpful in catching insects. The green net can recover flying insects and the gray net placed in the stream collects drifting insects. The stomach pump can recover ingested insects from living fish. The 35 mm film canister stores the samples.

Aquatic Insect Collection

Matching The Hatch

After collecting an aquatic food I go through my fly box and try to match it. Here are a few examples of succesful matches.

Matching The Hatch: Scuds, Hoppers, Stoneflies, Ants
Matching The Hatch: Scuds, Hoppers, Stoneflies, Ants

Matching The Hatch: Beetles, Sow bugs, Caddis, Mayflies, Crickets, Damselflies
Matching The Hatch: Beetles , Sow bugs, Caddis, Mayflies, Crickets, Damselflies

Matching The Hatch: October Caddisflies, Golden Stoneflies, Golden Stonely Nymths, Mayflies
Matching The Hatch: October Caddisflies, Golden Stoneflies, Golden Stonely Nymths, Mayflies

Matching The Hatch: Blue Wing Olive Mayflies, Caddisflies, Small stoneflies, Callibaetis Mayflies
Matching The Hatch: Blue Wing Olive Mayflies, Caddisflies, Small stoneflies, Callibaetis Mayflies

Matching The Hatch: Cased Caddisflies, Wasps, Snails, Leeches
Matching The Hatch: Cased Caddisflies, Wasps, Snails, Leeches

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