Terrestrials: A Modern Approach to Fishing and Tying with Synthetic and Natural Materials - Softcover

TERRESTRIALS: A MODERN APPROACH TO FISHING AND TYING WITH SYNTHETIC AND NATURAL MATERIALS. By Harrison R. Steeves III & Ed Koch.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 2007). (1994) 2007 paperback edition. 8vo (154 x 230mm). Ppx,262. Colour plates of flies, b/w illustrations, bibliography. Gift inscription to end-paper. Slight use and marks to edges but a very good copy. Terrestrial insects are the ones which live on land and fall into the water by accident. They are an important part of the trout's diet. "When the blizzard of springtime hatches is over, the season of the terrestrial begins. .[the authors] show fly fishers how to take full advantage of that season". Harrison R. Steeves looks at what trout eat and how they find it, with a family by family analysis of the relevant terrestrial insects. Then he discusses tying artificial flies which imitate these species. Beetles, ants, crickets, hoppers, bees, butterflies and spiders. Chapters include: History of terrestrial fishing; The terrestrial menu; Terrestrial design; The terrestrial attraction; Terrestrials and selectivity; Order Coleoptera - the beetles; Order Hymenoptera - grasshoppers and crickets; Order Lepidoptera - moths and butterflies; Order Homoptera - cicadas, leafhoppers, treehoppers, froghoppers, planthoppers; Lesser terretrials - Diptera (flies), Hemiptera (bugs), Diplopoda (millipedes), Chilopoda (centipedes), Arachnidae (spiders). . Artikel-Nr. 59374

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