Rick Hafele - Aquatic Insects - Articles by Season

The following articles on aquatic insects were generously provided by Rick Hafele. Successful fly fishing relies on a basic understanding of the activity of aquatic insects. Here we have organized the seasons in which you should expect the appropriate aquatic insect activity and better understand insect behavior. Please respect all copyright laws. If you wish to reprint any article or part there of you can avoid the “curse of the Bugwan” by contacting Rick Hafele for permission at rick@laughingrivers.com. These fly fishing articles are being added on a regular basis and will be active as a link when underlined and in blue. Keep checking in for new additions.

Spring
Summer
Fall
Winter
All Seasons
Blue-Winged Olives
Baetis
Lesser Net-Spinning Caddis Midges,Damselflies, Waterboatmen
Fall lake Trio
Blue-Winged Olives
Baetis
Adult Emergence
Timing is Everything
Turtle Case Caddis
Glossosoma
Freshwater Crustacaens
Amphipods & Isopods

Golden Stones
Family Perlidae

Micro-Caddis
All About Size
Micro Caddis
All About Size
Winter Hatches
rhythm of the day
Changing Names
March Browns
East & West

Summer Mayfly Hatches
Ephemerellidae

Multiple Hatch Madness
Deciphering them
  Chickens & Eggs
 
Terrestrials
Ants, Beetles, Grasshoppers

Slate-Winged Mahogony Dun Paraleptophlebia

  Debugging Pattern
Selection
    Small in the Fall
aquatic insects that begin life very small
  EggLaying Caddis
        Get the Drift
        Insect Collections
        Leeches
       
Old Entomology Books
        Super Hatches
Western Mayflies
   
  Invertebrate Sex

These Articles were all written by Rick Hafele

Rick Hafele articles on aquatic insects
Rick Hafele is a professional aquatic entomologist who has studied the aquatic insects in all of the states and provinces from Alaska to California, and from the Pacific Coast through the Rocky Mountains. He is the co-author of An Angler’s Guide to Aquatic Insects and Their Imitations (with Scott Roederer), The Complete Book of Western Hatches (with Dave Hughes), Western Mayfly Hatches (with Dave Hughes) and most recently, Nymph-Fishing Rivers and Streams. He is also the long-time Entomology columnist for American Angler.
Rick shares his wealth of knowledge of aquatic insects to better help you understand how fish feed.

 

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