New book on nymphs

[STONEMAN]

Just got the email from Penn State Univ. Press that this has been published--Common Nymphs of Eastern North America. Another book about bugs that I may need. The link:

http://www.psupress.org/books/titles/978-0-271-20450-5.html

Sorry, i can't seem to make the link hot.

 

[Lonewolve]

Stone,
Thanks for this post i have a bunch of bug books this will be a good addition.
Tight Wraps & Tight lines
Rick Wallace

 

[skybay]

Stoneman,

let us know if you like it;
book by Caleb J. Tzilkowski and Jay R. Stauffer Jr.

 

[gentleshepherd]

I just got my copy. Very impressed with the quality of the photos. I especially like the photos of what they look like and the imitation. Can't wait to sit down and start reading it. Got it on Amazon.

 

[jdaddy]

gentleshepherd wrote:
I just got my copy. Very impressed with the quality of the photos. I especially like the photos of what they look like and the imitation. Can't wait to sit down and start reading it. Got it on Amazon.

What is the layout of the book? Like chapter 1 - baetis - naturals and tying? I have bought a few really good books recently and just wonder how much it will expand on those books. I'd like to know more once you have put in some time with the book. Thanks.

 

[gentleshepherd]

Jdaddy,
As I read more it is broken down by chapter family - caddis, mayfly, etc.

A fair amount of info on the bugs themselves in addition to a pic of the insect as well as a pic of the suggested pattern(recipes are in the rear of the book in a seperate appendix) So far just am in to the caddis section. Not bad, but could get bogged down by bug names.

If you get up my way just give me advance notice and I will bring it to the office.

It is a spiral bound book as well, great for on the tying desk.

 

[Nymph-O-Maniac]

jdaddy wrote:

gentleshepherd wrote:
I just got my copy. Very impressed with the quality of the photos. I especially like the photos of what they look like and the imitation. Can't wait to sit down and start reading it. Got it on Amazon.

What is the layout of the book? Like chapter 1 - baetis - naturals and tying? I have bought a few really good books recently and just wonder how much it will expand on those books. I'd like to know more once you have put in some time with the book. Thanks.

1 Nymph Ecology

2 Caddisflies
Netspinner Caddis or Tan Caddis
Little Black or Fingernet Caddis
Green Caddis or Green Rock Worm
American Grannom Caddis and Apple Caddis
Case-Maker Caddis
Smokey Winged Sedge
Dark Blue Sedge
Autumn Mottled Sedge

3 Mayflies
Little Blue-Winged Olives
Mahogany Duns and Blue and Black Quills
Flatheaded Mayflies
Quill Gordon, Pink Lady, and Gray-Winged
Summer Quill
March Brown and Gray Fox
Cream and Light Cahills
Hendricksons, Red Quills, and Sulphurs
Green and Yellow Drakes
Slate Drakes or Great Leadwings

4 Stoneflies
Green Stoneflies or Sallflies
Roachflies
Common Stoneflies or the Stones
Little Yellow Stoneflies
Eastern Giant Stoneflies

5 True Flies
Midges
Black Flies
Crane Flies
Horse Flies and Deer Flies
Snipe Flies

6 Hellgrammites and Other Arthropods
Hellgrammites
Sowbugs
Scuds
Crayfish

 

[jdaddy]

$19.77 on Amazon. Trigger pulled.
Thanks

 

[gentleshepherd]

I don't think you will be sorry. You can never have enough reading material!

 

[Nymph-O-Maniac]

jdaddy wrote:
$19.77 on Amazon. Trigger pulled.
Thanks

Samesies

 

[jdaddy]

gentleshepherd wrote:
I don't think you will be sorry. You can never have enough reading material!

Well, I gotta be honest. It may be because I am a book nerd and have a pile of 'em or some other factor, however I am totally unimpressed with the book. The spiral binding is a nice feature which one would look for in a tying book, which it is not. Very thick, glossy and durable pages. Maybe it is the fact that so much info, photos, etc are available on the interwebz now a days. I don't know.

 

[gentleshepherd]

Sorry it was a let down for you. Maybe I enjoyed seeing some of the fly patterns that I was not used to seeing. I did enjoy the read.