Fly Fishing - Imitating Stoneflies Review

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(More customer reviews)This is not a DVD that will teach you to choose materials, hooks, or patterns to use in imitating stone flies. Neither does it give you tying techniques, nor is there a thorough discussion of various rod and line manipulation techniques to imitate stone flies.
There are seasonal entomology lessons combined with the advise to imitate the size and color of the natural with a suggestive pattern, primarily the nymph........ok!
The Index is edited in a way that creates confusion and the transition from one section to the next is abrupt at times leaving the impression of ?"Where the heck is this going, what happened?"
There is useful information in this video, but I'm going to look for something by Rick Hafele that covers the same subject.

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This fly fishing video teaches you everything you need to know about catching trout on stonefly imitations including the various families of stoneflies, where they are found, when and how the trout feed on them and how to go about imitating them. It is the most complete fly fishing dvd ever done on this subject.Everyone loves to fish the larger, easy to see and easy to identify stonefly imitations. Presented correctly, at the right time and place, stonefly imitations can account for some of the largest trout taken. The stonefly nymph and adult stages of all the important species of stoneflies life cycles are covered. It includes scenes from stonefly hatches most anglers have never witnessed. All the proven techniques that bring success in imitating these flies are demonstrated in this fly fishing video. Of the various stages of the stonefly s life, the nymph is most important. By far, more stonefly, nymphs are eaten by trout than the full, grown adults. Most of all, in terms of importance, is the presentation of the stonefly nymph. Generally speaking, if you are fishing on or very near the bottom, you are fishing correctly. If not, it may not matter at all how close the imitation is, you are probably not going to do well at all. This fly fishing dvd shows you how to go about catching trout on imitations of both stages of life.Nymphs crawl to the shoreline and crawl out on the banks to emerge. This migration from their locations in the riffles and runs to the shore is the time they are most subject to being eaten by a trout. The trout may key in on this migration prior to a large hatch of stoneflies and position themselves nearer the banks than they normally do in any given stream. This means that the best time to fish the nymphs are prior to hatch although trout can be taken to some degree year round on nymphs.The adults mate on the ground and vegetation on the shore, not in the air like most other aquatic insects. During the day, stoneflies tend to stay hidden under leaves and limbs of streamside vegetation. They are generally not available to trout until they begin their eggs laying process. Most species dip their abdomens into the water to lay their eggs, although some specie may crawl into the water to lay their eggs and other laid them above the surface of the water. The eggs laying process usually occurs most often just before dark.The adults, like the nymphs, vary greatly in size and color. The shapes are all about the same, with a few exceptions. This means that often you can get by with attractor or suggestive imitations of the adults as long as the size and color are close. Specific or imitative patterns will probably work best in most cases, however.

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