This compact, little pocket book – the first ever to feature the natural insect next to its matching artificial fly – arms the angler with all the information he needs to select the right fly from his flybox.



• Superb photographs of aquatic insects (larvae, pupae, adults)

  with the artificial flies positioned alongside them

• Times of hatching   

• The geographical distribution

• Whether it is a river fly or a lake fly, or both

• Life cycles of the insects

• Clues from the river and from the trout’s behaviour



Peter Lapsley contributes regularly to Flyfishing & Flytying and is author of several fishing books. He is a qualified national game angling instructor.



Dr Cyril Bennett is one of the UK’s leading entomologists, specialising in river insects. His photographs of insects – some never before captured on camera – add a unique element to this book.

Illustrated by: Cyril Bennett