TROUT AND TERRESTRIALS TROUT AND TERRESTRIALS Lou Stevens Swum I have fond memories of many worthwhile adversaries who have obliged by taking my terrestrial offerings. Without those gallant trout this book would never have been written. Copyright © 1993 by Lou Stevens First published in the UK in 1993 by Swan Hill Press an imprint of Airlife Publishing Ltd British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 1 85310 388 8 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission from the Publisher in writing. Printed by Livesey Ltd, Shrewsbury Swan Hill Press an imprint of Airlife Publishing Ltd. 101 Longden Road, Shrewsbury SY3 9EB. Acknowledgements I wish to thank my good friend, fellow flyfisher and entomologist, Edward J. Blane PhD, for his patient work identifying a number of my more obscure specimen insects. Thanks are also due to my brother, Gerry Stevens, who willingly offered his studio facilities to photograph my many fly patterns. Last but not least, I must mention Ed Bassin, Roy Stoddard and Martin Kelner QC, good friends and fishing companions, who were always ready to accept my patterns and report their results. Contents Foreword ii 1 The Food of Trout 13 2 Beetles 15 3 Tying the Beetles 20 4 The Hopper Family 27 5 Tying the Hoppers 30 6 The Wasp Family 36 7 Tying the Wasp Family 39 8 Ants 43 9 Tying the Ant 47 10 Moths 51 11 Tying the Moths 55 12 Crane Flies 61 13 Tying the ‘Daddy Longlegs’ 64 14 The Minutiae 70 15 Tying the Minutiae 74 16 Caterpillars 77 17 Tying the Caterpillars 80 18 Minor Terrestrials 86 19 Tying Minor Terrestrials 90 Appendix A Evolving Terrestrial Patterns 96 Appendix B Terrestrial Fishing Techniques 99 Appendix C The Final Word - Conservation 106