williemcd wrote:

I'm hoping someone can point me to a site that has photo's of the
various insects and the representitive fly. I fish the Catskill area
primarily but am hoping to explore Penns' and North Carolina mtns. I'm
somewhat adept with the cast as well as sizing the fly but for the life
of me I can't get the hang of insect identification. I do all my
fishing with other novices so they aren't too much help either! Thanks
in advance. Bill in Virginia

as someone who can't identify bugs but who has successfully fished the
nc streams for a while despite such a handicap, let me suggest you
shouldn't worry about the ents too much. almost anything approaching the
look and size of the bug (usually you'll see one or two) will do to
tease our starving trout. popular patterns are adams, trudes, elk hair
caddis, stimulators, royal wulffs, humpies, bwo, wooly buggers, gold
ribbed hares ear, pheasant tail, prince. nc streams do not produce much
in the way of hatches...but penns, well, if you want an entomology
lesson, that's the place.

jeff