Fly Fishing Entomology for Beginners

During this lesson, we will go over the basics of fly fishing entomology. Most reports or classes that you will take on this subject can be overly complicated and almost impossible to follow with the endless possibilities and lifecycle of the millions of species of insects on a given river or still water.
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Category
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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:13 Lesson Objective: Basics Of Fly Entomology
0:47 Smaller Airborne Insects - 4 Stages In Their Life Cycle
0:52 Nymph Cycle
0:59 Emerger Cycle
1:08 Adult Or Dry Fly Cycle
1:14 Spinner Cycle
1:33 Larger Insects Life Cycle
2:00 Midge Life Cycle
2:05 Mayfly Life Cycle
2:13 Caddis Life Cycle
2:18 Stonefly Life Cycle

[@calebberry6720]

Easiest to understand video I’ve watched so far. Thank you!

[@Drifthook]

Thanks Caleb. Glad it helped.

[@thesilverbackozzy8323]

What an excellent video. I just learned more about this subject watching your video than in a month of trying to work out how this works. Thanks

[@Drifthook]

Wow!!!!! Andy that is the best compliment we have received in a long time. Thank you. I hope you succeed on your fly fishing adventures!

[@ericstewart4732]

That was perfect. Very helpful.

[@Drifthook]

Thanks Eric. We are glad you liked it.

[@I_am_the_captain_of_my_soul]

Thankyou.new to fly fishing and was struggling. This is awesome

[@Drifthook]

Thanks Dave, We are glad it helped. If you want more information on the subject check out our other video on how to Match the Hatch - th-cam.com/video/TdV0DMk6ohs/w-d-xo.html

[@ericstewart4732]

Thank you.

[@Drifthook]

You are welcome. Thanks for watching.

[@arunsingh-mz8po]

Keep sharing buddy 👍

[@Drifthook]

Will do. Thanks.

[@naumankhan9194]

Great info.. Keep posting 👌👌

[@Drifthook]

Thank you, I will

[@sunandamondal1020]

Awesome 👍

[@Drifthook]

Thanks 🤗

[@ArunSingh-xk9fd]

Very good information, keep sharing 👍

[@Drifthook]

Thank you, I will

[@FlyTyer1948]

Nicely done simplification for the beginner. This would have been quite helpful when I was starting out.

[@Drifthook]

Thank you FlyTyer1948 we are happy that this short video helps out. We will be loading more videos to this channel as the year progresses.

[@HOLYdEYEver]

Um that was zero help. I’m a beginner and I want to know a thousand times more than what was provided here.

[@FlyTyer1948]

@@HOLYdEYEver I think this video was intended as a basic starting point, & I think it did that well. However, you are right that there is a huge amount to learn. It can be really difficult when starting out in fly fishing or fly tying. It’s like trying to eat an elephant. It can be done but only in small bites. It might help to ask yourself what are you most interested in learning about. Do your goals relate more to fly fishing or to fly tying or both at once? Use that as a starting point to search for video & book sources on a specific topic like the mayfly or the caddis, then the flies that imitate them. Best of luck.

[@rinahasnath9772]

Awesome job

[@Drifthook]

Thank you Rina

[@cookingwithmatu3903]

Great wrk

[@Drifthook]

Thanks

[@aizakhan108]

Great work

[@Drifthook]

Thank you

[@grammarunlocked3311]

Fantastic

[@Drifthook]

Thank you for the comment!

[@devilkhan5856]

So informative 👌👌✌️

[@Drifthook]

Thanks Devil!

[@syedfurqanabbas8720]

great info

[@Drifthook]

Thanks!

[@cherearata4970]

Awesome

[@Drifthook]

Thanks Chere

[@AbhishekPandey-yr3pz]

Awesome 👍😊

[@Drifthook]

Thank you

[@ctetclassess3418]

It's amazing

[@Drifthook]

Thanks for the comment. Glad you liked it.

[@needak1997]

Very informative

[@Drifthook]

Thanks!

[@shivanidimplequeeneducatio8284]

Keep it up

[@Drifthook]

Thanks. Will do!

[@bkstudio332]

Very nice

[@Drifthook]

Thanks

[@minakhan2888]

Great

[@Drifthook]

Thanks Mina!

[@Riya-nq1ib]

Amazing 👌👌👌👌👌

[@Drifthook]

Thank you Riya

[@onisgagan2481]

Boom, down and dirty, thanks...

[@Drifthook]

Thanks Onis, if you want one a little more in depth check out our other video here: th-cam.com/video/TdV0DMk6ohs/w-d-xo.html

[@rehanaakter2799]

👌👌

[@Drifthook]

Thanks. Check out our channel for more fishing videos!

[@AliRaza-kz7fv]

wow

[@Drifthook]

Thanks!

[@mariamwakeel8560]

good

[@Drifthook]

Thanks Fati

[@grammarunlocked7748]

Nice vidio

[@Drifthook]

Thank you

[@ValCronin]

So few videos actually educate people on the scientific facts. Everyone wants to make videos about technique and personal opinions surrounding the sport in order to get praise and agreement to boost their ego but nobody wants to make truly educational videos like this which is what I am looking for as a beginner; not the best technique for casting or which flies I should use to catch bass in Michigan in July, lol.

[@Drifthook]

Thanks Val. We are glad that they could be helpful. Best of luck out there.

[@shikari7102]

ammazingg

[@Drifthook]

Thanks!

[@Thebazzman]

Where is the ‘members D/L section’ you speak of?

[@Drifthook]

Hi Brian, it can be found here drifthook.com/pages/downloads

[@soniarusso8604]

2:02 Midge LARVAE, not midge NYMPHS. (They're true flies, while the rest aren't.)

[@Drifthook]

Hi Sonia, thanks for the correction. I used the term Nymph as it is more commonly known in the fly fishing industry. But I should make a note / revision to be more accurate. Thank you for watching the video, I hope you enjoyed it even with the inaccuracy.

[@soniarusso8604]

@@Drifthook No problem!

[@golo5000]

Nice intro but robotic narrator sucks, even though I will give it a thumbs up because info is basically correct.....

[@Drifthook]

Thanks Golo5000, I’ll make sure that robot gets the message. Thanks for the thumbs up!

[@golo5000]

@@Drifthook Saw and liked more of your video, almost making me want to build a robot that fly fishes, you are inspiring me.

[@Drifthook]

Ha! I’m glad that it’s brought you so much inspiration. To engineer such a machine would be a great accomplishment.

[@qamarkhan5812]

Awesome 👍

[@Drifthook]

Thank you!