identifying insects on the provo

[fish james]

I need some help with identifying insects on the provo, perticularly the middle. I see plenty around, but I don't know what they are, and all of them are different. Is there any good booksor web sites that can help me?

[UtahFlyGuy]

http://www.utahonthefly.com/entomology/navbar/entopage.htm

Here ya go. Hope this helps

[«°Ñøvã°»]

Heres some others too.
The one UFG posted gives you bout everything you need.. some of these sites go more into depth and have more pretty pictures.... BUG PORN!!!!!!!

http://www.flyfishingentomology.com/Recommended%20Websites.htm
http://www.troutnut.com/

[dryflyguy]

Jim Schollmeyer and Ted Leeson have a good book called "Hatch Guide for Western Streams"

[wildnative]

Curtis Fry, Jason Haslam and Clark Pierce (all from this site) have a DVD available through this site titled, "Fly Patterns of the Provo River." It show how to tie some midges and baetis patterns that they call "great fly patterns to match the hatch on these two important provo River insect hatches." They have field tested these patterns and find them to work well for the Provo. This may be a good place to start.

[fish james]

thanks for your help everyone.

[Jason B]

Are you looking for identification of bugs that are hatching right now or what hatches on the river throughout the year. Send me an e-mail and i might be able to help you. I often go up and collect bugs, maybe you could join me and i could help identify them for you. I even have some extra vials that you could take bugs home with to tye flys to or match patterns to.
Troutzep@aol.com

[wildnative]

Are you interested in identifying the bugs for fishing reasons (to know which patterns to use) or for collection.

If you are looking for fishing patterns, the work is already done. You don't need to go turning over rocks and such if all you want to know is what bugs are there and what to use to match them. As much as we want to make this fly fishing and tying thing "rocket science" it isn't.

Almost any decent fly fisher can tell you what patterns to use month after month.

I think Jason B. will tell you one of his most productive patterns is a sow bug that he ties. Sow bugs are present in the water all the time, so usuing one is usually productive. When the fish are keying in on a hatch, then it pays to use a pattern that mimics the hatch. Most guys/gals can tell you what to expect, spring, summer, fall and winter.

[skighhigh]

There are many good patterns to look for out there, as well as many great opinions of what to use. All I can say is pick up A.K.'s Flybox and READ! Get a Hatch Guide for Western Streams to take to the river. Then when you start to figure out what things are go back and read A.K.'s Flybox again. Most of what he desciribes as far as stages of BWO's,PMD's, Drakes, midges, sally's and such is really close if not the same for most western streams and rivers.