The Pocket Guide to Matching the Hatch

"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. "

"Peter Lapsley has been fishing for trout, sea trout and grayling in the UK and overseas for over 50 years and is a qualified game angling instructor.

He has contributed countless articles to a wide range of British and overseas game angling and field sports magazines. This is the eleventh book he has written or co-written.

Although he lives in London and fishes chiefly on the chalkstreams and stillwaters of southern England, Peter retains a passion for the lovely wild-trout waters of Scotland, Wales and Ireland, of the north and south-west England.

He is married with two children. "