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Matching the hatch

654 views 0 replies 1 participant last post by  windtickler 
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For me, part of the whole enjoyment of fishing is learning, and paying more attention to the environment. (I always want to know what's around the next bend in a stream.) So I got interested in matching the hatch and got a little book on it. Man! I've taken less intensive graduate courses! So I got online and ordered these little bug boxes. They have a 4x lens for the lid and a grid on the bottom. I use an old aquarium net (I've been into fish one way or another for a long time) and drop stuff into the box, then put the lid on it and take a look.

Now this hasn't done squat for my fishing, but it's really made identifying the hatch easier (of course, I never have the corresponding fly) and you can use the lid to tie on those itty bitty flies, too.
 
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