Each short chapter will describe a famous insect hatch important to fly-fisherman. What makes this hatch a special angling experience? What fly patterns has it inspired? What is the story behind how some of the most famous flies came to be conceived? Each chapter will also feature color photos that graphically capture the spirit of the hatch--landscapes, insects, and/or flies. The following famed hatches are likely to be included in the book. (A final determination will come once interviews have been completed.) 1. Blue-Winged Olive 2. Brown Drakes 3. Caddis 4.

Callibaetis 5. Flying Ant 6. Golden Stonefly 7. Grasshopper/Cicada 8. Green Drake 9. Hendrickson 10. Hexagenia 11. Little Yellow Sally 12.

March Brown 13. Mother's Day Caddis 14. Mouse 15. October Caddis 16. Pale Morning Dun 17. Salmonfly 18. Skwala Stonefly 19. Sulfurs 20.

Tricorythodes (Trico) Each chapter will include an essay (1,200 to 1,500 words) describing, through interviews and research, the experience of fishing the hatch, the lifecycle of the bug in question, a description of a few of the rivers where hatches occur, and some of the famous flies that have been inspire by the hatch. There will also be at least one large landscape photo of each river, smaller photos of the insects and the flies it inspired, and a brief bio and photo of the principal interview for the chapter.