Pocketguide to Pennsylvania Hatches [Hardcover]

Charles Meck (Author), Paul Weamer (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 31, 2009

Charlie Meck and Paul Weamer team up to provide a concise overview of the most important hatches on Pennsylvania trout streams, including mayflies, caddis, stoneflies, midges, as well as other important trout-stream foods. This handy guide includes color photos of each insect as well as recipes and photos of the authors' recommended fly patterns for each hatch. Detailed charts at the beginning of each section provide a quick reference for emergence dates and size of the insects. After an overview of the life cycle of each of the major classes of insects, individual entries provide essential information such as common and Latin names, size range (hook and natural), and time and date of emergence. The authors provide in-depth descriptions of all life stages of the insect, emergence time and date, behavior, tactics, and the premier streams in the state to find the best hatches. Meck's intimate knowledge of the hatches around the state combined with Weamer's penchant for the perfect pattern make this book a must-have reference for anyone who fishes trout streams in the Keystone State.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Veteran author Charlie Meck and newcomer Paul Weamer have released their "Pocket Guide to Pennsylvania Hatches" as a handy reference for our most prolific fly hatches. This pocket sized hardcover published by Headwater Books is a 154 page compendium of angling knowledge....

Together these two friends have produced a volume worthy of any fly fisher who prowls Pennsylvania waters. I'll be carrying mine along to refresh my memory on the habits of those bugs I haven t encountered for a few seasons. When it's not in my truck, it will reside on my fly tying desk as a reminder for the patterns I should carry for each trip astream. --Mark Sturtevant, York Daily Record, February 22, 2009

About the Author

Charlie Meck lives in Pennsylvania Furnace, Pennsylvania, and in Mesa, Arizona. He is the author of many fly-fishing and fly-tying books including Fishing Tandem Flies (978-0-9793460-0-2)). Paul Weamer manages the TCO Fly Shop in State College, Pennsylvania, and is the author of Fly Fishing Guide to Upper Delaware River (978-0-8117-3408-0). He lives in Coburn, Pennsylvania.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 160 pages
• Publisher: Headwater Books (January 31, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0979346053
• ISBN-13: 978-0979346057
• Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 4.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #198,080 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars PA hatches, June 4, 2009

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William Heffner - See all my reviews
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This is one of the best books I have read on PA hatches. I have read Paul Weamer's book on the Upper Delaware and found it very informative. Paul and Charlie have teamed up to give PA fishermen some of the best information they could find on what, when ane where they will find specific hatches and suggestions on what flies to use.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars PERFECTION, May 9, 2010

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Dana D. Fuerst "bernie" (sewickley, pa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pocketguide to Pennsylvania Hatches (Hardcover)

Great book! covers everything i need to know streamside and a little more. great color pics of flies and very pertinent to my fishing locale. A+++.

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4.0 out of 5 stars PA hatched guide, September 10, 2009

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rjcolgan "rjcolgan" (western,pennsylvania usa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pocketguide to Pennsylvania Hatches (Hardcover)

This is a great little pocket guide. It's very useful because it has a picture of the "bug" plus the flies that imitate the insect. I'd highly recommend this book to anyone fishing pa waters.