Describes patterns for twenty-five families of flies, and offers practical advice on fly tying and fishing

25 nymphs, including caddis, mayfly, stonefly, damselfly, midge, and shrimp and scud patterns. 18 represented in their full life cycles.

A detailed survey of the history and use of wet flies, with information on the insects they reassemble, fishing techniques and tying instructions.

Dave Hughes has long believed that wet flies have an essential place in everyone's fly box and repertoire of trout tactics. That's why he has updated this 1995