Anyone know of any ebooks, pdfs, kindle books or even a good old fashioned pocket book for trout fly recognition.

I'm going away for a week's fishing in Assynt, and I'd like something I could put on my android (or in my pocket) that can tell me the names of flies, where and under what conditions to use them. I imagine up there there will be no internet on my phone, so could do with something permanent which I can open and browse to tell me which flies I have to use.

Thanks

Phil

Stillwaters? There's a limit to the potential number of beasties available:

Alder/Stonefly
Buzzers
Damsels
Pond/Lake Olives
Sepia/Claret duns
Shrimp/hoglouse
Sedges

And really, that's about it. You could easily read up about those before you go and have no problem differentiating between the flies you see coming off without need for a reference guide.

I've got "Pocket Guide to Matching the Hatch" by Peter Lapsley & Cyril Bennett which is good. I think Goddard also has a pocket sized book called Waterside Guide or similar. Afraid I don't know of any phone type app.

What I've found out for myself, for wild browns on stillwaters, is that the traditional approach can be more fruitful - natural flies often need to be fished quite slow, which means you cover the water slowly. On wild brown lochs, covering more water and finding the fish is important and that's easier to do with a team of traditional wets fished fairly briskly.

Rivers are a different matter, of course, and not something I know much about.

Neil

john Goddards Waterside Guide is a good standard reference, measures about 8inches by 4 inches to 3/4 inch

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hello stone park i will second that as this book is a gem for river lake fishers even an oldy like me, another usefull book is simon robinsons fly selector booklet at £2 worth a look.

"Pocket Guide to Matching the Hatch" by Peter Lapsley & Cyril Bennett
works for me too

Thanks for that. I'll pop over to Amazon.

All the best

Phil