Hatches - Understanding Caddis, Mayfly, Midge & Stonefly Hatches

I just wanted to say thank you I'm 16 years old and I used to play video games 18 hours a day and thanks to your videos I sold my ps4 all my games and account and put it into fishing and it was the best choice I ever maid and I wish more teenagers my age would do this

It's amazing I've ever caught a fish.

Thank you guys for all your lessons. But most important in fly fishing is what Tom said. It's being by the river, forgetting about everything, relaxing and contact with nature. Catching fish is a kind of a bonus, not a must. Some people will never understand it. I'm glad that you do. Greetings for all fly fishermen

This is an incredibly well illustrated video. Helped me a lot to understand the reasoning around fly choice!

I have been fly fishing for years now.. and I STILL come back to this video at least once or twice a year. I haven't found a better explanation of so many key aspects of fly fishing anywhere. Thank you!

I’m a Florida salt water guy and bugs are a mystery to me. I don’t know all the insect terminology and usually just tie on what the guide gives me. Thank you for the best simple explanation I’ve seen. Now, If only I could read a river like I can read a salt flat.

I just shared this video with a young couple in their 20’s that are beginning a life of fly fishing on rivers and lakes. This should help them grasp the basics of insect hatches. I’m in my 60’s with 50 years of fly fishing behind me and I appreciated your approach to teaching! Thanks for the great video.

The learning never ends. Although I have been fly fishing for more than 50 years I have still picked up some valuable nuggets from this great introductory video. Greetings from the Black Hills of South Dakota.

I saw this video before and was trying to explain to my brother what i learned then he sends me this link this morning....great video.great teacher.Thank You Tom.

Fabulous instruction and detailed information on nymphs! Also, can we all take a moment to appreciate Tom's guns 6:17. Dude must be crushing it in the gym to maintain that casting arm

Great entomology basics for fly fishers! Good lessons!

Thank you for all of these detailed videos. A huge help in my recent refresher course in fly fishing. After 20 yrs away from the sport running a business and raising kids.....go to get back. Thanks again.

As you have demonstrated, fly fishing can be humiliating and confusing, but it’s a lifetime learning experience, always fun and there’s really no such thing as failure. Fantastic video on all points. A great tune up before getting back on the water. Thank you all.

Tom is the Bob Ross of fly fishing

One of my all time favorites: Tom Rosenbauer. He wrote one of the best ( most helpful ) fly fishing books I've ever read in 30 years of fly fishing: Reading Trout Streams. A couple of years ago I met him in person and thanked him.

Everytime I step into the river I learn something new. But this video really helped me understand with what I'm seeing while there. I fish the Farmington river in Ct. which fortunately is less then 2 or 3 miles from my home. I'm also as a plus only a stones throw from the state hatchery. There they're breeding what they call "The Survivor strand" and they put a colored dye behind the eye to identify them year to year. It's been very successful .They're healthier being adapted to this river's conditions, and they're super strong fighters too ! Only draw back is them removing those fish during the run while they spawn. But they do a great job of protecting them and returning those breeders to the river. Theres a lot of improvements going on as well with new fish ladders being built at the few dams on the river as well. Unfortunately the biggest issue is the dam where the Farmington river joins the Connecticut river. Rainbow dam's ladder was engineered after a Pacific run salmon needs not a Atlantic salmon's when they reintroduced Atlantic salmon. Theres a project in the works to remodel or build a improved ladder or possibly install a elevator like the one in Massachusetts for the Shad. The Atlantic salmon are currently being caught at the dam before they try to transverse over it which tears their belly's up trying. But that will change in the future. As for now they for some reason, take those Salmon to another river for release after milking them. It does give us some great late season fly fishing and spin casting in the upper Naugatuck river though for those epic Salmon fights that the Atlantic's are known for !! I'm very fortunate to have these rivers so close by and the improvements my state is doing to them and others as well like the Pequabuck river in Bristol. That smaller size river used to change colors daily when I was a kid. Ranging from greens to silver and dark browns from a old factory at its headwaters. But it was closed a couple decades ago and was cause of the cost of cleaning their act up. So now the river is bouncing back greatly with it gone !! Still cant eat them or I won't at least, but the D.E.E.P. says it's ok to eat 1 a week 🤔? I only brought it up because those 3 rivers are all linked and two are excellent trout waters and hopefully will bring back the sea runs that New England had centuries ago.The Connecticut river is a great fishery from Long island sound ,to its headwaters in upper Vermont & New Hampshire . Luckily fishing 🎣is finally being seen as a economic plus 💸💰💵💲💱💳 by our elected 🤡officials👹 not just a hobby sport. That and they'd hate to loose the federal money for the salmon projects which trickles down to other things. Like keeping the two hatcheries open in Ct., & not buying our trout from out of state hatcheries . The one near me is a old but very wise set up. Its spring fed from a state forest and it's also over 75% gravity pumped using the path of the brook that feeds it and ends up in gou guessed it , the Farmington river. As a bonus plus if and when I decide to go for native trout theres a few old mill streams and spring fed streams also in the area. One in hiking distance from my house that is a spring fed mill brook was for a old Coppermining outfit. Not sure of its name or if you t has one , but runs 100% through state forest and was man made back in the late 1700s or early 1800's ,it is cut out on its sides with bluestone slabs that are 6' to 8' long and about 3' or 4' deep ? It's hard to estimate cause the banks are starting to grow over them and it's a sandy gravel mix on the bottom. I'm not sure if it's the minerals in the water, or what their diet is. But its loaded with Native brookies and browns that are at best 6" long. The Browns are a coppery ,goldish orange all over with the normal spots. But the brookies are so dark on top but have that goldish coloring on their belly's too. Both are just stunning. They'll only take anything if you're absolutely stealthy with your approach, and they're not easy to fool either. I'll only use barbless hooks and tiny ones at that ! Biggest being a #18 fly, or a #14 if I'm using a earthworm I dug up after giving up on the flies there. But those days are about the peacefulness of just being out there alone or with my buddy. Enjoying the sights and sounds of surroundings, and the lack of other fisherman. That brook is such a gem and I won't tell anyone ofits location. Most people drive right by probably thinking it's a storm runoff or something other than a native trout stream. My gain, their loss of willingness to explore. A short drive from that brook is another that feeds a small reservoir for a local water company . Theres a huge possibility that res. holds some lunker browns and brookies but its illegal to fish . Its feeder stream however isnt but theres a waterfall that a smaller size trout wouldn't be able to swim up against. Theres several pools below which are world class fishing holes but are on that watersheds property and cant be fished. Ahhhhhh to dream of that huge native that could be in those pools . I have caught several very respectable sized trout out of the upper waters of that reservoir though. It unfortunately has a MTB issue and they dont like sharing the trails with fisherman. Even ecofriendly ones like me that remove their garbage. Their energy drink cans,& bar wrappers and their empty water bottles are all over the place. Guess my holding up my mesh bag if their fellow Mt.bikers shit gets to them as they pass by at high rates of speed. Even had one threaten me cause I removed trees they felled and made what they called a bridge out of. Well a bridge is over water they built a dam and it was gonna make the brook impassable for the trout. Anyways sorry to be long winded but my point is . Enjoy every minute on the water, get along with others using that resource as well, even the ones not fishing (The Tubers hatch) people that are just floating by kayaking, canoeing, or whatever. Just remember we all want to enjoy the water whatever you may be doing just respect the others doing it and hopefully they'll do the same in return !`! Anyways, THANKS for all the great videos !! 📴📵Enjoy your time out on the water everyone ,and help keep the 🌎clean! Pick up after others when needed & carry out🚮🚯 what ya brought in PLEASE !!!! ✌and God bless 🇺🇸 and 🙏its not too late so those who will follow us later. So they have the same thing to enjoy as we do, and we should cherish that resource, by showing it the respect it fully deserves !!!!

Tom should do instructional books on tape, he not only has the vast knowledge but has the attentive voice for it as well. I've fell asleep many a night watch his instructional videos. Thanks for making them!

Orvis just keeps on cranking out these awesome videos free of charge, that’s pretty cool 👍

This video has explained more things that I never new than any video before. I’ve fished for a few years and needed this. Thanks.

As a 'newby' there is so much to learn! And I did learn a lot watching this video. Thank you!