Educational Media

Hatches Made Simple
by Charles R. Meck

A universal guide to selecting the proper fly at the right time.

The essence of trout fishing with a fly is understanding hatches, and that quest has spawned an entire literature of fly fishing. In this revolutionary book, Charlie Meck demonstrates that the understanding an angler needs to catch fish is not the memorization of hundreds of bugs and their Latin names. The key to successful fishing is, simply, in using the right fly at the right time.

The Hatches Made Simple for the first time identifies the broad patterns by which hatches happen. For example, light tan-colored mayflies tend to hatch at certain times, and drab gray mayflies at other times. Instead of memorizing all the individual insects, the angler just needs to learn the timing of the patterns to these hatches. In this comprehensive guide, dozens of charts and more than 100 photographs make it easy to understand these broad patterns. Armed with a knowledge of those patterns, matching the hatch becomes an entirely new game. More knowledge equals more fish.