TERRESTRIALS

These insects are land insects that sometimes get into the water either by accident, the wind, or because a mating flight takes these insects over the water. At times fish can become quite selective when feeding on these insects, ants for example, and will take nothing else.

Terrestrials consist of grasshoppers, beetles, ants, bees, crickets, leafhoppers, etc. These insects need little introduction, and do not compose a great part of the trout's diet, except at certain times and places. Since they are relatively rare upon our streams, we can often use this advantage to our good fortune, for some of the flies that represent these insects hardly do them justice, but a big trout finds the temptation hard to resist.

NOTES: (Terrestrials present in area, possibility of fish feeding on them)