It
has been a long time since we had seen a bug book worth the paper it
was printed on, we do not mind loosing a tree or two for this two
volume baby. 
There
is a lot to read and look at, it will take us a lifetime to digest this
book. Ernest G. Schwiebert passed away in 2005 and we will always have
these volumes to remember him.
Nymphs Volume I - The Mayflies | Nymphs Volume 2 - Stoneflies, Caddisflies, & Other Important Insects -If you want to 
catch
big fish you must go deep. Nymphs encompasses two monster books revised
and enlarged from the 1973 originals. Author Ernest G. Schwiebert spent
the last fifty years of his life traveling, fishing, speaking, writing
and gathering information on scores of aquatic insect species across
the country. At age 24 Schwiebert authored Matching The Hatch, which
was published in 1955 and made him a respected authority on fishing
bugs going forth. The Mayflies, the first volume, is the singular
authority on identifying the myriad species of mayfly larvae and tying
imitations that will help us identify and tie the bugs we need to catch
the big boys. We find painstaking details of every major mayfly species
for identification and tying details for many patterns to imitate the
naturals. In addition to mayflies we must know caddisflies, stoneflies,
and midges just as well. Stoneflies, Caddisflies, and Other Important
Species, volume two, gives us all the essential information we need
about these bugs throughout their North 
American
range. Very few fishing books have focused so closely on so many
individual species of the particular genera of aquatic insects.
These are indeed monumental works, instant classics for anglers, and an unprecedented view of the bugs we try so hard to imitate. If you are a nymph fisherman this is a must have series, something you cannot afford to live without, if you think you have a fly fishing library you are fooling yourself if these volumes are not the backbone of your collection. A special thanks to Erik Schwiebert, Ernest's son, who made sure the revised volumes came to light.
mattieb
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