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March Hatch Chart and Pattern Recommendations
Insect	Stage	Pattern	Size	Color	Water Type	Time of Day
Mayfly, Blue Winged Olive (Beatis)	Nymph	Crystal Flash Nymph Pheasant Tail	16-18 16-18	Dark Olive or Dark Brown	Slack slow water, back eddies, and slow flats	Mid-day (1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.)
	Emerger	Beatis Soft Floating Nymph	16-18	Black Olive or Brown Tan Dark Brown or Dark Olive	Slack slow water, back eddies, and slow flats	Mid-day (1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.)
	Adults	Para Beatis Para Adams B.W.O. Thorax B.W.O. Spinner	16-18	Black Olive Adams Grey Dark Olive PT Brown/Tan	Slack slow water, back eddies, and slow flats	Mid-day (1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.)
March Browns (Rhithrogena)	Emerger	Soft Hackle B.H. March Brown Spider	12-14	Med. Brown, Light Brown, or Tan	Slow runs, 3 to 4 feet of water	Mid-day (11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.)
	Adult	Parachute March Brown Comparadun	12-14	Tan	Slow runs, 3 to 4 feet deep, close to bank	Mid-day (11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Caddis, Speckled Wing Caddis, Net spinning (Hydropsyche)	Larva	Zug Bug Dubbed Caddis Larva	12-14	Dark Olive/Grey	Deep slow runs, fished deep	Mid-day (11:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.)
Caddis Western Weedy Water Sedge (Amiocentrus)	Larva	Zug Bug Peaking Caddis Sparkle Caddis Larva	12-14	Natural Olive/Brown	Weedy mossy areas with moderate flow and riffles	12 to 4 p.m.
	Pupa	Emergent Sparkle Pupa Soft Hackle CDC Caddis Emerger	14-16	Green body with tan shroud Green or Olive Green/Tan CDC	Weedy mossy areas with moderate flow and riffles	12 to 4 p.m.
	Adults	Elk Hair Caddis CDC Caddis X-Caddis	14-16	Olive	Soft runs, seam edges, riffles, eddies	12 to 4 p.m.
Caddis Green Rock Worm (Rhyacophila)	Larva	Sparkle Caddis Larva Caddis Larva (La Fontain's) Green Rock Worm	12-14	Bright Green Green or Olive Green	Riffles, soft runs below riffles	12 to 4 p.m.
	Pupa	Emergent Sparkle Pupa Soft Hackle Z-Wing Caddis	12-14	Tan and Olive Green and Olive Green and Olive	Riffles, soft runs below riffles	12 to 4 p.m.
	Adults and egg-layers	Elk Hair Caddis Dear Hair Caddis Diving Caddis Soft Hackle	12-14	Green Olive Green and Olive Green and Olive	Riffles, soft runs, and tail-outs	Mid-day into evening
Caddis Igloo Cased Caddis (Glossosoma)	Larva	Caddis Larva G. R. Hares Ear	16-18	Light Tan Natural	Riffles and tail-outs	Mid-day to evening
	Pupa	Sparkle Pupa Soft Hackle	16-18	Orange body with tan shroud Orange or cream	Riffles and tail-outs	Mid-day to evening
	Adults	Elk Hair Caddis Diving Caddis	18	Brown Brown/Black	Riffles and tail-outs	Mid-day to evening
Stone Fly (Salmon Fly -- Pteronarcys Califoronica)	Nymph	Smerf Stone Nymph B. H. Rubber Leg Stone	8	Black	Bolder Runs, Ledges and Pockets	All-day
GoldStone (Hesperoperla pacifica)	Nymph	Smerf Stone B.H. Rubber Leg Stone Matt's Furr	8 - 10	Gold or Brown Gold Tan	Bolder Runs, Ledges and Pockets	All-day
Spring Stone (Skwala)	Nymph Adult	Matt's Furr Stimulator	8	Tan/Natural Lt. Brown	Bolder Runs, Ledges and Pockets	All-day
Midge	Pupa	Serendipity Miracle Midge Suspended Midge	16-20	Black, Olive, Grey, and Tan	Slow slack water and back eddies	9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

March Hatch Chart and Pattern Recommendations