Hatch Chart for May

May 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 and back eddies	Mid-day (12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.)
	Emerger	Beatis Soft Floating Nymph	16-18 16-18	Dark Olive	Slack slow water and back eddies	Mid-day (12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.)
	Adults	Para dun Comparadum Thorax	16-18	Dark Olive	Slack slow water and back eddies	Mid-day (12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.)
Pale Evening Dunn (Heptegenia)	Nymphs	Pheasant Tail Soft Hackle Hare's Ear	12	na Dark Green Olive	Riffles and runs close to bank	Morning (8:00 am. to 1:00 pm)
	Adult	Para Cahill Sparkle Dunn Comparadun	12	Tan/Light Yellow Light Yellow	Riffles and runs close to bank & seams	Afternoon (1:00 p.m. till dusk)
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, Speckled Wing Caddis, Net spinning (Hydropsyche)	Larva	Zug Bug Dubbed Caddis Larva Hare's Ear Serendipity	12-14	Dark Olive/Grey Tan/Lt. Olive Tan/Lt. Olive	Riffles and runs (fish deep)	Morning (8:00 a.m. to noon)
	Pupa	Sparkle Pupa Translucent Emerger Soft Hackle	12-14	Tan Tan/Lt. Brown Lt. Brown	Fished deep with lift	Afternoon
	Adults	CDC Caddis Dear Hair Caddis X-Caddis Diving Caddis (crystal flash body)	14	Lt. Brown Olive/Brown Olive Olive	Tail-outs at end of runs or riffles	Afternoons
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	Afternoons and Evenings
	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	Afternoons and Evenings
	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 Hare's Ear	16-18	Lt. Tan Natural	Riffles and runs	Midday to dusk
	Pupa	Sparkle Pupa Soft Hackle	16-18	Orange Body w/tan shroud Orange/ Cream	Riffles and runs	Midday to dusk
	Adults	Elk Hair Caddis Diving Caddis	18	Brown Brown/Black	Riffles and Runs	Midday to Dusk
Stone Fly Salmon Fly (Pteronarcys)	Nymph	Smerf Stone Kaufmann's Stone BH rubber leg Stone	6 -8	Black	Fast heavy boulder runs, edges and seams close to bank	a.m. and p.m.
	Adults	Stimulator Norm Wood Special Rubber leg Stone	6-8	Orange	Stream banks in close below fast runs	Afternoons
Stone Fly Golden Stones (hesperoperla)	Nymph	Smerf Stone BH Rubber leg Matt's Fur	6-8	Gold or Brown Gold natural	Fast heavy boulder runs, edges and seams close to bank	a.m. and p.m.
	Adults	Norm Wood Special Stimulator Clarke Stone	6-8	Gold Yellow Yellow/gold	Fast heavy boulder runs, edges and seams close to bank	Afternoons
Midge	Pupa	Serendipity Miracle Midge Suspended Midge	16-20	Black, Olive, Grey, and Tan	Slow slack water and back eddies	Periodic through day

May Hatch Chart and Pattern Recommendations