September 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.)
|
May Fly Mahogany Dun
(Paraleptophlebia) |
Nymphs |
Gold Ribbed Hares Ear |
14-16 |
Dark Brown |
Slow runs to tail-outs |
Mid-day |
| |
Adult |
Comparadun (3-tails)
Mahogany Thorax (3-tails)
Spinners (3-tails) |
14-16 |
Reddish Brown
Reddish Brown
Purplish Brown |
Soft runs, tight to bank, 2 to 4 feet of water
|
Mid-day |
Crane Flies (tipulidae) (tipulid) |
Larva |
Serendipity
Crane fly larva (Schwiebert) |
14-16 |
Grey or cream |
Riffles runs and back-eddies |
Periodic through day |
| |
Adults |
Ginger Spider
Soft Hackle
Comparadun |
16 |
Cream
Yellow
Lt. Yellow |
Riffles runs and back-eddies |
Periodic through day |
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 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 |
Caddis Fall Caddis (dicosmoecus) |
Emerger |
Soft hackle (weighted) |
8 |
Orange |
Riffles an Runs (fished deep) |
Afternoons |
| |
Adult |
Stimulator |
8 |
Orange |
Riffles an Runs (fished spent)
|
Afternoons and Evenings |
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 |
Midge
|
Pupa |
Serendipity
Miracle Midge
Suspended Midge |
16-20 |
Black, Olive, Grey, and Tan |
Slow slack water and back eddies |
Periodic through day
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