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INSECT |
JAN |
FEB |
MAR |
APR |
MAY |
JUN |
JUL |
AUG |
SEP |
OCT |
NOV |
DEC |
SIZE |
HOOK SIZE |
TIME |
COLORATION |
DIPTERA
(Snow
Fly) |
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3-4 mm |
22-28 |
Warmest Part of the
Day |
Gray to
Blackish |
M
A
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F
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E
S |
BAETIS
TRICUDATUS
(Blue Wing Olive, Iron Blue Quill) |
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3-6 mm |
16-18 |
Warmest Part of the
Day. Spinner fall in Evening. |
Brown Olive |
HEPTAGENIIDAE
RITHROGENA MORRISONI
(Western Black Quill) |
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9mm |
12 |
Mid-Morning. Spinner fall - Evening. |
Dun - Purplish Black Body,
Mottled Grayish Brown
Wing,
Spinner - Grayish Brown, Clear Wing. |
| CALLIBAETIS
NIGRITUS(Speckled Dun) |
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7-9 mm |
14-16 |
Late Morning Cloudy Days Best. |
Tannish Olive, Wing - Gray & White,
Spinner - Tannish Gray, Clear Wing |
BAETIS
PARVUS
(Iron Blue Quill) |
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6
mm |
20 |
Mid-Afternoon.
Spinner fall -Morning and
Evening |
Lt. Olive Tan, Wing - Blue Gray
Spinner - Tannish Gray,
Speckled Clear Wing |
EPHEMERELLA
MARGARITA
(Blue Wing Olive) |
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7
mm |
18 |
Early Morning |
Light Olive Brown |
EPHEMERELLA
INERMIS
(Pale Morning Dun) |
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5-6 mm |
16-22 |
Mid-Morning to Early Afternoon |
Greenish Olive. Wing - Lt. Gray,
Spinner - Yellow Olive, Wing Clear |
EPHEMERELLA
LACUSTRIS
(Pale Morning Dun) |
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7-9 mm |
16-18 |
Early Morning, Late Evening |
Olive Yellow, Wing - Light Gray. |
| PARALEPTOPHLEBIA HETERONEA (Slate Wing Drake) |
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9-11 mm |
12-16 |
Early Afternoon Spinner fall
-Evening |
Brown Body, Wing - Slate,
Spinner - Brown Body,
Wing Clear |
| EPHEMERELLA
INFREQUINS (Pale Morning Dun) |
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8-9 mm |
16-18 |
Mid-Morning to Late Afternoon |
Creamish Olive, Wing - Light Gray |
| EPHEMERELLA
GRANDIS (Western Green Drake) |
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14-16 mm |
8-12 |
Gray Cloudy Days 1-4 pm. Spinner fall - After
Dark. |
Dark Olive. Wing - Medium
Gray |
| EPHEMERELA
DODDSI (Western Green Drake) |
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14-16 mm |
10-12 |
1-4 pm
Spinner fall -
Evening. |
Dark Olive Body,
Wing - Medium Gray,
Spinner - Reddish Brown, Wing
Clear |
| CALLIBAETIS
COLORADENIS (Speckled Wing Quill) |
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7-9 mm |
14-16 |
Late Morning Cloudy Days Best. |
Speckled Gray Wing and Body. |
| HEPTAGENIIDAE
RITHROGENA UNDULATA (Red Quill) |
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7mm |
16 |
Mid Morning Spinner fall - Evening. |
Reddish Brown, Wing - Slate,
Spinner - Rusty Brown,
Wing Clear. |
| HEPTAGENIIDAE
SIMPLICOIDE (Ginger Quill) |
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9mm |
14 |
Spinner Evening |
Pale Cream to White Body,
Wing
Clear. |
EPHEMERA
SIMULANS
(Brown Drake) |
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12-14 mm |
10-12 |
Evening Hatch Spinner fall - Late Evening. |
Brown Body, Wing - Brown and Black. |
| PSEUDOCLOEN
EDMUNDSI (Tiny Blue Wing Olve) |
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4-5 mm |
20-24 |
Late in the Day. Spinner fall - Late
Eveing. |
Pale Olive, Wing - Lt. Blue Gray, Spinner - Olive, Wing
Clear. |
| EPHEMERELLA
FLAVILINEA (Small Western Green Drake) |
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7-9 mm |
14-16 |
Evening Hatch, Spinner - Morning and Evening. |
Olive Body, Wing - Dark Gray, Spinner - Medium
Red-Brown, Wing Clear. |
EPHEMERELLA
TIBIALIS
(Dark Hendrickson) |
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9mm |
14 |
11am - 3pm Spinner fall - Evening |
Reddish Brown, Wing - Gray,
Spinner - Purplish
Brown,
Wing Clear. |
| SIPHLONURUS
OCCIDETALIS (Great Western Gray Drake) |
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12-15 mm |
12-14 |
Late Morning Spinner fall - Evening |
Gray Body, Wing - Medium Gray |
EPEORUS
ALBERTAE
(Gordon Quill) |
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9-11 mm |
12-16 |
Late Morning Spinner fall - Evening |
Spinner - Grayish Brown, Wing Clear. |
| TRICORYTHODES
MINUTUS (White Wing Black) |
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4-6 mm |
20-22 |
Morning |
Black Body, Wing - Clear. |
| HEPTAGENIA
ELEGANTULA (Pink Quill) |
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11mm |
10-12 |
Late Morning, Spinner fall - Evening |
Orange Body, Wing - Clear,
Spinner - Rusty
Red. |
| PARALEPTOPHLEBIA BICORNUTA (Mohogony Dun) |
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8-9 mm |
16-18 |
Early Afternoon |
Blackish Brown, Wing - Dark
Gray |
