Eastern & Mid-Western Fly Hatches

Common Name
(& Latin Name)

Size

Recommended Fly
(click on fly name to view)

Mar

Apr

May

June

July

Aug

Sept

Oct

Midge
( Chironomidae )

16-26

Quill Gordon
( E. pleuralis )

12-14

Blue Wing Olive
( B. vagans )

18-20

Little Mahogany
( P. adoptiva )

16-20

Little Black Caddis
( C. aterrima )

16-18

Hendrickson
( E. subvaria )

14-16

March Brown
( S. vicarium )

10-12

Eastern Gray Drake
( S. quebecensis )

10-12

Large Sulphur
( E. invaria )

14-16

Little Sulphur
( E. dorothea )

16-20

Light Cahill
( S. candense )

14-16

Gray Fox
( S. fuscum )

12-14

Little Yellow Stonefly
( A. chloroperla )

12-14

Eastern Green Drake
( E. guttulata )

8-10

Isonychia
( I. bicolor )

12-14

Brown Drake
( E. simulans )

8-10

Hexagenia
( H. limbata )

6-8

Yellow Drake
( E. varia )

12-14

Golden Drake
( Potomanthus distinctus )

8

Slate Wing Olive
( E. lata/attenuata )

16-18

Trico
( T. stygiatus )

22-24

Tiny Blue Winged Olive
(P. anoka )

22-24