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WESTERN SUPER HATCHES

Genus & Species (common name) Size Peak Emergences No* Pattern Name
Size Epeorus & Paraleptophlebia (Slate-wing Drakes) #12-16 June 1 - Oct 5 5 Slate/Brown Paradun
Ephemerella inermis (Pale Morning Duns) #16-22 June 5 - Oct 30 1 Slate/Brown Emerger
9 Gray/Yellow No Hackle
11 Dun/Brown Hen spinner
Heptagenia & Siphonlurus (Western Gray Drakes) #10-18 June 10 - Sept 25 2 Slate/Tan Paradun
Ephemerella Grandis (Western Green Drake) #8-10 June 15 - July 15 1 Slate/Brown Emerger
8 Slate/Olive Paradun
Callibaetis Species (Speckled Spinner) #14-16 June 20 - Aug 15 2 Slate/Tan No Hackle
13 Dun/Cream Hen spinner
Ephemerella flavilinea (Slate wing Olive Dun) #14-16 1 Slate/Brown Emerger
June 25 - Aug 15 8 Slate/Olive No Hackle
11 Dun/Brown Hen spinner
Tricorythodes species (Tiny white-wing black) #22-28 July 20 - Sept 30 14 White/Black Hen spinner
Baetis species (Blue-wing Olive) #18-24 May 1 - Oct 30 7 Gray/Olive No Hackle

From Selective Trout — Doug Swisher and Carl Richards

*Mark this number on an insect hatching time chart when you identify this species hatching – Also mark Mayflies – A, Stoneflies – B, Caddis – C etc.