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Autumn Hatch Chart:

October Caddis (Pycnopsyche sp.)
Emergence: October, dawn and dusk
Suggested patterns: #10 October Caddis Pupa, #8-#12 BH Red Fox Squirrel Nymph, #10-#12 Orange Palmer, #8-#12 Orange Stimulator

Blue-winged Olives (Baetis, Acentrella, etc.)
Emergence: all fall, esp. on cloudy days
Suggested patterns: #18 Salyer's Little Olive Nymph, #18 Killer Mayfly Nymph, #18-#22 Barr’s BWO Emerger, #20-#20 Hi-Vis B.W.O. Parachute, #20 Lawson’s Thorax Baetis, #20-#22 Parachute Baetis, #18-#20 Extended Body BWO

Leadwinged Coachman (Isonychia bicolor)
Emergence: Sept. and October, midday
Suggested patterns: #14 Rothrock Isonychia Nymph, #12-#14 Zug Bug, #14 Soft-Hackle Pheasant Tail, #14 Parachute Adams, #14 Rusty Quill Bodied Spinner


Blue Quills (Paraleptophlebia adoptiva)
Emergence: Sept. into October
Suggested patterns: #18 Soft Hackle Pheasant Tail, #18 Chocolate RS-2, #18 Mahogany Dun Parachute, #18 Tilt Wing Mahogany Dun

Net-spinning Caddis (Hydropsyche and Ceratopsyche)
Emergence: Sept. and October
Suggested patterns: #16-#20 Olive Crawling Caddis, #16 tan Fox's Caddis Poopah, #14-#16 Bird's Nest, #16 Red Fox Squirrel Nymph, #16 Cream Caddis Pupa, #14-#16 tan or brown Elk Hair Caddis, #16 tan Puterbaugh's Foam Caddis

Midges (Diptera)
Emergence: Year-round
Suggested patterns: #20-24 Cream Midge, Parachute Black Midge or Parachute Cream Midge; #22-#24 WD-40s in chocolate and olive; #24 Black Beauty, #22-#24 Desert Storm, #22 Barr’s Pure Midge Larva, #22 Jujubee Midge

Cranefly (Tipulidae)
Emergence: all fall
Suggested patterns: #12-#18 cream or yellow Parachute Cranefly, #10-#12 Cranefly Larva

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