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Winter Hatch Chart:

Blue-winged Olives (Baetis, Acentrella, etc.)
Emergence: all winter
Suggested patterns
: #22 Flashback Pheasant Tail, #20-#22 Juju Baetis, #18-#22 Barr’s BWO Emerger, #20-#22 Hi-Vis B.W.O. Parachute, #20 Lawson’s Thorax Baetis, #20-#22 Parachute Baetis,

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

Little Brown & Black Winter Stoneflies (Allocapnia sp.)
Emergence: mid-day, all winter
Suggested patterns: #18-#20 black Beadhead Prince Nymph, #20 Zebra Copper John, #16-#20 Henryville Special

Winter Brown Sedge (Dolophilodes distinctus)
Emergence
: mid-day, all winter
Suggested patterns: #16 Yellow Caddis Larva, #16-#20 Brown Deep Sparkle Pupa, #16-#20 black or brown Puterbaugh’s Caddis. Skate your fly across the surface to imitate this fast-moving caddis, whose females are often wingless.

Dot-Winged Winter Sedge (Frenesia missa)
Emergence
: mid-day, November-December
Suggested patterns
: #16-#18 Gray or Brown Deep Sparkle Pupa, #16-#18 Gray or Brown Elk Hair Caddis or Henryville Special, #16-#18 Gray or Brown Emergent Sparkle Pupa

 
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