General Hatch Chart for West Virginia Rivers

Created by: Charlie Nichols
4706 West Washington St.
Cross Lanes, WV 25313
(304) 776-4403
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Date	Latin Name	Common Name	Size	Time of Day	Patterns
2/14-3/15	Taeniopteryx Maura	Black Tan Stane	12	Morning & Afternoon	Black Hares Ear
3/1-4/15	Capnia Vernalis	Little Black Stone	16	Midday	Black Hares Ear
3/20-4/24	Baetis	Little Blue Wing Olive	16-20	Early Afternoon	Blue Wing Olive Dry & Emerger
4/1-5/15	Taeniopteryx Fasciata	Early Brown Stone	10-14	Afternoon	Early Brown Stone (wet), Brown Stone Nymph
4/10-5/20	Epeorus Pleuralis	Quill Gordon	12-14	AM & Late Afternoon	Quill Gordon Wet
4/15-5/10	Paraleptophlebia, Adoptiva	Blue Quill	16-18	Early Afternoon	Blue Quill (dry & nymph)
4/15-5/15	Chimarra Atteima	Little Black Caddis	18	Early Afternoon	Black CDC Caddis
4/20-5/15	Ephemerella Subvaria	Hendrickson	12-16	2 till 5 PM	Red Quill (male), Hendrickson (female), Gray Muskrat (nymph)
4/20-5/10	Brachycentrus, Numerosus	Grannom Caddis	14-16	3 till 7 PM	Leadwing Coachman, Dark Brown Elk Wing Caddis
4/20-5/15	Limnephilus Submonilifor	Crème Caddis	14	Late Morning	Cream CDC Caddis, Cream Emergent Pupa
4/21-6/20	Pteronarcys Dorsata	Giant Black Stonefly	4-8	Morning	Montana Nymph, Black Stonefly Nymph
5/1-6/30	Isoperla Signata	Light Brown Stonefly	12-14	Afternoon	Brown Hares Ear
5/8-6/20	Ephemerella Rotunda	Sulfur	14-16	2 till 8 PM	Sulfur Dun & Spinner
5/10-7/20	Rhyacophila	Green Caddis	14	4 till 9 PM	Green Caddis Larva & Emerger
5/15-6/10	Stenonema Vicarium	March Brown	10-12	Early Afternoon	March Brown Dun, Ausable Wulff, Gold Ribbed Hares Ear (nymph)
5/20-6/25	Ephemerella Dorothea	Little Sulphur	18	Evening	Pale Evening Dun, PMD Emerger CDC
5/20-6/25	Stenonema Fuscum	Gray Fox	12-14	Throughout the Day	PAusable Wulff or Gray Fox Dun
5/25-6/15	Ephemera Guttulata	Eastern Green Drake	10	3 PM - dark	Green Drake Dun, Coffin Fly, White Haystack
5/30-8/1	Ephemerella Cornuta	Blue Winged Olive	12-14	7 AM – 5 PM	Blue Winged Olive Emerger, Blue Winged Dun (CDC Dun works well)
5/30-6/30	Psilotreta Frolntalis	Dun Caddis	14	Noon till dusk	Dun CDC Caddis, Dun Caddis Emerger
6/5-9/10	Isonychia Bicolor	Mahohany Dun	10-12	1 PM till dark	Chocolate Haystack, Dun Variant, Leadwing Coachman (wet)
6/5-9/1	Hydropsyche Symphitopsyche	Tan Caddis	14-16	1 PM till Dark	Tan Caddis Emerger, Tan CDC Caddis, Elk Hair Caddis
6/8-7/25	Stenonema Canadense	Light Cahill	14	4 PM till dark	Light Cahill Nymph, Emerger, Ausable Wulff
6/10-8/20	Alloperia Imbecilla	Little Green Stonefly	16	Late AM till 7 PM	Lime Sally
6/15-7/30	Anthopotamanthus Disticntus	Cream Variant	10-12	Evening to dark	Cream Variant or White Haystack
6/20-8/15	Isoperia Biliineata	Little Yellow Stonefly	14-16	Afternoon-dark	Yellow Sally
6/20-7/20	Ephemera Varia	Yellow Drake	12	Noon-evening	Yellow Mayfly Dun
6/20-7/30	Paraleptophelebia Mollis	Dark Blue Quill	16-18	10 AM – 4 PM	Dark Blue Quill, Jenny Spinner
6/20-7/20	Acroneuria Evoluta	Great Yellow Stonefly	6-8	Evening (riffles)	Golden Stone
7/5-9/15	Tricorythodes	Trico’s	20-24	Morning	Trico Dun, Usual, Spinners
7/25-9/20	Hydroptila	Micro-caddis	18-22	Sporadic all day	Hairy Caddis
8/10-8/29	Hexagenis Altocaudata	Slate Drake	10-12	5 PM-dark	Big Slate Drake, Dark Rusty Spinner
9/1-9/20	Baetis Tricaudatus	Little Blue Dun	18	1 AM-6 PM	Little Blue Dun, Rusty Spinner
9/15-10/1	Acentrella	Blue Dun	22	Noon – 6 PM	Blue Wing Olive Fish on brother, Fish on...