This is by no means a complete listing of every insect and every pattern. However, it is a good base to start with. If you ever have a question about other flies that may be working do not hesitate to email me.
December/January
| Insect | Time | Patterns |
| BWO | Afternoon | 18 - 24 BWO, 18 - 24 Adams |
| Early Dark Stoneflies | All Day | 18 Turkey Tail Nymph 18 Early Brown Stonefly |
| Diptera Midge | Afternoon | 18 - 24 Griffith's Gnat, 18 - 24 Olive Midge |
| MicroCaddis | All Day | 20 - 24 Bright Green or Black Elk Hair Caddis |
February/March
| Insect | Time | Patterns |
| Early Dark Stoneflies | All Day | 18 American Pheasant Tail 18 Early Brown Stonefly |
| Blue Quill Paraleptophlebia adoptiva |
Late March Morning to Early Afternoon |
18 Blue Quill Wet & Dry 18 Adams |
| BWO Baetis |
Early Afternoons - Warm Days | 18 BWO Parachute 18 Adams |
| Quill Gordon Epeorus pleuralis |
Late March
Early Afternoon |
12 - 14 Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear 12 - 14 Quill Gordon Dry |
April
| Insect | Time | Patterns |
| Blue Quills Paraleptophlebia adoptiva |
Early April Mornings to Early Afternoons |
18 Sawyer Pheasant Tail 18 Clipped Mahogany Dun |
| Dark Dun/Black Caddis | Mid-April Mid-Mornings |
14 - 16 Crow's Nest Soft Hackle 14 - 16 Dark SolomonCaddis |
| March Brown Maccaffertium vicarium |
Mid-April Sporadic All Day |
12 March Brown
Nymph 12 American March Brown Dry |
| Mottled Brown/Gray Caddis | Mid-April All Day |
16 Brown or Gray Soft Hackle 16 Brown Elk Hair Caddis |
| Quill Gordon Epeorus pleuralis |
Early April Early Afternoons |
12 - 14 Ginger
Quill Wet 12 - 14 Light Hendrickson |
| Hendrickson Ephemerella subvaria |
All Day: Female Spinner has Yellow Egg Sac |
14 Hendrickson Nymph, 14 Red Quill, 14 Hendrickson Thorax |
May
| Insect | Time | Patterns |
| Hendrickson Ephemerella subvaria |
All Day; Female Spinner has Yellow Egg Sac |
14 Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear 14 Red Quill Dry 14 Light Hendrickson Dry |
| March Brown Maccaffertium vicarium |
Mid-May All Day |
12 American
Pheasant Tail 12 Gray Fox Comparadun |
| Mottled Brown/Gray Caddis | All Day | 16 Brown or Gray Soft Hackle 16 Brown Elk Hair Caddis |
| Light Cahill Maccaffertium ithaca |
Afternoon - Evening | 16 - 18 Light Cahill 16 - 18 Cream Cahill Parachute |
| Gray Fox Maccaffertium vicarium |
Sparse Hatch | 14 Gray Fox, 14 Ginger Quill, 14 Gray Fox Variant |
| Sulphurs Ephemerella dorothea |
Early May Late Afternoon and Evening |
16 - 18 Sulphur Dun 16 - 18 Sulphur Loopwing Vertical Emerger 16 - 18 Sulphur Parachute |
| Yellow Midge Diptera |
Early May | 20 Yellow Midge |
| Black Caddis | Early May All Day |
18 Black Soft Hackle 18 Black Fluttering Caddis 18 Black Diving Caddis |
| BWO Baetis |
Mid-May Early Afternoon |
20 -22 BWO, 20 - 22 Adams |
| Green Drake Ephemera guttulata |
Late May Evening |
10 Eastern Green Drake Dun 12 Tan Klinkhammar Special |
| Cream Midge | Mid-May All Day |
20 - 22 Cream Midge |
| Giant Stonefly Pteronarcys |
Early May Early Morning |
4 - 8 Giant Black Stonefly Nymph |
June
| Insect | Time | Patterns |
| Terrestrials | All Summer | Inchworms, Black Foam Ants, Crowe Beetles, and Letort Crickets |
| Mottled Brown Gray Caddis |
Early June All Day |
16 Brown or Gray Soft Hackle 16 Brown Elk Hair Caddis |
| Isonychia bicolor | All Day | 12 Zug Bug 12 Adams 12 Dun Variant |
| Green and Yellow Stonefly |
Late Afternoons | 16 Little
Green Stonefly Dry 16 Yellow Sally 16 Yellow Stimulator |
| Light Cahill Maccaffertium ithaca |
Late Afternoon and Evening |
16 - 18 Light Cahill 16 - 18 Cream Cahill Parachute |
| Sulphurs Ephemerella dorothea |
Late Afternoon and Evening |
16 - 18 Sculpture Dun 16 - 18 Sulphur Parachute 16 - 18 Sulphur Loopwing Vertical Emerger |
| Giant Stonefly Pteronarcys |
Early Mornings | 4 - 6 Black Stonefly Nymph |
July
| Insect | Time | Patterns |
| Isonychia bicolor | All Day | 12 Zug Bug 12 Adams 12 Dun Variant |
| Terrestrials | All Summer | Inchworms, Black Foam Ants, Crowe Beetles, and Letort Crickets |
| Golden Stonefly Acroneuria |
Early Morning and
at Dusk |
6 - 8 Golden Stonefly Nymph 6 - 8 Orange Stimulator 6 - 8 Downwing Hornberg |
| Green and Yellow Stonefly |
Late Afternoons | 16 Light Green and Yellow Fluttering Stone |
| Light Cahill Maccaffertium ithaca |
Late Afternoon and Evening |
16 - 18 Light Cahill 16 - 18 Cream Cahill Parachute |
August
| Insect | Time | Patterns |
| Light Cahill Stenonema ithaca |
Late Afternoon and Evening |
16 - 18 Yellow Ginger Comparadun 16 - 18 Cahill |
| Flying Ants | All Day | 20 - 24 Black Wet Ant 20 -24 Flying Cinnamon Ants |
| Isonychia bicolor | All Day | 12 Leadwing Coachman Wet 12 Adams 12 Dun Variant |
| Golden Stonefly Acroneuria |
Early Morning and at Dusk | Giant Golden Stonefly Nymph 6 - 8 Orange Stimulator 6 - 8 Downwing Hornberg |
| Terrestrials | All Summer | Inchworms, Black Fur Ants, Black Beetles, and Letort Crickets |
September
| Insect | Time | Patterns |
| Light Cahill Maccaffertium ithaca |
Usually at Dusk | 16 - 18 Light Cahill 16 - 18 Yellow Ginger Comparadun |
| Terrestrials | All Summer | Inchworms, Black Fur Ants, Black Beetles, and Letort Crickets |
| Isonychia bicolor | All Day | 12 Leadwing Coachman Wet 12 Adams 12 Dun Variant |
| Flying Ants | All Day | 20 - 24 Spentwing Black and
Brown Ants |
October/November
| Insect | Time | Patterns |
| October Caddis BWO |
October - November Afternoon October - November Afternoon |
14 - 16 Orange or Cream Elk Hair Caddis 18 - 24 BWO Parachute 16 - 24 BWO CDC emerger |
| Dipterans Midge | October - November Afternoon |
16 - 24 Brassie 16 - 24 RS2 16 - 24 Midge, Black, Olive, Grey, Yellow |
