Bighorn River

 

Hatch Guide: Bighorn River - Fort Smith, Montana

 

Hatch Timing    Scientific Name Common Name Hook Size
Mar 1-May 31 Family Chironomidae  Midge 16-24
Mar 1-Apl 30 Skwala parallela  Skwala Stone 8-12 
Apl 1-Jun 30 Baetis species Blue Winged Olive  16-20 
Apl 1-May 31 Siphlonurus alternatus  Gray Drake  8-10
Apl 1-May 31  Stenonema vicarium  March Brown  10-12 
May 1-Jul 31  Ephemerella inermis   Pale Morning Dun (PMD)  16-20  
May 15-Jul 31  Claassenia sabylosa Golden Stonefly  2-4
Jun 1-Aug 31  Paraleptophlebia debilus Mahogany Dun  14-16
Jun 1-Jun 30 Pteronarlys calfornica  Salmonfly 4-6 
Jun 1-Aug 15 Genus Cheumatopsyche Little Sister Sedge 10-16 
Jun 1-Jul 31  Ephemera simulans Brown Drake  10
Jun 1-Jul 31  Ephemerella doddsi  Green Drake 10
Jun 15-Jul 31 Dicosomoecus jucundus  Giant Orange Sedge  4-8 
Jun 24-Sept 21 Isoperla patricia, I. marmona Yellow Sally 14-16
Jul 1-Jul31 Arctpsyche grandis Great Grey Spotted Sedge 6-10 
Aug 1-Sep 30  Tricorythodes mintus,T.fallus  Trico  18-22
Aug 1-Nov 31  Family Chironomidae   Midge  16-24 
Sep 1-Nov 31 Baetis species  Blue Winged Olive 16-20
       
Terrestrials       
       
Apl 15-Sep 15  Family Coleoptera  Beetles  10-12 
Jun 1-Aug 30  Family Formicidae  Ants  14-16 
Jul 1-Sep 30 Family Tettigoniidae Grasshoppers 8-12