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The following is a group of fish timing charts along with a hatch index.
These charts create a baseline or a starting point.
Remember there are several factors such as water levels and water temperatures
This will give you a good idea of what to expect and when

P.S. Keep an eye on our "Fishing Reports" to get an accurate idea of what is going on.

Thank you from us at the Caddis Shack

 

Adronomouse Fish Schedule:

- Steelhead - September - April

- Fall peak - Late October - Mid September

- Spring peak - Mid March - April

Typically peaking in early to mid April to about the first week in May.

- Chinook Salmon also known as: "The King" -
Late August though October
Typically peaking mid September though mid October.

- Lake Run Browns -
September though December

Peaking late October though November.

Resident Fish Schedule:

Brown Trout
Rainbow Trout
Brook Trout

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Ganaraska                        
Skamania                        
Chambers Cr.                        
Mainistee                        
Chinook                        
Coho Salmon                        
Pink Salmon                        
Brown Trout                        
Native Brown                         
Rainbow Trout                        


EMERGENCE SCHEDULE

SIZE NAME Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
18/20 Allocapnia granulta or vivipara                        
  Tiny Early Winter Black Stonefly                        
16/20 Nemouridae and Leuctridae                        
  Tiny Late Winter Black Stonefly                        
10/14 Taeniopteryx nivalis                        
  Early Black Stonefly                        
12/14 Brachyptera fasciata                        
  Early Brown Stonefly                        
18/20 Baetis vagans                        
  Blue Wing Olive Mayfly                        
16/18 Paraleptohplebia adoptiva                        
  Slate Wing Mahogony Mayfly                        
12/14 Ephemerella subvaria                        
  Dark Hendrickson Mayfly                        
16/18 Chimarra aterrima                        
  Little Black Caddis                        
12/14 Leptophlebia cupida                        
  Borcher's Drake Mayfly                        
14/16 Brachycentrus americanus                        
  Grannom Caddis                        
2/8 Pteronarcys dorsata                        
  Midwestern Salmon Fly Stonefly                        
10/18 Rhycacophilidae fenestra                        
  Green Rock Worm Caddis                        
8/14 Perlodidae lsogenus and lsoperla                        
  Medium Brown Stonefly                        
10/14 Siphoplecton basale                        
  Great Speckeld Olive Mayfly                        
14/20 Hydropsyche bronta and simulans                        
  Net Building Caddis                        
16/18 Ephemerella dorothea                        
  Sulphur Dun Mayfly                        
14/18 Alloperla caudata and imbecilla                        
  Little Yellow and Little Green Stonefly                        
14/16 Nectopsyche                        
  White Miller Caddis                        
20/22 Baetis cingulatus                        
  Blue Wing Olive Mayfly                        
14/16 Ephemerella invaria                        
  True Hendrickson Mayfly                        
14/16 Ephemerella rotunda                        
  Light Hendrickson Mayfly                        
10/12 Stenoema vicarium                        
  American March Brown Mayfly                        
12/14 Stenoema fuscum                        
  Sand Drake rapidus                        
12/14 Siphlounurus rapidus                        
  Early Gray Drake Mayfly                        
10/12 Ephemera simulans                        
  Brown Drake Mayfly                        
8/10 Phryganlidae ptilostomis                        
  Great Ogrange Sedge Caddis                        
8/12 Green Oak Worm/Greenie Worm                        
  Catepiller                        
20/28 Diptera                        
  Midges                        
10/12 Isonychia sadleri                        
  Mahogany Dun Mayfly                        
6/8 Hexagenia limbata                        
  Great Olive Winged Drake Mayfly                        
10/12 Isonychia bicolor                        
  White Gloved Howdy Mayfly                        
12/14 Stenoma canadense                        
  Light Cahill Mayfly                        
10/12 Sephlonurus alternatus                        
  Late Gray Drake Mayfly                        
10/12 Ephemera varia                        
  Golden Drake Mayfly                        
6/8 Paragentina media                        
  Big Golden Stonefly                        
14/18 Ephemerella lata                        
  Slate Wing Olive Mayfly                        
22/24 Pseudocloen anoka                        
  Tiny Blue Winged Olive Mayfly                        
18/20 Ephemerella simplex                        
  Dark Slate Wing Olive Mayfly                        
8/24 Terrestrials                        
  Ants/Grasshoppers/Beetles/Jasids                        
24/26 Tricorythodes stygiatus                        
  Tiny WhiteWing Black Mayfly                        
16/18 Paraleptophlebia debilis                        
  Small Slate Mahogany Dun Mayfly                        
18/20 Mystocides sepulchralis                        
  Black Dancer Caddisfly                        
22/24 Beatis pygmalus                        
  Little Medium Olive Mayfly                        
12/14 Ephoron album                        
  White Fly Mayfly                        
14/16 Beatis heimalis                        
  Slate Wing Brown Mayfly                        



















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