Hatch Information and Fly Selection:
South Platte River
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Attractors
Wulff (Grey, Grizzley, & Royal) #12-16, Humpy (Yellow, Royal, Red) #12-16, Royal Coachman #12-16, Renegade #14-16, Trude (Adams, Lime, Royal # 10 16), Adams Standard & Parachute #10-16
April-October
Aquatic Worms San Juan Worm (Red, Pink, Earth, & Orange plus 2-tone versions) #12 All year
Baetis (Blue-winged Olive)
Baetis Emerger #18-22, Baetis Flashback Emerger #18-22, Baetis Beadhead Emerger #18-22, Pheasant Tail #16-22, Bead Head Pheasant Tail #16, Flash-back Pheasant Tail #16-22, RS-2 #18-22, Blue-winged Olive #16-20, Parachute Blue-winged Olive #16-20, Blue-winged Olive Thorax #16-20, Barr Emergers #18-22, Sparkle Duns #18-22, Adams #18–22
April-May,
September-October
Caddis
Caddis Emerger (Green, Brown) #18-20), Peeking Caddis (Olive, Cream) #16-18, Soft Hackle (Yellow, Olive, Hare's Ear) #16-18, Z-Wing Caddis Emerger (Olive, Amber) #16-18, Elk Hair Caddis (Grey, Tan, Olive, Brown) #12-20, Black Elk Hair Caddis #12-20, Goddard Caddis #14-16, Stimulator (Orange Tan, & Olive) #12-16, Emergent Sparkle Pupa #16-20, Spent Partridge #16-18, CDC Elk Hair #12-16, Western Coachman #12-18, Copper John (any color) #12-22
May-September
Golden Stonefly
Realistic Stonefly Nymph- Golden #8-10, Rubber Leg Stonefly Nymph - Golden #8-10, Bead Head Rubber Leg Stonefly - Golden #8-10, Improved Golden Stonefly #8-12, Stimulator (Orange, Yellow) #8-12
June-August
Midge
Brassie #16-22, Palomino Midge (Black, Olive) #18-22, Chironomid Pupa (Black, Brown, & red 16-22, Disco Midge #16-22, RS-2 #16-22, WD-40 (Grey, Brown, Black, Olive) #18-22, Pheasant Tail #18-22, Zebra Midge #18-22, Griffith's Gnat #18-22, Real Midge (Black, Cream) #18-22, Mercury Midge (black, olive, red, & cream) #18-22, Trailing Shuck Midges #18-22, Parachute Adams #18-22, Black Beauty #18-22
All Year
Pale Morning Dun
PMD Emerger, Pheasant Tail Nymph #14-18, Bead Head Pheasant Tail #14-16, Hare's Ear Nymph #14-18, Cripple Pale Morning Dun   #14-18,  Parachute Pale Morning Dun #14-18, Comparadun Pale Morning Dun #14-18, Pale Morning Dun #14-18, Soft Hackle Yellow #14 – 16, Rusty Spinner 14 – 18
May-August
Scud Scud (Olive, Tan, Orange) #10-14 All year
Stonefly
Stonefly – Rubber Leg (Black, Brown) #4-10, Georges Stone #6-10, Bead Head Rubber Leg Stonefly (Black, Brown) #4-10, Rogue Giant Stonefly, Improved Sofa Pillow #4-8, Fluttering Orange Stonefly #4-8
May-August
Streamers
Wooly Bugger (Black, Brown) #4-10, Bead Head Wooly Bugger (Black, Brown, Olive) #4-10, Matuka (Black, Olive) #4-10), Conehead Bite Me Bugger (Olive, Black, Brown) #8-12, Muddler Minnow #4-10, Conehead Muddler Minnow #4-8, Zonker (Black/Silver, Natural/Pearl) #6-8, Marabou Muddler Minnow #4-10, Clouser Minnow (two tone colors) #6-10
All year
Terrestrials
Black Fur Ant #14-18, Flying Ant w/flash (black red, or cinnamon) #14-18, Parachute Hopper #8-12, Dave's Hopper  #8-14, Whit's Hopper #8-12, Parachute Stone Hopper #8-12, Madam X-Hopper #8-12, Foam Beetles and Ants (black, brown, & cinnamon) #10-16, Foam Chernobyl Ants #8-12
July-September
Trico Pheasant Tail Nymph #18-22, Trico Emerger #18-24, Trico Spinner #20-24, Parachute Adams #18-22, Griffith's Gnat #18-22 August - October