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Black Stonefly Nymph

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Nymph

$2.75 each

The Little Black Stonefly (Allocapnia, Taeniopteryx) is the first insect steelhead see in numbers, peaking late February through April, and Current Works ranks it among Michigan's top five steelhead flies, best on sunny days in clear water. Nymphs stir at 36 F water and crawl on shelf ice; fish a weighted #8 to #12 stone as the point fly with an egg on a tag, and #14 to #18 for the tiny winter stones. Chuck Hawkins ties it large during spring runoff.

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Setups

Indicator nymphing · Chuck and duck · Euro / tight-line nymphing

Imitates

When to fish it on the Two Hearted River
Part of the Two Hearted River box. Months the fly finder calls for this pattern here, for brook trout, rainbow trout (resident).
  1. Jan
  2. Feb
  3. Mar
  4. Apr
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Pattern notes
Full hatch, egg, and forage links with sources.