The Best Anglers Never Stop Learning
The Best Anglers Never Stop Learning
Cranefly, Green Stone, Little Black Stone and 8 others
Easy - 3-5 Min
Coldwater, Warmwater
Similar to some other patterns in this imitative category, the Runt Stonefly can be an awesome choice for pressured waters. The materials can be changed up to adjust the looks of your stone subsurface.
The Runt Stonefly doesn’t hold a lot of possibility for adjustments, but there are a few that can help get your fly down in the water column.
The Runt Stonefly is a fantastic fly that looks a bit different than the Pat’s Rubberleg that every angler has in their box. Although the distinctions may be small, fish are more likely to recognize this fly for a bug and not a fly. This fly can be effective in getting deep, allowing you to limit the amount of split shot on your rig. The Runt Stonefly is sure to attract the top 10% of extremely predatory trout in a river system and will surely catch fish in your watershed. This is one fly that looks different than most that other anglers use and on that you can fish with huge amounts of confidence.
Tie this pattern up with a variety of different weights on the fly. Depending on the water flow and specific situation, you can tie on a heavier, or lighter, fly to more easily and effectively reach your depth. Using a minimally-weighted fly is likely to be more effective in winter or low-water conditions while heavy flies will really increase your productivity in high water and runoff situations. Fine tune your depth so that you get hung on the bottom once every 10 or 20 casts ( you should be able to pull these free by pulling upstream). Hanging up on the bottom in this frequency is a great indicator that you are fishing at the right depth.
| Regional Hatch Chart | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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Region: West
Brown Drake Sizes: #10 - #14
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Region: Northwest
Brown Drake Sizes: #10 - #14
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Region: East
Brown Drake Sizes: #10 - #14
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Region: Midwest
Brown Drake Sizes: #10 - #14
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| General Hatch Chart | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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Cranefly Sizes: #8 - #16
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| Regional Hatch Chart | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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Region: West
Golden Stonefly Sizes: #8 - #16
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Region: Northwest
Golden Stonefly Sizes: #8 - #16
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Region: East
Golden Stonefly Sizes: #8 - #16
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Region: Midwest
Golden Stonefly Sizes: #8 - #16
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| Regional Hatch Chart | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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Region: West, Northwest, Midwest
Green Drake Sizes: #8 - #14
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Region: East
Green Drake Sizes: #8 - #14
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| Regional Hatch Chart | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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Region: West, Northwest, Midwest
Green Stone Sizes: #12 - #18
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| Regional Hatch Chart | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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Region: East, Southeast, Midwest
Helgrammite Sizes: #12 - #14
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| Regional Hatch Chart | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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Region: West, Northwest, East
Little Black Stone Sizes: #14 - #20
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Region: Midwest
Little Black Stone Sizes: #14 - #20
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Region: West, Northwest
Salmonfly Sizes: #6 - #14
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Region: West, Northwest
Skwala Stone Sizes: #12 - #16
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Region: West, Midwest
Yellow Sally Sizes: #12 - #18
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Region: Northwest
Yellow Sally Sizes: #12 - #18
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Region: East, Southeast
Yellow Sally Sizes: #12 - #18
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