Little Green Stonefly Nymphs:
Nymphs:
Like most other stoneflies, the “Little Green Stoneflies” crawl out of the water to
hatch. When they do that, they tend to seek the nearest slower moving, calm
water to their normal fast water habitat. It is rare you will find their shucks on
banks where the water is swift against the bank. Imitations of the nymphs will
always be effective just before and during a hatch.
You will notice that the Golden stoneflies start to hatch about the same time in
many places. Also, the Little Yellow Stoneflies, including the Yellow Sally, hatch
during the same time period that the Little Green Stoneflies hatch. I think that is
one reason little attention is paid to the Little Green Stoneflies and the other
main reason is that some of the species are confused by anglers as Little Yellow
Stoneflies or Yellow Sallies. Some of them appear more yellow than they do
green but they are Chloroperilidae species.
Nymph Presentation:
With all the other stonefly activity going on when the Little Greens start to hatch,
it definitely pays to fish an imitation of a stonefly nymph. As with most other
stoneflies, you should imitate the nymphs migrating from their normal habitat to
the banks or rocks with adjacent slow moving water. The main thing to
remember, is to keep the imitation on the bottom. I would not use a strike
indicator. You cannot keep the nymph on the bottom using an indicator. Weight
it down and use a down and across presentation allowing the fly to swing all the
way to the bank. We have detailed the way you do this in a previous article.
Nymphs:
Like most other stoneflies, the “Little Green Stoneflies” crawl out of the water to
hatch. When they do that, they tend to seek the nearest slower moving, calm
water to their normal fast water habitat. It is rare you will find their shucks on
banks where the water is swift against the bank. Imitations of the nymphs will
always be effective just before and during a hatch.
You will notice that the Golden stoneflies start to hatch about the same time in
many places. Also, the Little Yellow Stoneflies, including the Yellow Sally, hatch
during the same time period that the Little Green Stoneflies hatch. I think that is
one reason little attention is paid to the Little Green Stoneflies and the other
main reason is that some of the species are confused by anglers as Little Yellow
Stoneflies or Yellow Sallies. Some of them appear more yellow than they do
green but they are Chloroperilidae species.
Nymph Presentation:
With all the other stonefly activity going on when the Little Greens start to hatch,
it definitely pays to fish an imitation of a stonefly nymph. As with most other
stoneflies, you should imitate the nymphs migrating from their normal habitat to
the banks or rocks with adjacent slow moving water. The main thing to
remember, is to keep the imitation on the bottom. I would not use a strike
indicator. You cannot keep the nymph on the bottom using an indicator. Weight
it down and use a down and across presentation allowing the fly to swing all the
way to the bank. We have detailed the way you do this in a previous article.
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