Eagle River Hatch Guide

Here's a quick hatch chart for the Eagle River. Our original public access guide to this river is here, and our new Google map access guide is available by clicking here. Some successful local fly patterns may be useful . You can find a daily log of recent fishing trips here.

Videos of recent trips and other useful Colorado fly fishing information is available too.

Eagle River Hatch Guide*

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Caddis flies

Grannom

Western Sedge

Small Olive Sedge

Spotted Sedge

Fall Sedge

Stoneflies

Salmonflies

Golden Stones

Yellow Stones

Alloperla Stones

Mayflies

Blue Winged Olive

Red Quill

Pale Morning Dun

Green Drake

Pale Evening Dun

Midges

Black Midge

Olive Midge

Gray Midge

* Note that for all insect varietals in the absence of a visible hatch the nymphal form will generally be more productive than will the adult winged version - year around. This is a basic truth for the Eagle and probably all other trout streams.