The Contented Angler Hatch Pool
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"In the recollection of the trout fisherman it is always Spring. The Blackbird sings of a May morning. The little trout jump in the riffles, and the german brown comes surely to the fly on the evening rise." R. Palmer Baker
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Insect
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Size
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Water temp
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Date
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Early Stonefly
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12 - 18
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40
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Feb. 1
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BWO
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14 - 20
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March 1
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Grannom
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14 - 16
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45 - 60
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April 22
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Blue Quill
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16 - 18
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45 - 60
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April 12
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Green Caddis
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10 - 16
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45 - 70
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May 8
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Blue Quill
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16 - 18
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April 12
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Quill Gordon
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12 - 14
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50 - 60
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April 12
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Hendrickson
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12 - 14
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45 - 60
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April 20
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Little Green Stone
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16 - 18
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50 - 65
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June 5
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Golden Stone
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6 - 10
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45 - 60
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June 25
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Yellow Sally
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14 - 16
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45 - 65
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June 5 - Oct.
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Isonychia
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12
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50 - 60
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May 25
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Black Dancer
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16 - 18
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50 - 70
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April 18
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Blue Quill
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16 - 18
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45 - 65
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April 12 June 25
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Spotted Sedge
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14 - 18
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45 - 70
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May 18
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Little Sister Sedge
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16 - 20
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45 - 70
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June - Aug.
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Sulphur Rotunda
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#14
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55 - 65
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May 5
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BWO
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12 - 16
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55 - 70
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May 25
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Insect
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Size
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Water Temp
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Date
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Dk. Green Drake
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6
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55 - 70
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May 25
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March Brown
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10 - 12
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55 - 70
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May 20
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BWO
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20 - 26
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55 - 65
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June 1
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Long horn sedge
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12 - 16
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60 - 70
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Late June - Aug
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Brown Drake
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8 - 10
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60 - 70
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May 25
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Sulphur dorothea
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16 - 18
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60 - 65
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May 25
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Yellow Quill
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12 - 18
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60 - 70
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Smokey Wing Sedge
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10 - 18
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60 - 70
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Cream Cahill
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12 - 14
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June 12
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Lt. Cahill
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10 - 14
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60 - 70
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June 1
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Hex
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6
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60 - 70
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Aug. 15
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Green Drake
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8 - 10
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65 - 70
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May 25
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Golden Drake
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8 - 10
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65 - 70
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June 25
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Blue Quill
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#18
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65 - 70
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July 1
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Yellow Drake
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8 - 10
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65 - 70
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June 12
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Trico
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22 - 28
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65 - 70
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July 1
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White Fly
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12 - 16
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70
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Aug 12
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Dot Wing Sedge
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12 - 18
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65
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Sept 15
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Isonychia
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12 - 14
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65
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Sept1
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Insect
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Size
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Date
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Baetis Tricaudatus
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16 - 20
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April 1
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Accentrella Carolina
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20
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May 1
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Drunella Cornuta
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14
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May 25
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Drunella Longicomus
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16
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May 25
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Baetis Levitans
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20
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June 5
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Drunella Simplex
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18 - 20
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June15
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Drunella Lata
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16
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June 15
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Accentrella Carolina
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20
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Sept 15
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The many Mayflies that we call "Blue Winged Olives" should provide year-round fishing. Here's a convenient chart. The Latin names may have changed by now depending on whether someone wanted a bug named after them.
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The Contented Angler 147 jefferson Avenue Lower Burrell, PA. 15068 724-337-0437 EMAIL
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Many times you will see sz. 8 - 10 hook for the drakes. Size 8 or 10 what? If you use a size 8 or 10 dry fly hook you will end up with a fly about half the size that you need tied on a very heavy hook. The author that does this doesn't really know what size you need. He just goes by what has been written for years. A proper drake will be tied extended body style or on a 3X or 4Xl hook.
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Since what most do today doesn't have anything to do with hatches, I contemplated
whether or not I would remove the Hatch Chart. I decided to leave it as a reminder of
how it once was and how it still is for those who care about the casting and the
presentation.
There was no competition and you hoped that your companion caught more fish than
you did. Things moved slowly and you had time to appreciate your surroundings.