Terrestrials
(beetles, ants, hoppers)
TerrestrialAfternoon
Water-temperature trigger
30°F60–78°Fpeak 70°F80°F
- Duration
- 12 weeks
- Also called
- Hoppers · Ants
Top fly patterns
- Foam Hopper #10-12
- Foam Beetle #14-16
- Para-Ant #16-18
- Chernobyl Ant #10
Not a hatch but the most important summer trout food in many Eastern systems. Fish tight to grassy banks and overhanging trees. Hopper-dropper rigs are deadly July through September.