Bitterroot River Hatch Chart
The Bitterroot River and it’s tributaries are a dry fly fisherman’s paradise. Dry fly fishing is good year round. The typical dry fly hatches for the Bitterroot River:
January: Capnia (Stone Fly)
February: Capnia, Nemoura (Stone Fly)
March: Capnia, Nemoura, March Brown Mayfly, Skwala (Stone Fly)
April: Skwala, Blue Wing Olive, Grannom (Caddis), Gray Drake
May: Skwala, Blue Wing Olive, Western Green Drake, Grannom, Salmon Fly, Gray Drake
June: Salmon Fly, Pale Morning Dun, Pale Evening Dun, Golden Stone, Hoppers, Gray Drake, Ameletus (May Fly), Ants & Beetles, Western Green Drake, Spotted Sedge (Caddis)
July: Hoppers, Pale Morning Dun, Pale Evening Dun, Salmon Fly, Western Green Drake, Golden Stone, Spotted Sedge, Ameletus, Summer Green (Stone Fly), Summer Yellow (Stone Fly), Ants & Beetles
August: Pale Morning Dun, Pale Evening Dun, Ameletus, Blue Wing Olive, Trico, Hoppers, Spruce Moth, Mahogany Dun, Summer Yellow Caddis, Summer Green Caddis, Golden Stone, Spotted Sedge Caddis, Brown Sedge Caddis, Ants & Beetles
September: Trico, Hoppers, Blue Wing Olive, Mahogany Dun, Brown Sedge, Autumn Caddis, Spruce Moth, Ants & Beetles
October: Hopper, Autumn Caddis, Blue Wing Olive, Mahogany Dun, Brown Sedge
November: Blue Wing Olive, Autumn Caddis

