| Date |
Species |
Artificial
Fly & Size Recommended |
Fish to
catch |
| Jan.-Feb. |
Crayfish w/eggs ready to spawn |
Whitlock's Crayfish 1/0-8 |
Bass/brown Trout |
| Feb. |
Fire Ants (winged) (1st warm day) |
Black Ant 12-16 |
Catfish |
| Mar. |
Mayfly (Baetis) (sunny afternoon) |
Adams, Blue Winged Olive 12 |
Bream/Bass/Trout |
| |
Bees |
McGinty, Bumble McDougal 12 (no retrieve) |
Bream/Bass/Trout |
| Spring |
| |
Small toothpick or meadow hopper |
Joe's Hopper 12-14 |
Bass/Bream |
| |
Very small white crayfish |
Whitish Nymph |
Bass/Bream |
| |
Leeches |
Woolly Bugger, Marabou Leech, Rabbit Leech 10 |
Bass/Bream |
| Jun. |
Golden Mayfly (Hexagenia) |
Rat Faced McDougal 8, Dark Hendrickson, March Brown
10-14 |
Bass/Bream |
| Early Summer |
| |
Red Shiner (N. Lutrensis) |
Marabou Muddler 2"-3", 6-10 long w/ blood
red fins & tail.
(Most creeks & ponds can represent 50% of Texas baitfish - fish weedy
areas) |
Bass/Bream |
| |
Western Cicada |
(Hemiptera) (spent female after laying eggs) Natural & Black
Hairbug 2 |
Bass love u'm |
| |
Predatory Lacewings & Ladybugs in willows (spent
females) |
(Hemiptera) (spent female after laying eggs) Natural & Black
Hairbug 2 |
Bream/Bass/Trout |
| |
Carpenter Ants (winged) |
Ant pattern 12 (fish on windy days) |
Bream/Bass/Trout |
| |
Katydid Southern Angular-winged |
Chartruse hair bug imitation (fish under braches) |
Bream/Bass/Trout |
| |
Beetle Carrion (slow flying) |
Softhackle fly, Black Foam Beetle 8-14 |
Bream/Bass/Trout |
| |
Spent Acorn Weevils & windborn spiders |
Softhackle fly, Black Foam Beetle 8-14, Foam Spider |
Bream/Bass/Trout |
| |
Frog larval phase |
Tadpolly, Dave's Tadpole |
Bream/Bass/Trout |
| Aug. |
Catapla Sphinx Moth worm |
Woolly Worm (slow sinking), Catalpa Worm 6 |
Bream/Trout |
| All Summer |
| |
Grasshopper drab colored large |
Dave's Hopper 6-10 |
Bream/Bass/Trout |
| |
Moths & Butterflies (Lepidoptera) |
Woolly Worm 6-8 (sparse hackle) |
Bream/Bass/Trout |
| |
Moths & Butterflies (Lepidoptera) |
Grinnel Fly 2 |
Bass (most effective) |
| |
Mud-dauber wasp |
Mud Dauber McDougal 8 (good searching pattern) |
Bass |
| |
Baby turtle |
Hairbug (short tail & no hackle) |
Bluegill/Redear |
| |
Damselfly |
SS Damsel 10-12 |
Bream/Bass/Trout |
| |
Dragonflies & Damselflies (Odonata) |
Fair Damsel & Dragon 6-10 |
Bass/Large Bream |
| |
Bait fish & juvenile sunfish |
Marabou Muddler 8 (various colors), Flathead Diver
8-10 |
Bass/Large Bream |
| Late Summer |
| |
Hickory worms |
Wolly Worm 8-10 |
Bass/Large Bream |
| Fall |
| |
Webworms & caterpillars |
Fall Webworm 12, Walnut Caterpillar |
Bass/Large Bream |
| 1st cool front |
Hugh bright lubbers |
Big hopper patterns |
Bass/Large Bream |
| Dec. |
Mice |
Hairy Mouse Slider 10 |
Bass |
