We are seeing a lot of activity from nocturnal stones this year, and due to this, the large brown or black stonefly imitations in a size 4 or 6 have been very effective as of late.

The other large fall bugs of note will be crawdads and October caddis. While the October caddis are just beginning pupation and are still a couple of weeks out from really being on the menu, the crawdads have been fishing well recently and should be considered when streamer fishing, used as an anchor when tightline-nymphing, or dead drifted under an indicator. While you may not get a lot of fish on these imitations, odds are there will be a few big ones in the mix. The smaller offerings are of as equal importance right now and when nymphing, the bigger attractor nymphs should be paired with size 16-18 BWO’s, size 16-18 caddis pupa, size 14-16 PMD’s, or size 18 midges to up your odds.