This was printed in the April, 1999 issue of the Arrowhead Fly Fishers Newsletter.

Home Waters


by Dave Webster

My Stonefly research is on seven rivers, or creeks, in Missouri. My research, to date, leads me to believe that what follows is a complete list of Stoneflies indigenous to the waters selected for this study.

MILL CREEK, Pteronarcys pictetii, Isoperla namata, Isoperla dicala, Agnetina flavescens, Neoperla robisoni, Neoperla falayah, Perlinella drymo, Perlinella ephyre, Perlesta decipiens, Acroneuria perpelxa, Acroneuria internata, Prostois completa, Zealeuctra claasseni, Leuctra tenuis.

SPRING CREEK, Pteronarcys pectetii, Isoperla decala, Neoperla osage, Neoperla catharae, Perlinella ephyre, Alloperla caudata, Prostoia completa, Zealeutra tenuis, Allocapnia mystica .

BLUE SPRINGS CREEK, Pteronarcys pictetii, Hydroperla crosbyi, Isoperla mohri, Isoperla dicala; Isoperla decepta, Neoperla falayah, Perlinella ephyre, Perlinella drymo, Perlesta decipiens, Prostoia completa, Teaniopteryx melequi, Leuctra tenuis, Allocapnia rickeri, Paragnetina media.

NIANGUA RIVER, P teronarcys pictetii, Agnetina capitata, Neoperla harpi, Acroneuria internata, Alloperla caudata, Amphinemura delosa, Strophopteryx cucullata, Zealeucta narfi, Allocapina mohri.

CRAIN CREEK, Agentina caoitata, Neoperla harpi, Peresta fusca, Strophopteryx fasciata, Zealeuctra claasseni.

ELEVEN POINT RIVER, Pteronarcys pictetii, Isoperla dicala, Perlinella ephyre, Perlinella drymo, Perlesta browni, Acroneuria internata, Acroneuria filicis, Taeniopteryx burksi, Leuctra tenuis, Allocapina mystica.

NORTH FORK OF WHITE, Pteronarcys pictetii, Isoperla namata, Isoperla mohri, Isoperla dicala, Agnetina capitata, Neoperla osage, Neoperla harpi, Perlinclla drymo, Acroneuria evoluta, Prostoia completa, Taeniopteryx metequi, Taeniopteryx burksi, Strophopteryx fasciata, Zealeuctra claasseni, Leuctra tenuis, Paracapnia angulata, Allocapnia rickeri, Allocapina mystica, Parognetina media.

HATCHES

  • ALLOCAPNIA mohri .........DEC./ APRIL

  • ALLOCAPNIA mystica.......DEC/ EARLY APRIL

  • ALLOCAPNIA rickeri..........DEC/MARCH

  • LEUCTRA tenuis............LATE AUG./ MID NOV.

  • ZEALEUCTRA claasseni......JAN./ MID APRIL

  • ZEALEUCTRA norfi...........JAN./ APRIL

  • STROPHOPTERYX cucullata..FEB./ APRI

  • STROPHOPTERYX fasciata.....FEB./ MID MARCH

  • TAENIOPTERYX metequi..MID JAN./ MID MARCH..BROWN/RED TENT..#12

  • TAENIOPTERYX burski.....DEC./ MID MARCH...BROWN/RED TENT...#12

  • AMPHINEMURA delosa....APRIL/MAY

  • PROSTOIA completa..........FEB./MARCH

  • ALLOPERLA cudata............APRIL/MID JUNE

  • ACRONEURIA evoluta..........MAY/MID JUNE

  • ACRONEURIA interata.........MAY/JUNE

  • ACRONEURIAperplexa..........MAY/MID JULY

  • PERLESTAbrowni...APRIL/JUNE...PALE YELLOW/LITE BROWN

  • PERLESTA decipiens...........MAY/JULY

  • PERLESTA fusca..........APRIL/JUNE ....female 12/14mm .......male 9/11mm.....brown

  • RERLINELLA drymo.......MARCH/ MAY......BROWN

  • PERLINELLA ephyre..........MAY/ JULY

  • NEOPERLA falayah..........MAY/ JUNE.....pale yellow w/brown pigment

  • NEOPERLA harpi..........JUNE/SEPT.....pale yellow w/ brown pigment

  • NEOPERLA osage..........MAY/AUG....pale yellow w/ red brown pigment

  • AGNETINA capitata..........MAY/JUNE

  • AGNETINA flavescens.......ALL SEASON

  • PARAGNETINA MEDIA.....APRIL/ MAY

  • ISOPERLA decepta........APRIL/ MAY

  • ISOPERLA decala........APRIL/JUNE

  • ISOPERLA mohri..........MARCH/APRIL

  • ISOPERLA namata...........APRIL/MAY

  • HYDROPERLA crosbyi.............FEB./APRIL

  • PTERONARCYS pectetii.....APRIL.......MOLTED YELLOW & BROWN #6...4X LONG