Tail: Pearl Blue Magic Hanked Lite-Brite color a
Cool Gray Prismacolor Pen tail
Tail Fin: Cool Gray Prismacolor Pen
Body: Pearl Blue Bodi-Braid
Eye & Insert: Silver Spirit River, Real Eye with Priz Silver 3-D Molded insert
Lower Side: Pearl Blue Hanked Lite-Brite
Upper Side: Silver Hanked Lite-Brite with 3 or 4 small Black Prismacolor Pen
shoulder spots
Snout Color or Change Thread: Gray
Belly or Stomach: Pearl Blue Hanked Lite-Brite
Dorsum or Back: Silver Hanked Lite-Brite with River Green Hanked Lite-Brite over
Head Color: Blue Green
Cheek & Chin Color: Pearl Blue
Colored Markers: Cool Gray Prismacolor Pen for tail: Black for 3 to 4 small
shoulder spots.
Tying Notes: None
Distribution: Found from Newfoundland in the St. Lawrence River to Florida, and
has been introduced into the Pacific from California to Alaska.
Habitat: An anadronomus specie that only enters freshwater rivers along the
coast to spawn.
Spawning Period: April- June when water temperature is 50-55 degrees.
Spawning Habitat: At sunset, in shallow water in the mouth of a creek.
Important Notes: Young-of-the-year stay in the streams and rivers throughout the
summer, then migrate to the sea in the fall.