Emerald Shiner
Cypriniformes Cyprinidae Notropis atherinoides

Maximum Size: 3
Shape: Slender.
Suggested Hook & Size: Mustad 33909 #2 - #14
Thread: Gray, 8/0 Uni-thread

Tail: Silver Hanked Lite-Brite
Tail Fin: Clear
Body: Silver Bodi-Braid
Eye & Insert: Silver Spirit River Real Eye
with Priz Silver 3-D Molded insert
Lower Side: Silver Hanked Lite-Brite
Upper Side: Silver Hanked Lite-Brite then Emerald Hanked Lite-Brite for stripe

Snout Color or Change Thread: Olive Dun, 8/0 Uni-Thread
Belly or Stomach: Pearl Green Hanked Lite-Brite
Dorsum or Back: Pearl Green/Olive Hanked Lite-Brite then faint Peacock Hanked Lite-Brite stripe

Head Color: Olive
Cheek & Chin Color: Pearl Green
Pectoral Fins: Clear
Anal Fin: Clear
Pelvic Fin: Clear
Dorsal Fin: Clear

Colored Markers: None
Tying Notes: None

Distribution: Found in all the large streams throughout the Mississippi drainage. All the Great Lakes and their tributaries, the Hudson River drainage and north.
Habitat: Prefers the open-water of channels of large streams to large rivers of moderate to low gradient. It is found on a large range of bottoms and is tolerant of turbidity. Found in the midwater to the surface in the water column. Avoids upland streams like those within the Ozarks.
Spawning Period: May to July
Spawning Habitat: At night over shallow sand to firm mud bottoms.
Important Notes: This now the most abundant minnow in the Missouri and Mississippi rivers. Feeds at the surface to the midwater of streams.