River Redhorse
Cypriniformes Catostomidae Moxostoma carinatum

Maximum Size: 26
Shape: Terete.
Suggested Hook & Size: Mustad 33909 #1/0 - #14
Thread: Tan, 8/0 Uni-thread

Tail: Gold Hanked Lite-Brite, color a Red Prismacolor Pen tail
Tail Fin: Crimson Red Prismacolor Pen
Body: Gold Bodi-Braid
Eye & Insert: Silver Spirit River, Real Eye with Priz Gold 3-D Molded insert
Lower Side: Silver Hanked Lite-Brite
Upper Side: Silver Hanked Lite-Brite

Snout Color or Change Thread: Tan
Belly or Stomach: Pearl Blue Hanked Lite-Brite
Dorsum or Back: "Silver Hanked Lite-Brite then Bronze Hanked Lite-Brite over

Head Color: Bronze
Cheek & Chin Color: Pearl Blue
Pectoral Fins: Crimson Red Prismacolor Pen
Anal Fin: Crimson Red Prismacolor Pen
Pelvic Fin: Crimson Red Prismacolor Pen
Dorsal Fin: Crimson Red Prismacolor Pen

Colored Markers: Crimson Red Prismacolor Pen for all fins
Tying Notes: None

Distribution: Occurs in the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River drainages, in the Mississippi and Ohio drainage north to Minnesota to Wisconsin, south to the Gulf Slope from the Escambia River in Florida west to the Pearl River in Louisiana.
Habitat: Lives above the Fall Line in the swifter water of medium to large rivers, only found in small streams during the spawning season.
Spawning Period: April in water 70-76 degrees.
Spawning Habitat: A slight depression in a gravel-bottomed riffle.
Important Notes: Redhorse can be caught on hook-n-line using mussel flesh for bait. The young are beautiful minnows with the silver and white sides with brilliant red fins, a favorite pattern for me in the larger Ozark streams and rivers for Smallmouth.