When is the Japanese Cicada most available to trout?

July–August, typically 11:00–16:00. It picks up from about 14°C, peaks around 22°C and tails off by 28°C.

What flies imitate the Japanese Cicada?

Cicada, Foam Beetle, Stimulator, Sakasa Kebari (large), typically on a #4–1/0 hook.

How big is the Japanese Cicada?

Adult stage: 25–40mm. That matches a #4–1/0 hook.

Terrestrial · Terrestrial

Cicada (Semi)

Neotibicen

Size

25–40mm

Hook size

#4–1/0

Hatch window

Season July–AugustPeak time 11:00–16:00

Water temperature

22° peak

14°28°

How fish feed on it

Nothing about a beetle or an ant belongs in the water, which is rather the point — once it's in, it isn't getting out, and a trout that's spent all summer learning this doesn't need convincing twice. The takes tend to be confident and unhurried, especially along undercut banks and under overhanging branches where windfall has been landing for as long as the tree's been there.

Flies that imitate this