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True Bug Family Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

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Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
» Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
» Class Insecta (Insects)
» Order Hemiptera (True Bugs)
» Family Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)
Common Names
MatchCommon Name
****Leafhoppers
***Jassids
Fly Imitations by Orvis
These widely varied terrestrial (Terrestrial: Insects which live on land and are fed on by trout only when they incidentally fall into the water are known as "terrestrials" to fly anglers, and they're very important in late summer.) insects sometimes accidentally jump into trout streams. I have heard of trout being selective to them, but it is not very common. Anglers often call them jassids.

They are very small and are best imitated on hooks sized 22 or smaller. They can be treated the same, from the angler's point of view, as the Membracidae family of leaf hoppers.

1 Streamside Picture of Cicadellidae True Bugs:

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This little leafhopper (also called a jassid by anglers) had apparently just emerged from its nymph.
This little leafhopper (also called a jassid by anglers) had apparently just emerged from its nymph.

In this picture: True Bug Family Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers).
RegionUpper Midwest
Date TakenJun 7, 2006
Date AddedJun 30, 2006

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