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Home Guide Services Schools Hatch Chart Tips & Techniques Useful Links Weather & Water Photo Gallery Fly Patterns Book Reviews Tall Tales	Southern Appalachian Fly Emergence Chart December/January Insect Emergence Date Recommended Patterns Diptera Midge December - January Afternoon 18 - 24 Griffith's Gnat, 18 - 24 Olive Midge Blue Winged Olive December - January Afternoon 18 - 24 Blue Winged Olive, 18 - 24 Adams Early Dark Stoneflies December - January All Day 18 Turkey Tail Nymph 18 Early Brown Stonefly MicroCaddis December - January All Day 20 - 24 Bright Green or Dark Brown Elk Hair Caddis February/March Insect Emergence Date Recommended Patterns Blue Winged Olive Baetis February - March Early Afternoons - Warm Days 18 Blue Winged Olive Parachute 18 Adams Early Dark Stoneflies February - March All Day 18 American Pheasant Tail 18 Early Brown Stonefly Blue Quill Paraleptophlebia Adoptiva Late March Morning to Early Afternoon 18 Blue Quill Wet & Dry 18 Adams Quill Gordon Epeorus Pleuralis Late March Early Afternoon 12 - 14 Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear 12 - 14 Quill Gordon Dry April Insect Emergence Date Recommended Patterns Blue Quills Paraleptophlebia Adoptiva Early April Mornings to Early Afternoons 18 Sawyer Pheasant Tail 18 Clipped Mahogany Dun Quill Gordon Epeorus Pleuralis Early April Early Afternoons 12 - 14 Ginger Quill Wet 12 - 14 Light Hendrickson Dark Dun/Black Caddis Mid-April Mid-Mornings 14 - 16 Crow's Nest Soft Hackle 14 - 16 Dark SolomonCaddis Mottled Brown/Gray Caddis Mid-April All Day 16 Brown or Gray Soft Hackle 16 Brown Elk Hair Caddis Hendrickson Ephemerella Subvaria All Day: Female Spinner has Yellow Egg Sac 14 Hendrickson Nymph, 14 Red Quill, 14 Hendrickson Thorax March Brown Stenonema Vicarium Mid-April Sporadic All Day 12 March Brown Nymph 12 American March Brown Dry May Insect Emergence Date Recommended Patterns Mottled Brown/Gray Caddis All Day 16 Brown or Gray Soft Hackle 16 Brown Elk Hair Caddis Hendrickson Ephemerella Subvaria All Day; Female Spinner has Yellow Egg Sac 14 Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear 14 Red Quill Dry 14 Light Hendrickson Dry March Brown Stenonema Vicarium Mid-May All Day Sporadically 12 American Pheasant Tail 12 Gray Fox Comparadun Light Cahill Stenonema Ithaca Afternoon - Evening 16 - 18 Light Cahill 16 - 18 Cream Cahill Parachute Yellow Midge Diptera Early May 20 Yellow Midge Gray Fox Stenonema Fuscum Sparse Hatch 14 Gray Fox, 14 Ginger Quill, 14 Gray Fox Variant Sulphurs Ephemerella Dorothea Early May Late Afternoon and Evening 16 - 18 Sulphur Dun 16 - 18 Sulphur Parachute 16 - 18 Sulphur Loopwing Vertical Emerger Black Caddis Early May All Day 18 Black Soft Hackle 18 Black Fluttering Caddis 18 Black Diving Caddis Cream Midge Mid-May All Day 20 - 22 Cream Midge Blue Winged Olive Baetis Mid-May Early Afternoon 20 -22 Blue Winged Olive, 20 - 22 Adams Green Drake Ephemera Guttulata Late May Evening 10 Eastern Green Drake Dun 12 Tan Klinkhammar Special Giant Stonefly Pteronarcys Early May Early Morning 4 - 8 Jorgensen's Giant Black Stonefly Nymph June Insect Emergence Date Recommended Patterns Mottled Brown Gray Caddis Early June All Day Sporadically 16 Brown or Gray Soft Hackle 16 Brown Elk Hair Caddis Light Cahill Stenonema Ithaca Sporadically - Late Afternoon and Evening 16 - 18 Light Cahill 16 - 18 Cream Cahill Parachute Sulphurs Ephemerella Dorothea Late Afternoon and Evening 16 - 18 Sculpture Dun 16 - 18 Sulphur Parachute 16 - 18 Sulphur Loopwing Vertical Emerger Isonychia Bicolor Sporadically - All Day 12 Zug Bug 12 Adams 12 Dun Variant Green and Yellow Stonefly Late Afternoons 16 Little Green Stonefly Dry 16 Yellow Sally 16 Yellow Kaufmann's Stimulator Giant Stonefly Pteronarcys Early Mornings 4 - 6 Kaufmann's Black Stonefly Nymph Terrestrials All Summer Inchworms, Black Foam Ants, Crowe Beetles, and Letort Crickets July Insect Emergence Date Recommended Patterns Isonychia Bicolor Sporadically - All Day 12 Zug Bug 12 Adams 12 Dun Variant Green and Yellow Stonefly Late Afternoons 16 Light Green and Yellow Fluttering Stone Golden Stonefly Acroneuria Early Morning and at Dusk 6 - 8 Kaufmann's Golden Stonefly Nymph 6 - 8 Kaufmann's Orange Stimulator 6 - 8 Downwing Hornberg Light Cahill Stenonema Ithaca Sporadically - Late Afternoon and Evening 16 - 18 Light Cahill 16 - 18 Cream Cahill Parachute Terrestrials All Summer Inchworms, Black Foam Ants, Crowe Beetles, and Letort Crickets August Insect Emergence Date Recommended Patterns Isonychia Bicolor Sporadically - All Day 12 Leadwing Coachman Wet 12 Adams 12 Dun Variant Golden Stonefly Acroneuria Early Morning and at Dusk 6 - 8 Jorgensen's Giant Golden Stonefly Nymph 6 - 8 Kaufmann's Orange Stimulator 6 - 8 Downwing Hornberg Light Cahill Stenonema Ithaca Sporadically - Late Afternoon and Evening 16 - 18 Yellow Ginger Comparadun 16 - 18 Cahill Flying Ants All Day 20 - 24 Black Wet Ant 20 -24 Flying Cinnamon Ants Terrestrials All Summer Inchworms, Black Fur Ants, Black Beetles, and Letort Crickets September Insect Emergence Date Recommended Patterns Light Cahill Stenonema Ithaca Usually at Dusk 16 - 18 Light Cahill 16 - 18 Yellow Ginger Comparadun Isonychia Bicolor All Day 12 Leadwing Coachman Wet 12 Adams 12 Dun Variant Flying Ants All Day 20 - 24 Spentwing Black and Brown Ants Terrestrials All Summer Inchworms, Black Fur Ants, Black Beetles, and Letort Crickets October/November Insect Emergence Date Recommended Patterns Dipterans Midge October - November Afternoon 18 - 24 Brassie 18 - 24 RS2 18 - 24 Brook's Midge, Black, Olive, Grey, Yellow Blue Winged Olive October - November Afternoon 18 - 24 Blue Winged Olive Parachute 18 - 24 Blue Winged Olive CDC emerger
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