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Fly
Casting & Fly Fishing Instruction
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The following Seasonal North Georgia
Fly List was authored by Ken Louko |
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Fly Patterns
Flashback Hares Ears
Soft Hackles
Pheasant Tail Nymphs
Lightning Bugs
Copper Johns
Stonefly Nymphs
Prince Nymphs
Blueberries
RS2
Blue Winged Olives (BWO's)
Adams
Light Cahills
Gray, Tan, or Black Caddis
San Juan Worms
Egg Patterns such as the X-TC & Y2K
Streamers
Woolly Buggers
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Expect: Warmer Days and rising water temperatures.
Spring weather activates insect activity and the fish. Warmer
temperatures and sunny days really get the hatches going -- and the
fish respond!
Caddis, mayfly and midge hatches take place in abundance at this time
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Fly Patterns
Parachute Hopper
Turck's Tarrantula
Ants
Beetles
Crickets
June Bugs
Inch Worms
Hares Ears
Griffith's Gnats
Adams
Royal Wuulf
Light Cahills
San Juan Worms
Muddler Minnow
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Expect: Warm to Hot Days
and peak water temperatures by mid-Summer.
Summer mountain temperatures
bring out the grasshoppers along fields. Other terrestrials such as ants,
beetles, inch worms, and June bugs are the standard trout fare on summer
days.
In September, nymph
fishing returns with some top water action on clear, sunny days. Stoneflies
in particular are very effective at this time of the year. |
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Fly Patterns
October Caddis
Blue Winged Olives
Adams
Flashback Hares Ears
PT Nymphs
Stonefly Nymphs
Prince Nymphs
Copper Johns
Griffith's Gnats
Blueberries
Egg Patterns such as the X-TC
& Y2K
San Juan Worms
Streamers
Woolly Buggers
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Expect: Cooler Days
and cooling water temperatures.
Fall weather means a transition period from summer terrestrials
back to nymphs; and, trout sipping midges & BWO's. During September,
nymph fishing returns with some top water action
on clear, sunny days. Also,
dead drifting large Black Stoneflies is very effective for larger
fish.October
mornings are usually crisp with daytime temps in the 50's and 60's.
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Fly Patterns
Stonefly Nymphs
Hares Ears
October Caddis
Blue Winged Olives (BWO's)
Adams
Pheasant Tail Nymphs
Prince Nymphs
Blueberries
Tiny Black Stoneflies
Hellgrammites
Egg Patterns such as the X-TC & Y2K
San Juan Worms
Streamers
Krystal Buggers
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Expect: Cool to Cold
Days and cold water temperatures.
Winter weather means
large trout taking streamers, woolly buggers, and nymphs fished deep.
Excellent trophy trout fishing
throughout the Fall and Winter months. Air
temperatures seldom get below 32 degrees. Mornings are usually crisp
with average daytime temperatures in the 40's, and 50's. Warm days
can develop into "dry fly" days. |
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Insect Emergence Patterns * |
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| FEBRUARY-MARCH |
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| Blue Winged Olive (Baetis) |
Early Afternoons - Warm Days |
18 Blue Winged Olive, 18
Adams |
| Early Black Stone |
Black Stone Fly Nymph |
18 Black Adult Stone Fly |
| 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 Quill Gordon, Wet or
Dry |
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| 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 Quill Gordon, Wet or
Dry |
| Dark Dun, Black Caddis |
Mid April - Mid Mornings |
14-16 Black Soft Hackle,
14-16 Dark Elk Hair Caddis |
| 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, 14 Red Quill,
14 Female Adams |
| March Brown, Stenonema Vicarium |
Mid April - Sporadic All
Day |
12 March Brown Wet,
12 March Brown |
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| MAY |
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| 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 Hendrickson, 14 Red Quill,
14 Female Adams |
| March Brown, Stenonema Vicarium |
Mid May - Sporadic All Day |
12 March Brown Wet, 12 March
Brown |
| Light Cahill, Stenonema Ithaca |
Afternoon - Evenings |
16-18 Light Cahill |
| Yellow Midge, Diptera |
Early May |
20 Yellow Midge |
| Gray Fox, Stenonema Fuscum |
Sparse Hatch |
14 Gray Fox, Ginger Quill,
Gray Fox Variant |
| Sulphurs, Ephemerella Dorothea |
Early May - Late Afternoon
& Evening |
16-18 Sulphurs, Light Cahills |
| Black Caddis |
Early May |
18 Black Soft Hackle,
18 Black Fluttering Caddis |
| Cream Midge |
Mid-May |
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 - Evenings |
10 Paradrake, 8-10 White
Wulff |
| Giant Stone Fly |
Early May |
4-8 Stone Fly Nymph |
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| JUNE |
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| Mottled Brown, Gray Caddis |
Early June - All Day Sporadically |
16 Brown or Gray Soft Hackle,
16 Brown Elk Hair Caddis |
| Light Cahills, Stenonema
Ithaca |
Sporadically - Late Afternoon
& Evening |
16-18 Light Cahill |
| Sulphurs, Ephemerella Dorothea |
Late Afternoon & Evening |
16-18 Sulphurs, Light Cahills |
| Isonychia Bicolor |
Sporadically - All Day |
12 Adams |
| Green & Yellow Stone
Fly |
June - Late Afternoons |
16 Light Green & Yellow
Fluttering Stone |
| Giant Stone Fly |
Early Mornings |
4-6 Stone Fly Nymph |
| Terrestrials |
All Summer |
Inchworms, Black Ants, Beetles,
Crickets |
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| JULY |
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| Isonychia Bicolor |
Sporadically - All Day |
12 Adams |
| Green & Yellow Stone
Fly |
July - Late Afternoons |
16 Light Green & Yellow
Fluttering Stone |
| Golden Stone Fly |
Early Morning and at Dusk |
6-8 Stone Fly Nymph |
| Light Cahill, Stenonema Ithaca |
Sporadically - Late Afternoon
& Evening |
16-18 Light Cahill |
| Terrestrials |
All Summer |
Inchworms, Black Ants, Beetles,
Crickets |
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| AUGUST |
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| Isonychia Bicolor |
Sporadically - All Day |
12 Adams |
| Golden Stone Fly |
Early Morning and at Dusk |
6-8 Stone Fly Nymph |
| Light Cahill, Stenonema Ithaca |
Sporadically - Late Afternoon
& Evening |
16-18 Light Cahill |
| Flying Ants |
All Day |
20-24 Spentwing Ant |
| Terrestrials |
All Summer |
Inchworms, Black Ants, Beetles,
Crickets |
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| SEPTEMBER |
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| Light Cahill, Stenonema Ithaca |
Usually at Dusk |
16-18 Light Cahill |
| Isonychia Bicolor |
Sporadically - All Day |
12 Adams |
| Flying Ants |
All Day |
20-24 Spentwing Ant |
| Terrestrials |
All Summer |
Inchworms, Black Ants, Beetles,
Crickets |
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| OCTOBER-NOVEMBER |
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| Diptera Midge |
Afternoon |
22-24 Black Midge |
| Blue Winged Olive |
Afternoon |
18-24 Blue Winged Olive,
18-24 Adams |
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*
Emergence Chart for the Southern Appalachians prepared by Troy
Alexander, Land O'Sky - TU |
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© Ken Louko and SpringCreekAnglers.com,
2007-2008. All rights reserved. |
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