North Georgia and Southwestern North Carolina Hatch Chart

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January

Insect	Time of Month	Time of Day	Suggested Fly
None	All Month	All Day	12-16 Prince Nymph
			12-16 Hare’s Ear
			12-16 Zugbug
Blue Winged Olive Mayfly	All Month	Late AM to Mid PM	16-20 Blue Winged Olive
			16-20 Blue Wing Olive Nymph
Blue Quill Mayfly	All Month	Late AM to Mid PM	16-20 Blue Quill
			16-20 Adams Parachute
			16-20 Pheasant Tail
Midges	All Month	All Day	18-22 Griffith's Gnat
			18-24 Gray Midge
			18-24 Olive Midge
Fly Selection for Great Smoky Mountains	All Month	All Day	18 Little Black Stonefly
			18 Bead Head Black Stonefly
			16-18 Just Add Water

February

Insect	Time of Month	Time of Day	Suggested Fly
None	All Month	All Day	12-16 Prince Nymph
			12-16 Hare’s Ear
			12-16 Zugbug
Winter Black Stone	All Month	Late AM to Mid PM	18-20 Black Elk-Hair Caddis
			18-20 Griffith's Gnat
			16-18 Black Stone Nymph
			16-18 Pheasant Tail Nymph
Small Dun Caddis	Late	Late AM to Mid PM	18 Brown Elk or Deer-Hair Caddis
			18 Hare’s Ear Nymph
Blue Winged Olive Mayfly	Late	Late AM to Mid PM	16-18 Blue Winged Olive
			16-18 Adams Parachute
Blue Quill Mayfly	Late	Late AM to Mid PM	16-18 Blue Quill
			16-18 Blue Winged Olive Nymph
			16-18 Pheasant Tail Nymph
Quill Gordon Mayfly	Late	Late AM to Mid PM	12-14 Quill Gordon
			12 Quill Gordon Nymph
Midges	All Month	All Day	18-22 Griffith's Gnat
			18-22 Midge Pupa
Female Black Caddis	All Month	All Day	10-18 Red Head
Fly Selection for Great Smoky Mountains	Early to Mid	All Day	16-18 Just Add Water
			16 Bead Head Pheasant Tail Nymph
Fly Selection for Great Smoky Mountains	Mid to Late	Mid to Late	14 Red Head
			14 Iris Caddis
			14 Tom’s Comprehensive

March

Insect	Time of Month	Time of Day	Suggested Fly
Early Black Stone	All Month	Late AM to Mid PM	16-18 Black Elk-Hair Caddis
			16-18 Griffith's Gnat
			16-18 Black Stone Nymph
Small Dun Caddis*	All Month	Early AM to Late PM	16-18 Brown Elk or Deer-Hair Caddis
			16-18 Gray Caddis Pupa
Blue Winged Olive & Blue Quill Mayfly	All Month	Late AM to Mid PM	16-18 Blue Winged Olive
			16-18 Blue Quill
			16-18 Adams Parachute
			16-18 Pheasant Tail Nymph
Quill Gordon Mayfly*	All Month	Late AM to Mid PM	12-14 Quill Gordon
			12 Quill Gordon Nymph
Cream Caddis*	Late	Mid Day to Late PM	12-14 Elk Hair Caddis
			12-14 Dark Cream Caddis Pupa
Red Quill (Hendrickson)	Mid to Late	Mid Day to Late PM	14-16 Red Quill or Hendrickson
			14-16 Pheasant Tail Nymph
March Brown Mayfly	Mid to Late	Late AM to Mid PM	12-14 March Brown
			12-14 Adams Parachute
			10-14 Dark Hare's Ear
			10-14 Pheasant Tail Nymph
Midges	All Month	Mid AM to Late PM	18-20 Griffith's Gnat
			18-22 Midge Pupa
Female Black Caddis	All Month	All Day	10-18 Red Head
Fly Selection for Great Smoky Mountains	Early to Mid	All Day	14 Red Head
			14 Iris Caddis
			14 Tom’s Comprehensive
Fly Selection for Great Smoky Mountains	Mid to Late	All Day	16 2X long Adams Parachute
			16 2X long Female Adams Parachute
			12 2X long March Brown Parachute
			16-18 Just Add Water (Dropper)

* Important

April

Insect	Time of Month	Time of Day	Suggested Fly
None at all	All Month	All Day	12-16 Prince Nymph
			12-16 Hare’s Ear Nymph
			12-16 Zugbug
Quill Gordon Mayfly	Early	Late AM to Mid PM	12-14 Quill Gordon
			12-14 Quill Gordon Nymph
Blue Quill Mayfly	Early	Late AM to Mid PM	16-18 Blue Quill
			16-18 Blue Wing Olive
			16-18 Blue Dun
			16-18 Prince Nymph
			16-18 Pheasant Tail
Small Dun Caddis*	All Month	Late AM to Mid PM	16-18 Gray Elk or Deer Hair Caddis
			16-18 Gray Caddis Pupa
March Brown Mayfly*	All Month	Late AM to Mid PM	12-14 March Brown
			12-14 Adams Parachute
			10-14 March Brown Nymph
			10-14 Dark Hare's Ear Nymph
			10-14 Pheasant Tail
Hendrickson	Mid to Late	All Day	12-14 Hendrickson
			14 Red Quill
			14 Female Adams (w/Yellow Egg Sac)
Cream Caddis**	All Month	Mid Day to Late PM	12-14 Elk Hair Caddis
			12-14 Dark Cream Caddis Pupa
Yellow Stonefly	Late	Early to Late AM	14-16 Yellow Stimulator
			14-16 Elk Hair Caddis (Yellow)
		Late PM to Dark	14-16 Yellow Stonefly Nymph
Light Cahill Mayfly*	Late	Early to Late PM	12-14 Light Cahill
			12-14 Light Cahill Nymph
Speckled Gray Caddis	Late	Mid to Late PM	12-14 Dark Elk or Deer Hair Caddis
			12-14 Dun & Yel/Brn Caddis Pupa
Midges	All Month	All Day	18-22 Griffith's Gnat
			18-22 Midge Pupa
Fly Selection for Great Smoky Mountains	All Month	All Day	16 2X long Adams Parachute
			16 2X long Female Adams Parachute
			16 2X long March Brown Parachute
			16 2X long Light Cahill Parachute

* Important

May

Insect	Time of Month	Time of Day	Suggested Fly
None at all	All Month	All Day	12-16 Prince Nymph
			12-16 Hare’s Ear Nymph
			12-16 Zugbug
Cream Caddis	Early	Mid Day to Late PM	12-14 Elk Hair Caddis
			12-14 Dark Cream Caddis Pupa
Small Dun Caddis	Early	Late AM to Mid PM	16-18 Gray Elk or Deer Hair Caddis
			16-18 Gray Caddis Pupa
March Brown Mayfly*	Early	Late AM to Mid PM	12-14 Adams Parachute
			12-14 March Brown Parachute
			12-14 March Brown
			10-14 March Brown Nymph
			10-14 Dark Hare's Ear
			10-14 Pheasant Tail
Speckled Gray Caddis	All Month	Mid to Late PM	12-14 Dark Elk or Deer Hair Caddis
			12-14 Dun & Yel/Brn Caddis Pupa
Golden Stonefly	All Month	Early to Late AM	14-16 Yellow Stimulator
			14-16 Elk Hair Caddis (Yellow)
		Late PM to Dark	14-16 Yellow Stonefly Nymph
Giant Black Stonefly	All Month	Early AM	4–8 Black Stonefly Nymph
Hendrickson	All Month	All Day	12-14 Hendrickson
			14 Red Quill
			14 Female Adams (w/Yellow Egg Sac)
Light Cahill Mayfly**	All Month	Early to Late PM	12-14 Light Cahill
			12-14 Light Cahill Nymph
Sulphur Mayfly*	All Month	Late PM to Dark	14–18 Sulphur Comparadun
			14-18 Light Cahill
			14-18 Cream Variant
			14-16 Sulphur Nymph
			14-16 Pheasant Tail
Brown & Slate Drakes	Late	Late AM to Late PM	8-14 Adams Parachute
			8-14 Blue Dun Parachute
			8-14 March Brown Parachute
			8-14 March Brown
			8-14 March Brown Nymph
			8-14 Dark Hare's Ear
			8-14 Pheasant Tail
Green Drake Mayfly*	Late	Late AM to Late PM	8-10 Green Drake
			8-10 Green Drake Nymph
Coffin Fly (Green Drake Spinner)**	Late	Late PM to an hour after dark	8-10 Spent Wing
			8-10 Coffin Fly Parachute
Midges	All Month	All Day	18-22 Griffith's Gnat
			18-22 Midge Pupa
			20 Yellow Midge
			18-20 Cream Variant
Fly Selection for Great Smoky Mountains	All Month	All Day	16 2X long Light Cahill Parachute
			16 2X long Gray Hackle Yellow
Fly Selection for Great Smoky Mountains	All Month	Late Afternoon	16-18 Little Yellow Stonefly Nymph
Fly Selection for Great Smoky Mountains	Mid to Late	All Day	16 2X long Sulphur Parachute

* Important

June

Insect	Time of Month	Time of Day	Suggested Fly
None at all	All Month	All Day	12-16 Prince Nymph
			12-16 Hare’s Ear
			12-16 Zugbug
Gray-Brown & Green Caddis	Early	Late PM	14–16 Dark Elk Hair Caddis w/Green
			14–16 Dun & Green Caddis Pupa
Speckled Gray-Brown Caddis	Early	Late PM	14–16 Dark Elk Hair Caddis w/Yellow-Brown
			14–16 Dun & Yellow Caddis Pupa
Small Dun Caddis	All Month	Mid AM	16-18 Brown Elk or Deer Hair Caddis
			16-18 Gray Caddis Pupa
Giant Black Stonefly	All Month	Dawn to Early AM	4–6 Black Stonefly Nymph
Brown Stonefly	All Month	Early to Mid AM	10–12 Brown Stonefly Nymph
Golden Stonefly	All Month	Early AM	6–10 Golden Stonefly Nymph
Light Cahill Mayfly	All Month	Early to Late PM	12-14 Light Cahill
			12-14 Light Cahill Nymph
Sulphur Mayfly	All Month	Mid to Late PM	16-18 Sulphurs
Trico Mayfly	Mid to Late	Mid AM	20 Trico Parachute
Trico Spinner	Mid to Late	Late PM	20–22 Poly Wing Black Spinner
Midges	All Month	All Day	18-22 Griffith's Gnat
			18-22 Midge Pupa
Terrestrials	Various	Various	Ants, Beatles, Crickets, Inch-Worms
Fly Selection for Great Smoky Mountains	All Month	All Day	16 2X long Light Cahill
			16 2X long Sulphur Parachute
			16 2X long Yellow Sally
			16 2X long Coachman Parachute
Fly Selection for Great Smoky Mountains	All Month	Late Afternoon	16-18 Little Yellow Stonefly Nymph

July

Insect	Time of Month	Time of Day	Suggested Fly
Brown Stonefly	All Month	Early to Mid AM	10-14 Brown Stimulator
			10-12 Brown Stonefly Nymph
Golden Stonefly	All Month	Early AM	8-12 Ginger Stimulator
			6-10 Golden Stonefly Nymph
Light Cahill Mayfly	All Month	Early to Late PM	12-14 Light Cahill
			12-14 Light Cahill Nymph
Trico Mayfly	Early	Mid AM	20 Trico Parachute
Trico Spinner	Early	Late PM	20–22 Poly Wing Black Spinner
Midges	All Month	All Day	18-22 Griffith's Gnat
			18-22 Midge Pupa
Terrestrials	Various	Various	Ants, Beatles, Crickets, Inch-Worms, Hoppers, Etc.
Fly Selection for Great Smoky Mountains	All Month	All Day	16 2X long Au Sable Parachute
			16 Just Add Water (Dropper)
Fly Selection for Great Smoky Mountains	All Month	Late Afternoon	16-18 Little Yellow Stonefly Nymph

August

Insect	Time of Month	Time of Day	Suggested Fly
Brown Stonefly	All Month	Early to Mid AM	10-14 Brown Stimulator
			10-12 Brown Stonefly Nymph
Golden Stonefly	All Month	Early AM	8-12 Ginger Stimulator
			6-10 Golden Stonefly Nymph
Light Cahill Mayfly	All Month	Early to Late PM	12-14 Light Cahill
			12-14 Light Cahill Nymph
Midges	All Month	All Day	18-22 Griffith's Gnat
			18-22 Midge Pupa
Terrestrials	Various	Various	Ants, Beatles, Crickets, Inch-Worms, Hoppers, Etc.
Fly Selection for Great Smoky Mountains	All Month	All Day	16 2X long Au Sable Parachute
			16 Just Add Water (Dropper)

September

Insect	Time of Month	Time of Day	Suggested Fly
Small Dun Caddis	All Month	Mid AM to Late PM	18 Brown Elk or Deer Hair Caddis
Speckled Gray-Brown Caddis	Late	Late PM	14–16 Dark Elk Hair Caddis w/Yellow-Brown
Large October Caddis	Late	Early AM and Late PM	8-10 Ginger Elk Hair Caddis
			8-10 Ginger Caddis Pupa
Trico Mayfly	Early	AM	20 Trico Parachute
Midges	All Month	All Day	18-22 Griffith's Gnat
Terrestrials	Various	Various	Ants, Beatles, Crickets, Inch-Worms, Hoppers, Etc.
Fly Selection for Great Smoky Mountains	All Month	All Day	16 2X long Au Sable Parachute
			16 Just Add Water (Dropper)

October

Insect	Time of Month	Time of Day	Suggested Fly
Small Dun Caddis	Early	Mid AM to Late PM	18 Brown Elk or Deer Hair Caddis
			18 Gray Caddis Pupa
Speckled Gray-Brown Caddis	All Month	Late PM	14–16 Dark Elk Hair Caddis w/Yellow-Brown
			14–16 Dun & Yellow Caddis Pupa
Large October Caddis*	All Month	Early AM and Late PM	8-10 Ginger Elk Hair Caddis
			12-14 Ginger Stimulator
			8-10 Ginger Caddis Pupa
Blue Winged Olive & Blue Quill*	All Month	Late AM to Mid PM	16-18 Blue Wing Olive
			16-18 Blue Quill
			16-18 Adams Parachute
			16-18 Blue Wing Olive Nymph
			16-18 Pheasant Tail
Midges	All Month	All Day	18-22 Griffith's Gnat
Fly Selection for Great Smoky Mountains	All Month	All Day	16 2X long Au Sable Parachute
			12-14 October Caddis
			14 2X long Red Butt Caddis

* Important

November

Insect	Time of Month	Time of Day	Suggested Fly
Small Dun Caddis	Early	Mid AM to Late PM	18 Brown Elk or Deer Hair Caddis
Blue Winged Olive & Blue Quill	All Month	Late AM to Mid PM	16-18 Blue Wing Olive
			16-18 Blue Quill
			16-18 Adams Parachute
			16-18 Blue Wing Olive Nymph
			16-18 Pheasant Tail
Midges	All Month	All Day	18-22 Griffith’s Gnat
Fly Selection for Great Smoky Mountains	All Month	All Day	16 2X long Au Sable Parachute
			16 Just Add Water (Dropper)

December

Insect	Time of Month	Time of Day	Suggested Fly
None at all	All Month	All Day	12-16 Prince Nymph
			12-16 Hare’s Ear
			12-16 Zugbug
Blue Winged Olive & Blue Quill	All Month	Late AM to Mid PM	16-20 Blue Wing Olive
			16-20 Blue Quill
			16-20 Adams Parachute
			16-20 Blue Wing Olive Nymph
			16-20 Pheasant Tail
Midges	All Month	All Day	18-22 Griffith's Gnat
			18-24 Gray Midge
			18-24 Olive Midge
Fly Selection for Great Smoky Mountains	All Month	All Day	Various Dark Bead Head Nymphs

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