North Georgia and Southwestern North Carolina Hatch Chart

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 or Emerger
			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 Parachute Coffin Fly
Midges	All Month	All Day	18-22 Griffith's Gnat
			18-22 Midge Pupa
			20 Yellow Midge
			18-20 Cream Variant

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