North Georgia and Southwestern North Carolina Hatch Chart

Presented by Members of TU 692

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

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