| Insect | Time of month | Patterns to Match | type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Green Drake | Early |
Eastern Green Drake, Green Drake Biot Thorax, Coffin Fly, White Wulff, Corey’s Calftail sizes 8-12 Green Drake Emerger Nymph, Green Drake Cripple, Crow fly |
dry subsurface |
| Olive Caddis | Early |
Olive Elk Hair Caddis, Olive Egg layer Caddis Braid Pupae (olive) 14-18 |
dry subsurface |
| Sulphur Dun | All Month |
CDC Biot Comparadun Sulphur, Quill Para Sulphur, Klink Parachute sulphur size 16-20 Split Case PMD, Loop Wing Emerger PMD, Stuk-in-Shuk PMD size 16-20 |
dry subsurface |
| Light Cahill | All Month |
Light Cahill, Light Cahill CDC Biot Parachute Spinner, Hazel Creek size 12-20 Copper John, Psycho Prince Orange, Crow Fly, Carrot Midge, size 12-20 |
dry subsurface |
| Yellow Mayfly | All Month |
Yellow Mayfly Drake, Parachute Sulphur, size 12-16, Yellow Adams Parachute Tellico Nymph, Yallerhammer Wet Fly, Soft Hackle Partridge Yellow sizes 12-16 |
dry subsurface |
| Little Yellow Stone Little Green Stone |
All Month |
12-16 NC Yellow Sally, Little Yellow Stone, Parachute Madam X yellow, Little Green Stone, Tenessee Wulff, Parachute Madam X green 12-14 Boss Hog Stonefly Nymph, Biot Epoxy Stone Nymph Light, Soft Hackle Partridge Yellow or green sizes 12-16 |
dry subsurface |
| Terrestrials – Ants, Beetles, Crickets, Grasshoppers, Inchworms etc… |
All Month |
Transpar-Ant, Cow Killer Ant, Hi-Vis Foam Beetle, Bubblegum Slammer Beetle, Para Hopper, Foam Hopper Inchworms |
dry subsurface |
Submitted by Richard Witt
fly fishing guide and instructor for Curtis Wright Outfitters.
Feel free to call him at the Asheville Biltmore Village store
at 828-274-3471 for more information.
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