By Jeff Durniak, Georgia Wildlife Resources Division
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Dry: Adams- dark mayfly (sizes 14-18)
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Dry: Light Cahill- light mayfly (sizes 14-18)
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Dry: Elk Hair Caddis (tan) (sizes 14-18)
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Dry: Stimulator (stonefly) (size 14)
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Nymph: Pheasant tail (sizes 16-18)
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Nymph: Hare’s ear (sizes 14-18)
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Larva: Caddis (olive) (sizes 14-18)
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Nymph: Stonefly (sizes 12-14)
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Nymph: Prince (attractor) (sizes 14, 16)
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Streamer: Woolly bugger (black, olive, size 8 )
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Egg Fly: peach Glo bug (size 12)
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Worm: San Juan worm (size 12)
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NOTE: To fool a trout, look at existing bugs in or on stream, and then match: 1) place in water column, 2) size, and 3) color.
NOTE: Most trout are near the bottom 95% of the time, where the groceries are and the predators are not! NOTE: Search (Google) for local hatch chart for your target stream (ex: www.rabuntu.org “Tightlines”) Fly pattern honorable mentions:
Dries: black ant, griffiths gnat, blue wing olive, yellow humpy, royal coachman Wets: soft hackles- pheasant tail, hare’s ear, partridge and yellow, Lafontaine sparkle pupa Nymphs: bead heads of nymphs above, lightning bug, midge larva (size 18, 20) Streamers: white zonker, muddler minnow