North Carolina fly Fishing Hatch Chart |
JANUARY
Insect Emergence Pattern
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Dipterae Midge |
Afternoon |
18 – 24 Gray Midge, |
18 – 24 Olive Midge |
Blue Winged Olive |
Afternoon |
18 – 24 Blue Winged Olive, |
18 – 24 Adams |
Early Black Stone Fly |
All Day |
18 Black Stone Fly Nymph |
18 Black Adult Stone Fly |
FEBRUARY-MARCH |
INSECTS |
EMERGENCE |
PATTERN |
Blue Winged Olive |
February – March |
18 Blue Winged Olive, |
Baetis |
Early Afternoons – Warm Days |
18 Adams |
Early Black Stone |
February – March |
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All Day |
18 Black Adult Stone Fly |
Blue Quill |
Late March |
18 Blue Quill Wet & Dry |
Paraleptophlebia Adoptiva |
Morning to Early Afternoon |
18 Adams |
Quill Gordon |
Late March |
12 – 14 Quill Gordon, |
Epeorus Pleuralis |
Early Afternoon |
Wet & Dry |
APRIL |
INSECTS |
EMERGENCE |
PATTERN |
Blue Quills |
Early April |
18 Blue Quill Wet & Dry |
Paraleptophlebia Adoptiva |
Mornings to Early Afternoons |
18 Adams |
Quill Gordon |
Early April |
12 – 14 Quill Gordon, |
Epeorus Pleuralis |
Early Afternoons |
Wet & Dry |
Dark Dun/Black Caddis |
Mid-April |
14 – 16 Black Soft Hackle |
Mid-Mornings |
14 – 16 Dark Elk Hair Caddis |
MAY |
INSECTS |
EMERGENCE |
PATTERN |
Mottled Brown/Gray Caddis |
All Day |
16 Brown or Gray Soft Hackle, |
16 Brown Elk Hair Caddis |
Hendrickson |
All Day; Female Spinner |
14 Hendrickson, |
Ephemerella Subvaria |
has Yellow Egg Sac |
14 Red Quill, |
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14 Female Adams |
March Brown |
Mid-May |
12 March Brown, |
Stenonema Vicarium |
All Day Sporadically |
Wet & Dry |
Light Cahill |
Afternoon – Evening |
16 – 18 Light Cahill |
Stenonema Ithaca |
Yellow Midge |
Early May |
20 Yellow Midge |
Diptera |
Gray Fox |
Sparse Hatch |
14 Gray Fox, |
Stenonema Fuscum |
14 Ginger Quill, |
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14 Gray Fox Variant |
Sulphurs |
Early May |
16 – 18 Sulphurs, |
Ephemerella Dorothea |
Late Afternoon and Evening |
16 – 18 Light Cahill |
Black Caddis |
Early May |
18 Black Soft Hackle, |
All Day |
18 Black Fluttering Caddis |
Cream Midge |
Mid-May |
20 – 22 Cream Midge |
All Day |
Blue Winged Olive |
Mid-May |
20 -22 Blue Winged Olive, |
Baetis |
Early Afternoon |
20 – 22 Adams |
Green Drake |
Late May |
10 Paradrake, |
Ephemera Guttulata |
Evening |
8 10 White Wulff |
Giant Stone Fly |
Early May |
4 – 8 Stone Fly Nymph |
Pteronarcys |
Early Morning |
JUNE |
INSECTS |
EMERGENCE |
PATTERN |
Mottled Brown |
Early June |
16 Brown or Gray Soft Hackle |
Gray Caddis |
All Day Sporadically |
16 Brown Elk Hair Caddis |
Light Cahill |
Sporadically – Late |
16 – 18 Light Cahill |
Stenonema Ithaca |
Afternoon and Evening |
Sulphurs |
Late Afternoon and |
16 – 18 Sulphurs |
Ephemerella Dorothea |
Evening |
16 – 18 Light Cahill |
Isonychia Bicolor |
Sporadically – All Day |
12 Adams |
Green and Yellow |
Late Afternoons |
16 Light Green and Yellow |
Stone Fly |
Fluttering Stone |
Giant Stone Fly |
Early Mornings |
4 – 6 Stone Fly Nymph |
Pteronarcys |
Terrestrials |
All Summer |
Inchworms, Black Ants, |
Beetles, and Crickets |
JULY |
INSECTS
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EMERGENCE
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PATTERN
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Isonychia Bicolor |
Sporadically – All Day |
12 Adams |
Green and Yellow |
Late Afternoons |
16 Light Green and Yellow |
Stone Fly |
Fluttering Stone |
Golden Stone Fly |
Early Morning and |
6 – 8 Stone Fly Nymph |
Acroneuria |
at Dusk |
Light Cahill |
Sporadically – Late |
16 – 18 Light Cahill |
Stenonema Ithaca |
Afternoon and Evening |
Terrestrials |
All Summer |
Inchworms, Black Ants, |
Beetles, and Crickets |
AUGUST |
INSECTS |
EMERGENCE |
PATTERN |
Isonychia Bicolor |
Sporadically – All Day |
12 Adams |
Golden Stone Fly |
Early Morning and at |
6 – 8 Stone Fly Nymph |
Acroneuria |
Dusk |
Light Cahill |
Sporadically – Late |
16 – 18 Light Cahill |
Stenonema Ithaca |
Afternoon and Evening |
Flying Ants |
All Day |
20 -24 Spent-wing Black |
and Brown Ants |
Terrestrials |
All Summer |
Inchworms, Black Ants, |
Beetles, and Crickets |
SEPTEMBER |
INSECTS |
EMERGENCE |
PATTERN |
Light Cahill |
Usually at Dusk |
16 – 18 Light Cahill |
Stenonema Ithaca |
Isonychia Bicolor |
Sporadically -All Day |
12 Adams |
Flying Ants |
All Day |
20 – 24 Spent-wing Black and |
Brown Ants |
Terrestrials |
All Summer |
Inchworms, Black Ants, |
Beetles, and Crickets |
OCTOBER-NOVEMBER |
INSECTS |
EMERGENCE |
PATTERN |
Deptera Midge |
October – November Afternoon |
18 – 24 Gray Midge |
Blue Winged Olive |
October – November Afternoon |
18 – 24 Blue Winged Olive, |
18 – 24 Adams |
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