Fly	Period	Comments
Tiny & Early Stone (14-22)	Dec - Mar	Hatches all winter. Tiny-black, Early is Brown
Midges (20-22)	all winter	Use Griffith Gnat or Cream Midge
Blue Quill (16-20)	2/20 - 4/15	Good hatches on So. Fork 4/16/02
Early Tan Caddis	2/20 – 4/15	Can be a daily hatch on So. Fork, saw some 4/16/02
Quill Gordon (12-14)	3/20 – May 8	1st large mayfly! A few seen on Whitetop 5/07/02
Isonychia (16-18)	4/10 - 5/20	Hatches also in Aug. on So Fork; swim the nymph!
March Brown (12-14)	4/15 - 5/10	I catch more fish on MB nymph than the dry
Little Yellow Stonefly (16)	4/15 - 8/1	good all late spring/summer, some are lime or brown
Light Cahill (16 - 18)	4/25 - 6/25	few seen on in high country
Mother’s Day Caddis (14)	5/1 - 5/20	May 2002- slight hatch on Whitetop.
Light Hendrickson (14)	5/15 - 6/10	I did not see many in 2002
Sulphur Dun (16)	5/15 - 6/30	Has been our best mayfly hatch in recent times
Eastern Green Drake (8-10)	5/25 - 6/20	The hatch on Whitetop Laurel began 05/14/02
Giant Black Stonefly (10-12)	6/1 - 7/25	best in the evening, fish a Stimulator
Blue Winged Olive (18)	6/1 - 6/25	The parachute is easier to see in the shadows
Crm,Brn, White Drake (10-14)	6/25 - 7/25	Notice King bird feeding on these in the So Fork
Cinnamon Sedge (12)	9/20 – 10/30	“Stickbait” caddis

Fly	Period	Comments
Sulphurs (16-18) Watauga	May & June	Good low water hatch
Sulphurs (14-18) Holston	Year around	Also fished good hatches Aug Nov. 2002
Blue Wing Olives (16-22)	year around	A Blue Quill pattern can be a good alternative
Dark Dun Caddis (14-16)	Spring	Blk E.H. caddis, dark emerg. Watauga great hatch 4/18/02
Little Black Caddis (18-20)	May late fall	Fishes best in the evening period
Cranefly (18-20)	Year around	I fish the partridge and yellow for emerger
Midges & Blackfly(20-26)	Nov –March	Brad Befus’ biot larva glassbead for larva/pupa
Cress & Scuds (16-18)	Year around	Cress bugs above Hickory Tree Bridge, scuds below

Fly	Period	Comments
Ants (14-22)	April-October	Look for flying ant migrations on Holston in late Sept/Early Oct
Inchworms (14-16)	April-July	Green Deer Hair, Chenille or Form, Fish it underwater too
Beetles (14-18)	June-October	My biggest fish caught on surface patterns are on beetle patterns
Japanese Beetles	June-July	For So Fork Holston & Holston Watauga Tailwaters
Crickets (16)	June-October	My favorite for early October
Grasshoppers (10-14)	June-October	Good on So Fork, VA; and terrific on the Watauga
Cicada Annual and BroodX	June-September	Use 1X or 2X tippet