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| Fly Fishing the Great Smoky Mountains National Park |
Brown Trout eat their share of
stonefly nymphs.
stonefly nymphs.
Stoneflies are certainly one of insects you should
imitate in the streams of the Great Smoky
Mountains National Park. They are present in all
the streams and in very abundant quantities.
They exist in most of all, if not all of them.
Selecting a fly to imitate them is a much simpler
process that selecting them for mayflies or
caddisflies. They have only two stages of life
anglers are interested in - the nymph and the
adults.
In some cases we offer a suggested spent
pattern to imitate the adults after they have died
and fell spent on the water. Many of them don't
fall into the water, they fall on the banks.
By far the most important stage to imitate is the
nymph. That is because they all crawl out of the
water to hatch. The only time the adults are going
to be on the water again is when the female
deposits here eggs or when the male falls into
the water after completing his function in life.
Often, depending on the species, this occurs in
the dark, at night. Imitating the egg layers can be
effective and a fun thing to do if everything is right
for it but that is not very often.
There are only a few patterns that you can buy
commercially that accurately represent the
stonefly nymphs and adults. If at all possible, we
suggest you tie your own flies for many of the
stoneflies species.
Capniidae Family Little Brown or Black
Snowflies
Nymph: (18-12 actual size range)
Oliver Edward's Little Black: 12, 14, 16, 18
Adult:
Spent:
Leuctridae Family Little Brown or
Black Needleflies:
Nymph: 18-22 (actual size range)
Oliver Edward's Little Black: 18
Adult:
Spent:
Nemouridae Family Little Brown or
Black Forestflies:
Nymph:10-16 (actual size range)
Oliver Edward's Little Black 12, 14, 16
Adult:
Spent:
Taeniopterygidae Family Little Brown or
Black Winter Stoneflies:
Nymph:10-16 (actual size range)
Oliver Edward's Little Black: 12, 14, 16
Adult:
Spent:
Chloroperlidae Family Little Green
Stoneflies:
Nymph:10-16 Actual size range) (We cannot find
a commercially available nymph that we would
recommend)
Adult:
Spent:
Perlidae Family Golden Stoneflies:
Nymph:2-8 (actual size range)
Ted's Golden Stone: 8
Adult:
Rogue Foam Stone Giant: 4, 6, 8 Golden
Troutflies: Golden Stone: 8
Spent:
Perlodidae Little Yellow Stoneflies
Nymph:18-10 (actual size range)
Oliver Edwards Yellow Stonefly: 12-16
Adult:
Troutflies: Madam X: 12
Spent:
Peltoperlidae (Roach Flies) Little
Yellow-Summer Stone
Nymph:18-10 (actual size range)
Oliver Edwards Yellow Stonefly: 12-16
Adult:
Troutflies: Little Yellow Sally: 16
Madam X: 12
Spent:
Giant Stonellies:
Pteronarcella Family: Giant Stoneflies
Nymph:2-4 (actual size range)
Kauffman's Stone: 4
Adult:
Rogue Foam Stone Giant: 4 (Black)(Brown)
Spent:
Summary:
Copyright 2007 James Marsh
imitate in the streams of the Great Smoky
Mountains National Park. They are present in all
the streams and in very abundant quantities.
They exist in most of all, if not all of them.
Selecting a fly to imitate them is a much simpler
process that selecting them for mayflies or
caddisflies. They have only two stages of life
anglers are interested in - the nymph and the
adults.
In some cases we offer a suggested spent
pattern to imitate the adults after they have died
and fell spent on the water. Many of them don't
fall into the water, they fall on the banks.
By far the most important stage to imitate is the
nymph. That is because they all crawl out of the
water to hatch. The only time the adults are going
to be on the water again is when the female
deposits here eggs or when the male falls into
the water after completing his function in life.
Often, depending on the species, this occurs in
the dark, at night. Imitating the egg layers can be
effective and a fun thing to do if everything is right
for it but that is not very often.
There are only a few patterns that you can buy
commercially that accurately represent the
stonefly nymphs and adults. If at all possible, we
suggest you tie your own flies for many of the
stoneflies species.
Capniidae Family Little Brown or Black
Snowflies
Nymph: (18-12 actual size range)
Oliver Edward's Little Black: 12, 14, 16, 18
Adult:
Spent:
Leuctridae Family Little Brown or
Black Needleflies:
Nymph: 18-22 (actual size range)
Oliver Edward's Little Black: 18
Adult:
Spent:
Nemouridae Family Little Brown or
Black Forestflies:
Nymph:10-16 (actual size range)
Oliver Edward's Little Black 12, 14, 16
Adult:
Spent:
Taeniopterygidae Family Little Brown or
Black Winter Stoneflies:
Nymph:10-16 (actual size range)
Oliver Edward's Little Black: 12, 14, 16
Adult:
Spent:
Chloroperlidae Family Little Green
Stoneflies:
Nymph:10-16 Actual size range) (We cannot find
a commercially available nymph that we would
recommend)
Adult:
Spent:
Perlidae Family Golden Stoneflies:
Nymph:2-8 (actual size range)
Ted's Golden Stone: 8
Adult:
Rogue Foam Stone Giant: 4, 6, 8 Golden
Troutflies: Golden Stone: 8
Spent:
Perlodidae Little Yellow Stoneflies
Nymph:18-10 (actual size range)
Oliver Edwards Yellow Stonefly: 12-16
Adult:
Troutflies: Madam X: 12
Spent:
Peltoperlidae (Roach Flies) Little
Yellow-Summer Stone
Nymph:18-10 (actual size range)
Oliver Edwards Yellow Stonefly: 12-16
Adult:
Troutflies: Little Yellow Sally: 16
Madam X: 12
Spent:
Giant Stonellies:
Pteronarcella Family: Giant Stoneflies
Nymph:2-4 (actual size range)
Kauffman's Stone: 4
Adult:
Rogue Foam Stone Giant: 4 (Black)(Brown)
Spent:
Summary:
Copyright 2007 James Marsh
Click below for a list of flies:
Mayflies:
Caddisflies:
Stoneflies:
Midges:
Streamers:
Terrestrials:
Mayflies:
Caddisflies:
Stoneflies:
Midges:
Streamers:
Terrestrials:
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