Dogwood Creek Hatch Chart and the recommended Artificial |
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| INSECT | JAN | FEB | MAR | APR | MAY | JUN | JUL | AUG | SEP | OCT | NOV | DEC | ARTIFICIAL |
| Blue Winged Olive | #14 -18 BWO emerger, Pheasant tail nymph, BWO Dry & BWO parachute | ||||||||||||
| Quill Gordon | #12 - 18 Hare's Ear Nymph, G.B. Hare's Ear Nymph, Quill Gordon Dry , Adams Dry & Adams parachute | ||||||||||||
| Hendrickson | # 12 - 16 Hendrickson Nymph, Light Hendrickson Dry & Red Quill Dry | ||||||||||||
| Dun Caddis |
#14 - 16 Elk Hair Caddis & Tent Wing Caddis, #12 Hare's ear & green caddis larva |
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| March Brown |
#10 - 14 March Brown Dry, Stenonema Nymph & Spinner |
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| Light Cahill |
#12 - 16 Light Cahill Nymph, Emerger, Dun & Spinner |
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| Hexagenia Limbata | #10 March Brown & Bugmeister | ||||||||||||
| Mahogany Dun | # 12 March Brown, #14 Comparadun, #16 Hare's ear | ||||||||||||
| Trico |
#20 -24 Trico Dun & Spinner |
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| Midges | #16-20 Griffiths gnat, #20 midge pupa as dropper | ||||||||||||
| Grasshopper | #10 - 12 Foam Hopper, Dave's Hopper & Bullet Headed Hopper | ||||||||||||
| Beetles | #10 - 14 Foam Beetle & Chernobyl Beetle | ||||||||||||
| Carpenter Ant | # 12 - 14 Foam ant in black or red | ||||||||||||
| Scud and Sowbug | #12 olive scud, #12 grey sowbug | ||||||||||||
| Sculpins and Minnows | #10 Olive/Black/Tan Woolly Buggers or #10 Muddler Minnow | ||||||||||||
Please note that for Mayflies and Caddis, this chart represents the adult insect activity and although most hatches are small Dogwood Creek will generally produce one when conditions are right. Immature mayflies and caddis in the form of nymphs and larva are active the full twelve months so ensure a good quantity of the respective patterns are available as noted against the individual species.
Late summer hopper action is impressive and should not be missed if you enjoy working with large dry flies. Note the natural shown in the Dogwood Canyon Gallery for color and size. Foam indicator ants are one of the most useful terrestrial patterns before and after the hopper season.
Scud and Sowbugs have limited numbers in Dogwood Creek although fishing these patterns will generally stimulate a strike. Also consider Water Snail patterns, which if fished correctly will always take fish.
During the winter months dry fly hatches are limited as the chart displays, therefore you should expect more action using nymphs and streamers. Warm winter days will occasionally bring some winged insects onto the water and therefore don't discount using large dry fly patterns i.e. Yellow Humpies or March Browns. Water clarity in the colder months also increases to a point where fluorocarbon tippet Mirage Fluorocarbon will reduce "turn-offs" when fishing nymphs.
© 2003 Keith F D Oxby
