Large Dry Flies--First Tray

Thunderhead #12			Irresistible Wulff #10		Ausable Wulff #12
(Prospecting)			(Prospecting)			(Prospecting)
(Dun Variant)			(March Brown)			(March Brown)
(Fast Water)			(Bicolor)			     (Bicolor)
					(Clouded Water)			(Rough Water)

Adams Dry Fly #12			Royal Humpy Yellow #12		Royal Wulff #12
(Match the Hatch) 		(Prospecting)			(Dropper)
(March Brown)			(Light Cahill)			(GeneralProspecting)
(Bicolor)				(Hendrickson)			(Most Mayflies)
(Quill Gordon)			(Rough Water)			(Fast Water)
	

Tan Elk Hair Caddis#14		Yellow Humpy #14			Eastern Green Drake 
(Dropper)				(Prospecting)			Parachute#10
(Prospecting)			(Light Cahill)			(Match the Hatch)
(Caddis Fly)			(Sulphur)				(Green Drake)
					(PMD)
 					
Hares Ear Parachute #14		Stimulator-Yellow #14		Stimulator-Royal #12
(Prospecting)			(Prospecting)			(Prospecting)
(Blue Wing Olive)			(Yellow Caddis)			(Large Caddis Fly)
(Blue Quill)			(Yellow Stone Fly)		(Cricket)
					(Small Grasshopper)		(Stone Fly)

Small Dry Flies-Second Tray

Beetle #12				Adams Parachute #14		BWO-Parachute #18
(Dropper)				(Match the Hatch)			(Match the Hatch)
(Prospecting)			(March Brown)			(Blue Winged Olive)
					(Grey Fox)

Adams-Parachute #16		Adams Dry Fly #18			Female Adams-Dry #14
(Match the Hatch)			(Match the Hatch)			(Match the Hatch)
(Blue Quill)			(Blue Quill)			(Hendrickson)

Light Cahill Dry #16	 Black Elk Hair Caddis #16	Brwn Elk Hair Caddis #16
(Match the Hatch)		(Match the Hatch)			(Match the Hatch)
(Light Cahill)		(Black Caddis Fly)		(Mottled Caddis Fly)
(Sulphur)								(Grey Caddis Fly)

Flying Parachute Ant #16	Yellow Sally #16			Henryville #18
(Prospecting)			(Match the Hatch)			(Match the Hatch)
					(Light Caddis Fly)		(Small Dark Caddis)					(Yellow Stone Fly)		(Winter Black Stone)

Third Tray
Wets

Light Cahill Wet #14		Adams Wet #12			Wet Ant #12

Streamers

B H Flash-A-Bugger Olive #10	Cone Head W B Black #10		BH Flash-A-Bugger Black #10

Worm and Cress's

San Juan Worm-Natural #12	SJW-Light Pink #14		Eastern Sowbug #16
  
Nymphs

Zug Bug #12				B H Zug Bug #12		Hares Ear Flashback #12
B H GRHE Flashback #12,14	B H Rainbow Prince #12	Jaclyn March Brown #12
B H Prince Nymph #14		Hendrickson #14		Flashback P. T. #18 
Pheasant Tail 16,18				

Pupa's

Sparkle Lime Green Pupa #16	Sparkle Brown/Ylw. Pupa	#12,14 Olive Pupa 14,16
Brown Pupa #16

Stone Nymphs

Golden Stone Nymph #8		Black Stone Nymph #6	Early Brown Stone #12
Tellico 10,12

Midges
Griffiths Gnat #18,20,22 Black (grizzle) and Cream colors



Prospecting flies are used when nothing can be seen flying around, but the local fly shop or hatch chart for the area say they have been or should be.  The prospecting fly is usually larger than the match the hatch fly, this helps the fish notice and recognize the fly as a recent food item, especially when the fish is not looking directly for that food item.

Match the Hatch flies should be used when that particular type of Mayfly, Caddis, or Terrestrial is present. Local fly shops and hatch charts can help to determine what fly is currently hatching.

Droppers indicate flies that I use to float on top the water as an attractor or prospector, with a fly tied to the hook or to a loop that has been tied into the fly for that special purpose.  The attached fly usually is a nymph, wet fly or a pupa.  Many different types of variations could be used.  My own favorites are the Royal Wulff with a Flashback Hares Ear Nymph, Tan Elk Hair Caddis with LaFontaines Sparkle Green Pupa, or Beetle with a Wet Ant.

I personally like to use Terrestrials in the Appalachian streams that are larger than the morsels that fall into the water on a sporadic basis.  I also like to use bigger flies when the water is stained, like the #10 Irresistible Wulff.   

The above flies are not in any particular order, other than this is the way they are laid out in my own fly box trays.   From my original list, few changes have been made.  Although, from time to time, a new fly, finds a home in my box.  An example would be the Rainbow Prince Nymph; I really like this fly.  Choose what you like, use what you will, and disregard what you don't like.   And build your own better box from here. 

 Nothing will make a better fisherman, than having confidence in the tools brought to the water's edge.

Best Fishes.

Louie


Southern Appalachian Small Stream Flies
Richardson's-Chest Fly Box