Anthony is a DNR Officer and will be speaking to the chapter about stream rebuilding projects, results, and plans for this upcoming summer and years ahead. He is currently in Rabun, Georgia. 

Caddis flies are found in most stream ecosystems around the world but are overlooked by anglers. Caddis are considered an advanced aquatic invert species as they have four stages during their lifecycle; egg, larvae, pupae and adult. Early spring is when anglers can flip a few rocks on the stream bed to find what locals call "rock worms" or "Apple Caddis" which scientists call the Family Hydopsychindae or net-spinning Caddis larvae which spin silk to create nets to capture other invertebrates, plants, algae and detritus to eat. As this free-living Caddis larvae prepares to pupate and hatch in early spring they become more available to the trout as they attempt to complete their lifecycle into adults. Larvae imitations such as the Czech nymph and pupae patterns like La Fontaine Deep Sparkle Pupae will surely produce some trout in the spring during their early emergence. Next month we will explore the adult final stage of the caddisfly lifecycle which can live out of the water up to a month as adults before they lay eggs and die. The trout will then eat them off the surface which is mimicked with dry flies.