A Georgia fly fishing guide is busy pretty much year-round because of the warm climate the state has to offer. But in the rest of the country, when the leaves start to turn colors and fall off the trees, many anglers pack up their rods and reels and grab their guns or bows and arrows and head to the woods to hunt deer, pheasants or turkeys.
Fall offers the best time, in some parts of the country, for brown trout fishing. After spending the hot summer lurking in deep pools and under logs and brush, the big browns start to move into shallower, more accessible lies, driven by the spawning urge and the need to bulk up before the long winter. Sometimes an angler can catch a big brown over 20 inches or maybe even a monster 10 pounder in the period from September through November offers the best option.
Huge streamers or tiny dry flies are required for fly fishing most autumn browns. The major late-season hatch most of the country is Blue Wing Olive or the Baetis, but the fall species are considerably smaller then their springtime counter parts. Many anglers carry sizes 18 through 22, flies tied with cul de canard (CDC) wings which work especially well because they can be fished on the surface or just below it to mimic emerging mayflies.
A Georgia fly fishing guide says the best part of fall olives is that they usually hatch in mid-to late morning and the largest emergences occur on snowy or overcast days making for a great winter fishing adventure. Look for fish to start rising in slower water because most rivers are clearer and lower in the fall then they are in spring. You must wade carefully and make delicate presentations. If you cast your line over a trout or allow your fly to drag at the wrong moment, you run the risk of putting the fish down.
While casting small patterns during a hatch can be fun, if you’re in search of a true lurker, your better off chucking some serious meat flies. Large brown trout are ferocious predators, feeding almost exclusively on large prey such as baitfish, crayfish and even smaller trout.

