Fishing The Green Sedge (Caddisflies):
Adults:
As the name implies, the Green Sedge's body is usually green and its wings are a
gray to brown mottled color. They can have gold specs in them. They are imitated
using a size 14, 16 or 18 hook depending upon the particular species. Most of them
are a size 16. Usually the emerging pupa imitations will outperform the adult
imitations of the hatching caddisflies.
The female dives to bottom to lay her eggs and then accents to the surface and
usually drifts for some distance before dying or flying away to repeat the process.
They also crawl to the bottom on the surface of rocks and deposit their eggs. Either
way they return to the surface to drift.
Presentation:
To imitate the divers, weight the wet imitation of the adult and allow it to sink and
then bring it back to the surface on the swing. You can use a dry adult imitation
to imitate those drifting on the surface after they have laid their eggs but I
question just how effective it will be. Spent wing patterns will also work if they are
presented at the end of riffles in the calmer water where the spent caddisflies
tend to congregate. Because the females crawl or dive to the bottom and are
saturated to some extent, they probably don't stay on the surface very long
when they die
Adults:
As the name implies, the Green Sedge's body is usually green and its wings are a
gray to brown mottled color. They can have gold specs in them. They are imitated
using a size 14, 16 or 18 hook depending upon the particular species. Most of them
are a size 16. Usually the emerging pupa imitations will outperform the adult
imitations of the hatching caddisflies.
The female dives to bottom to lay her eggs and then accents to the surface and
usually drifts for some distance before dying or flying away to repeat the process.
They also crawl to the bottom on the surface of rocks and deposit their eggs. Either
way they return to the surface to drift.
Presentation:
To imitate the divers, weight the wet imitation of the adult and allow it to sink and
then bring it back to the surface on the swing. You can use a dry adult imitation
to imitate those drifting on the surface after they have laid their eggs but I
question just how effective it will be. Spent wing patterns will also work if they are
presented at the end of riffles in the calmer water where the spent caddisflies
tend to congregate. Because the females crawl or dive to the bottom and are
saturated to some extent, they probably don't stay on the surface very long
when they die
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