Hook Size: 20
The Perfect Fly Short-horned Sedge Caddis Adult is a trout fly that imitates the adult or fully grown stage of life of the Short-horned Sedge caddisfly. They stay on the surface of the water for a short time before departing the water. They should be fished on the surface during the hatch as well as later on when the female adults return to the water to deposit their eggs. It is a dry fly that should be treated with floatant.
The Little Short-horned Sedges usually hatch out of the water on rocks or the banks of the stream. The egg laying activity is the time you need to be fishing an adult imitation.You have a good opportunity to catch fish eating the egg laying females in the afternoons following a hatch.
The female adults dive and paste their eggs on the bottom. They return to the
surface to fly away or die on the surface. You will see this occurring in the riffles
and runs.
The egg laying activity usually occurs late in the afternoon but much earlier if the
sky is overcast. The later in the year it is, the later in the day they tend to
deposit their eggs. There are usually enough of these that you can easily spot
them swirling around a few inches above the water and hitting the surface. That
is where you want to place your fly.
You may see the flash of a trout but for the most part, you will not see the trout
eating the diving caddisflies. Don’t overlook the egg laying activity of this hatch.
You can catch several trout in a short time if conditions are right.
