Better Use of Caddis Flies for Fly Fishing Caddis is a big meal for trout and at present an important part of the food chain and consequently a crucial fly for the fly fisherman to use. Caddis flies in pupa and dry fly form should be in every fly fisherman‘s box on outings to rivers and lakes today. Don't just use caddis as a dry fly; there are different rigs that you can use that make this a deadly pattern in your fishing armoury .
Other Caddis / Sedge Flies There are many variations of the deadly sedge flies, my personal favourite the Stimulator, deadly and great for supporting rigs (see later in this email), Sedge hogs great for imitating sedges low in the water, Elk Hair Caddis and Goddards Caddis to name just a few. With dull coloured bodies in grey, browns, oranges and greens they are an required fly in any fly box from April to October! Hatching often in the evenings sedges are still an important part of the trout‘s diet as they are eaten as both pupa and the adult flies, providing a substantial meal for trout on rivers and on Stillwater‘s. Many anglers forget the importance of this fly as they fish it at night as light is fading. They range from very small flies to the huge large red sedge. Often trout will be zooming below the surface hitting the pupa as they come to the surface to emerge and we will be trying buzzers forgetting that there are many other flies that emerge, caddis being one of the important flies to consider and imitate.
Caddis flies are deadly twitched on the river surface on rivers and stillwaters; however there are stunning rigs that MUST be considered by fly fishermen due to the high buoyancy and movement pattern of the sedge! Enjoy using this stunning technique below for rivers and lakes, we often call this the Banker Rig, a technique that you really can bank on to catch fish. Be a devil, try a caddis as a suspender on a rig and hit trout hard!
