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Most adult caddisflies are some shade of brown and the following two patterns will still deceive fish during a hatch or when the females have returned to lay their eggs on or below the water surface (note that many female caddisflies swim down under the surface to lay their eggs).

DARK SEDGE

Hook: Wet fly, sizes 12–14.

Thread: Yellow.

Body: Dubbed medium brown fur.

Hackle: Tawny (brown) owl upperwing covert (a long-fibred brown hen is substitute).

Head: 2–3 turns cock pheasant tail herl.

GRANNOM OR GREENTAIL

Hook: Wet fly, sizes 12–14.

Thread: Grey.

Body: Two turns of green silk at rear, then hare’s ear.

Hackle: Brown speckled partridge.

Female grannom carry a green sac of eggs at the tip of their abdomen, hence ‘Greentail’.