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Readers who’ve followed the
last few posts (as well as older posts) featuring variants of the Bunny Spotted
Sedge Pupa might be wondering why I tie so many versions of the same insect, a
caddisfly for that matter. And the simple answer might be that I can’t leave
well-enough alone. And to that I might add that I believe spotted sedge to be
the most important trout stream insect in the West, so deserving of more than
just ‘well-enough’. There’s always something that works better. Or something
that works better meeting the same hatch but on a different river, or in
different light. I live beside a river where spotted sedge is the major hatch
of summer, & fish over it nearly every day during the emergence season. Some
evenings the sedge are coming off so thick you have to keep your mouth closed
to keep from breathing them in, & the bodies of spent egg-layers so thick
on the eddy seams they form mats. The imitation is competing against a
bazillion naturals for attention. It’s a situation that inspires turns at the
vice, again & again. So, ladies & gentlemen, yet another version of the
Bunny Sedge Pupa. I tie these to meet spotted sedge, & the olive version fishes
for grannom sedge as well; but the design, with some color variation, might be
applied to a lot of caddis species, East & West.
Tubing & Bunny Sedge Pupa
Hook: #14
Daiichi 1150 (#10-#12 will cover great gray spotted sedge)
Thread: Camel
or brown
Abdomen: Hareline
standard tubing – light olive/with underbody of silver tinsel, or brown/underbody
of gold tinsel
Thorax: Two
turns of chestnut-brown hare’s mask dubbing – mix in a bit of black rabbit
Hackle: Brahma
hen (brown partridge or grouse can be substituted)
Head: Chestnut-brown
hare’s mask on a dubbing loop of the tying thread, or twist-dubbed, ahead of
the hackle - & finish ~
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Fly fish NE Washington with Steven Bird: http:ucflyfishing.blogspot.com
