As the name implies the Sedgeetle is a multipurpose imitation, a when-in-doubt-fly if you like. It was developed for fishing the margins of upland lakes where sedges, beetles, moths, or other varieties of terrestrial insects get blown onto the water when the wind gets up. The purpose of the Sedgeetle is to present the fish with a fly that they can take for what they want.
An upland lake
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Sedgeetles
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Brown Sedgeetle
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Brown Sedgeetle
Terrestrial
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Hook
Hends BL 550 #12/14
Thread
12/0 brown
Wing
Tan and black Fulling Mill ultra-dry yarn
Abdomen
Semperfli caddis brown dirty bug yarn
Hackle
Grey partridge
Thorax
Troutline black pepper squirrel dubbing
Run on the tying thread at the eye and wind down the hook in touching turns.
Catch in a length of bug yarn and tie down up the hook.
Cut off two lengths of different coloured ultra-dry yarns comb the fibres out with a dubbing needle and catch in on top of the hook with the darker colour underneath. Tie down along the top of the hook.
Wind the bug yarn forward to form the body, tie in and trim off the waste.
Fold the ultra-dry yarn fibres forward to form a loop and secure with a couple of thread turns.
Put a dubbing needle through the loop and apply tension to the fibres while pulling the ends to adjust the size and position of the wing.
Lock the front end of the loop with further thread wraps and trim off the waste ends.
Pull back the fibres of a partridge feather, tie in by the tip and wind two or three turns in front of the wing. Tie in and trim off the waste.
Dub the thorax, using turns of dubbing to push the hackle fibres back around the wing and body.
Build a small head, smear the thread with varnish and whip finish.
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