Fiery Brown Sedge

Irish evening sedge dry

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A high-riding sedge dry for the Irish loughs in fiery orange-brown — tied to match the larger, darker caddisflies that hatch in the warm evenings of late summer. On a wave-tossed lough in August, this pattern dibbled from the bow of a drifting boat accounts for fish that come from surprising distances.

Fish this when

Late summer evenings on the Connacht and Munster loughs when large brown sedges are hatching. Fish it on the bob dropper, dibbled hard, or drifted free in the wave.

Why it works

Large brown sedges are one of the defining hatches of the Irish late-summer lough. The fiery brown colour matches their warm tones exactly and the bushy dressing creates a profile visible in poor light.

Naturals it imitates