Caddis dry
Goddard's Sedge
High-floating skated sedge
Trout · GraylingSurface
Spun-deer-hair G&H-style adult sedge that floats high — skate it across a summer-evening flat.
Fish this when
On summer evenings across flat, slow water when sedges are fluttering and egg-laying, fished skated or twitched to draw a chasing take.
Why it works
The clipped deer-hair body and shellback hold the fly high and dry through repeated skating retrieves, reproducing the surface commotion of an active adult sedge that triggers a reactive rather than considered take.
Naturals it imitates
Typical zone & fishable range
usually
Surface
Film
Subsurface
Deep
Setup sensitivity: medium
Quick facts
Tying difficulty
Advanced
Heritage
ModernClassicHeritage
Classic
· England, early-mid 1960s — John Goddard and Cliff Henry (G&H Sedge), published 1977 in The Super Flies of Stillwater
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