Dry fly
Grouse Wing
Mottled-wing silverhorn sedge
Trout · GraylingSurface
Mottled-wing silverhorn adult of midsummer evenings; small, dark and abundant on both rivers and lakes.
Fish this when
On midsummer evenings on both rivers and stillwaters when small dark silverhorns are swarming and egg-laying in numbers.
Why it works
The mottled grouse-feather wing throws the same broken, veined texture as a natural sedge's wing, standing out to fish that may already have refused a plainer hair-wing pattern.
Naturals it imitates
adult Grouse Wing sedge (Mystacides)
Typical zone & fishable range
usually
Surface
Film
Subsurface
Deep
Setup sensitivity: medium
Quick facts
Tying difficulty
Intermediate