Dry fly
Spent Caddis
Dead-drift spent sedge
Trout · GraylingSurface
Flush-floating spent dressing for the post-egg-laying adult drifting dead in the film late in the evening — often the take when fish ignore the skated adult.
Fish this when
Late in the evening once the main caddis activity has slowed, when fish stop chasing skated adults and start sipping spent ones lying dead in the film.
Why it works
Lying flat and motionless matches an exhausted, dying adult exactly, giving fish an easy meal at the moment they've already learned to be wary of anything that moves.
Naturals it imitates
spent egg-laying adult sedge
Typical zone & fishable range
usually
Surface
Film
Subsurface
Deep
Setup sensitivity: medium
Quick facts
Tying difficulty
Intermediate