When does the Cinnamon Sedge hatch?

June–October, typically 13:00–20:00. It starts from about 10°C, peaks around 15°C and tails off by 21°C.

What flies imitate the Cinnamon Sedge?

Silver Sedge, Elk Hair Caddis, CDC Sedge, typically on a #12–10 hook.

How big is the Cinnamon Sedge?

Adult stage: 10–14mm. That matches a #12–10 hook.

Caddis · Aquatic insect

Cinnamon Sedge

Limnephilus lunatus

Size

10–14mm

Hook size

#12–10

Hatch window

Season June–OctoberPeak time 13:00–20:00

Water temperature

15° peak

10°21°

How fish feed on it

Green-bodied, and available from early afternoon right through to dark, which makes it one of the more forgiving sedges to be caught out by. But Greenhalgh's note is the one to act on: trout will often select the rising pupa over the adult on the surface. If they are boiling under your dry rather than taking it, that is what is happening.

Flies that imitate this

Silver Sedge

Elk Hair Caddis

CDC Sedge

Ecology

Rivers & stillwater

Where you'll find this

British IslesPresent
IberiaPresent
The AlpsPresent
ScandinaviaPresent
Continental EuropePresent
Atlantic fringePresent

Present throughout

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