My goodness! Have you ever seen a three masted sailing ship afloat. I was mesmerized when I put this fly on a smooth stretch of water and watched it get tickled by the currents. It flirted and flitted along for a distance and brought a trout from 5 feet of water! Wop, it hit it. More fish followed.

It's a Preska Sedge. A product of Theo Preskaviec. The fly rewarded me after I read about it in Charles Ritz's book, A Fly Fisher's Life in the 1970's. I still pull it out and give it a shot over deep water once in awhile.

Preskaviec owned a fly shop outside Paris in the 30's. I have never found a whole lot of information of him, but he did influence me, he put forth the idea that soft hackle floated the dry fly better than the stiff cock hackles being so often recommended by the current thinking. Some of my caddis fly imitations have since had a combination of both stiff hackle and a face of soft hackle. They have worked great for me.



An older, vintage fly, but it's worth your consideration.