Insect Order Trichoptera (The Roof Winged Fly)
The Red and Cinnamon Sedges
Materials:
- Hook: 10 and 12.
- Body: Red: Red seals fur, Cinnamon: Cinnamon
seals fur.
- Hackles: Red: Medium game cock (palmered);
Cinnamon: Light brown or ginger cock (palmered.)
- Rib: Fine gold wire.
- Wing: Any dark mottled feather, Grouse, Turkey, or
similar red version. For cinnamon use even coloured light brown
feather.
For the wing, stick to 3m or buff tape and cut to shape. The wing
is tied in 1/3 of the hook length back from the eye, in order that
extra cock hackle can be tied in.
The following diagram shows the method:
Tight lines!
~ The Highlander
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