CaddisflyHydropsyche spp. (spotted sedge)

Caddisfly

Hydropsyche spp. (spotted sedge)
Peak: May–SeptemberCaddisMost important by volume

Caddis are the steady food source of the Deschutes. Net-spinning larvae are everywhere on the bottom, and summer evenings bring clouds of egg-laying adults. In fall the big October caddis shows up too.

Best flies for caddisfly on this river

Adult
Elk Hair Caddis
Evening egg-layers
X-Caddis
Fish refusing high-floating dries
LaFontaine Sparkle Pupa
Swung or dead-drifted before the hatch
Soft hackle (partridge & green)
Swung through riffles
Adult
October Caddis (orange)
Sept–Oct for the large fall caddis

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