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Some say caddisflies are even more important than mayflies, and they are probably right. The angling world has taken a while to come to terms with this blasphemy. Caddis imitations are close to receiving their fare share of time on the end of the tippet, but too many anglers still assume all caddisflies are pretty much the same.

Caddis species actually provide as much incentive to learn their specifics as the mayflies do. There is just as much variety in their emergence and egg-laying behaviors, and as many patterns and techniques are needed to match them. Anglers are hampered only by the relative lack of information about caddisfly behavior and identification. Read more...

Neophylax (Autumn Mottled Sedges) Caddisfly Adult (20 Pictures)

Rhyacophila fuscula (Green Sedge) Caddisfly Larva (11 Pictures)

Brachycentrus (Grannoms) Caddisfly Pupa (10 Pictures)

Dicosmoecus gilvipes (October Caddis) Caddisfly Nymph (3 Pictures)

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