Pattern Name: Sedgehog
Pattern Tied by: Steve Welitoff

Recipe for Sedehog
Hook: Size 8 -12 Curved nymph 2xLong
Thread: To match body color
Body: Seal’s fur (sub: any dubbing) in Olive, Orange, Black
Wing: Multiple sections of deerhair
Head: Spun deerhair in the “Muddler” style

The Sedgehog is the invention of U.K. fly fishing author Stan Headley. Looking like a little hedgehog, but designed to imitate a Caddis (or “Sedge”) this fly incorporates some fundamental deerhair techniques. Despite all of the deerhair, the use of seal’s fur as a dubbing tends to pull the fly into, or under, the surface film if left untreated with floatant. Once treated, however, this pattern floats high and long. Rig a Black Buzzer 18 – 24 inches off the rear and fish it slow.