Almanac for 2026 · No. 10 · Autumn, October

Curamenti

A slow almanac of the fly rod

The hatch chart · Caddis

Sedges

Trichoptera

Fig. A caddis or sedge (Trichoptera): hairy wings folded like a tent, no tails.
Natural’s size
Hook 10–16
Time of day
Dusk and into dark
At its peak
June, July, August, September
Fly to try
Elk Hair Caddis or Klinkhåmer, size 12–14

The year

  1. JJanuary: not expected
  2. FFebruary: not expected
  3. MMarch: not expected
  4. AApril: not expected
  5. MMay: some about
  6. JJune: main hatch
  7. JJuly: main hatch
  8. AAugust: main hatch
  9. SSeptember: main hatch
  10. OOctober: some about
  11. NNovember: not expected
  12. DDecember: not expected

In the hand

Moth-like flies with four hairy wings folded in a tent over the body and long antennae pointing forward. No tails. Colours run from pale cinnamon to dark brown, sizes from 8 to 25 mm. They flutter rather than drift.

On the river

Larvae live on the riverbed, many in cases of sand or twigs. Adults hatch mostly in the evening; splashy rises near the banks at dusk are trout chasing pupae and scuttling adults.

Flies that match it

Elk Hair Caddis

Dry · hook 12–16

Klinkhåmer Special

Emerger · hook 10–16

Deep Sparkle Pupa

Nymph · hook 12–16

Stimulator

Dry · hook 8–14

Green Rock Worm

Nymph · hook 12–16