[Tarkin]

Was out fishing today and saw what appeared a huge bright orange october caddis... Is this an anomaly, or is it common for these to come out in June??

Never mind, thinking it might have been a salmon fly.... never saw one here before.

 

[gigharborflyfisher]

I would be guessing that it was probably a sedge, hard to say though...

 

[Poopy McButtfart]

Never mind, thinking it might have been a salmon fly.... never saw one here before.

Definitely an Atlantic Salmon.... fly

 

[Panhandle]

It wasn't a october caddis. As Gig stated, probably a big sedge.

 

[Preston]

Terminology? Sedge is a term commonly used by our neighbors to the north to describe caddis. One of the common names for the October caddis, even here, is "Giant Orange Sedge". Aside from that, spring hatches of October caddis do occur and, in fact are quite common on some rivers; notably the Metolius.

 

[Out of Here]

There are large cased caddis present in the lower Yakima right now, ranging from 3/4" to 1" in length (cased). The larvae are cream-colored with brown heads/thorax.

 

[Preston]

Those would be October caddis (Dicosmoecus gilvipes) in the last stages of their two-year lives as larvae. In August they will secure themselves down among the rocks for a period of diapause prior to undergoing pupation beginning at the end of September. October caddis are unusual in that they do undergo a natural period of drift at this time of the year when they abandon their next-to-final cases and drift downstream during the afternoons in June and July, before building the final cases in which they will pupate; an opportunity which few anglers take advantage of.

 

[Out of Here]

That's the one Preston.