Any tips for identifying and using October caddis?

[PaScoGi]

Does PA get an October Caddis hatch? Are they similar to other caddis, just with an orange body. All the tying videos I saw on you tube were basic elk hair caddis with some type of orange body with brown hackle.

Any input would be appreciated, thanks!

 

[afishinado]

HTH >

http://www.troutnut.com/common-name/382/October-Caddisflies

 

[redietz]

afishinado wrote:
HTH >

http://www.troutnut.com/common-name/382/October-Caddisflies

That's the western version. In our area, the Great Brown Autumn Sedge is usually called an October caddis (Trout Nut is fighting a losing battle about insisting that only the western ones be called October caddis.)

Great Brown Autumn Sedge

Big Spring has a good hatch of them; they last into mid-November.

Gink&Gasoline has an informative article on them:

A Closer Look at the October Caddis

 

[afishinado]

Here's a past thread about October Caddis aka Great Brown Autumn Sedges

GBAS