Hi
A very interesting program on BBC radio about the Malham Tarn sedge.

BBC iPlayer - The Living World: Malham Caddisfly

Cheers

Steve

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Stephen Cheetham GAIC ADB
www.fishingwithstyle.co.uk

Nice one, thanks for that Steve.

Hi', An interesting link, which I followed on the 30th; but I think Ian Wallace is wrong about Malham Tarn being the highest lake in England. I thought Red Tarn, Helvellyn, was, at 2,356ft above sea level. It has brown trout, which I have caught on fly.
The anglers' name, 'Sedge Fly'. As a lad I was told that it got its name as a result of acending sedge plant stalks in order to leave the water -- that was if it could find one. My informant was probably talking about caddis flies on still waters. Any thoughts, anyone? Jada
PS I was told the spikes on its legs helped it to climb. Were my legs being pulled, do you think?

Have wondered on the etymology of "sedge" with regard to the fly myself, just took another look. The shorter Oxford isn't particularly helpful, listing sedge as short for sedge fly, chiefly to describe the silver sedge, first ref. 1889. Goes on to say it's a caddis or mayfly. Not an amazingly diligent bit of research there.

You certainly find a great number of caddis flies in the riparian sedge so maybe that characteristic gave rise to its common name in the same way that other flies are given habitat related names such as the house fly. Butterflies can be ruled out from that category....

Caddis apparantly describes the pupa, derived from the contemptuous term cadbait (see cad...) or codbait (1622) . Angling was ever thus.

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