sedge fly

British

noun

an angler's name for various caddis flies, notably the grey sedge, the murragh, and the cinnamon sedge

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Rhythmically, without haste, it sucked down a floating sedge fly and sank back under water.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

The fish rose best to a gray-winged sedge fly, when thrown high over the water and falling slowly and softly near the reeds.

From A Danish Parsonage by Vicary, John Fulford

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