Grantham Sedge wake fly in the mouth of this beautiful BC steelhead – Angler behind the fish Mr Ron Grantham. The rod: A split cane rod of Mr Grantham’s design fitted with a Hardy St. Andrew reel. A super stylish photo taken by Mr Chris Purcell

Ron lives in Port Moody, British Columbia, Canada – he builds custom split cane rods and has been fly fishing and tying flies for + 40 years. His passion is fishing remote BC rivers for summer-run steelhead using floating fly lines and skating… Grantham Sedge flies.

The Grantham Sedge, the superior wake fly

Left: Grantham Sedge tied by Ron

The Grantham Sedge: A surface fly is known on all Steelhead rivers in North America – A caddisfly imitation that brings a steelhead to the top. The dubbing used on the original Grantham Sedge is: Arizona Simi Seal dubbing, colour # 19 Canadian Brown

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Tied on a Riffling Hitch tube

The fly has a hole in the belly – The hole is for the leader  – this creates an angle that will make the fly pull effortlessly to the surface. This Grantham Sedge fitted with an Owner Chinu # 4 hook

The Riffling Hitch tube system allows for multiple choice of hook and hooks setting: On the picture, the hook is turned upwards – It could just as well have been turned downwards – a bit like fine-tuning a plug. This way of altering details in the movement pattern of the fly is something Riffling Hitch anglers in Scandinavia do when fishing tiny Riffling Hitch tube flies for salmon.

Grantham Sedge, a wake fly with a delicate wake

Fly fishing for steelhead is often associated with flies fished on the surface. Even though top-water fishing is only possible for a limited time during the steelhead season, anglers will gear up for these precious days of superior fly fishing. A wake fly like the Grantham Sedge will be part of any steelhead anglers box and a line of other specialized surface flies.

Buy flies from the Skate & Wake series. 

Buy the ARIZONA SEMI SEAL used for the Grantham Sedge

Lodge manager and steelheader par excellence: Chad Black from Nicholas Dean Lodge participated in developing the Fishmadman Wake & Skate fly series. Here is a picture of one of several fish Chad had on his day off from the lodge (the office)

Chad wrote us: I’m happy to report that the hitched tube patterns have got a lot of use with our guests and have been very, very productive. I raised 6 Steelhead the other day on the Grantham Sedge Tube and Steelhead Beetle Tube and landed 4 !  Thanks again for a great product!