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BH Deep Sparkle Pupa
Tied by Gary LaFontaine |
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Hook: 6-20 (standard dry fly, TMC 100)
Head: Fur or marabou fibers
Underbody: Half sparkle yarn and half fur (chopped very fine and mixed in a blender; applied sparse and fuzzy to the thread with a method called Touch Dubbing)
Weight: Lead wire (optional-all of my own Deep Pupa patterns have lead on the shank
Wing pads: Soft hackle fibers (on each side of the overbody)
Overbody: Sparkle yarn
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| Tying Instructions |
Tying Steps
Slip a metal bead on the hook before tying.
- Step 1. Seperate two piles of the four ply yarn; comb out a short piece of each ply and tie one in on the top of the hook bend and one in on the bottom (use less than a ply on top and bottom for hooks smaller than size 12); let the plies dangle for the moment.
- Step 2. Use the Touch Method to dub the underbody.
- Step 3. Pull the top ply forward, spreading it around the top half of the shank, and pull the bottom ply forward, spreading it around the bottom half of the shank; loosen the tied-down fibers until the overbody is a filmy, baggy sheath and then trim the stubs.
- Step 4. Tie in soft hackle fibers along both sides of the body.
- Step 5. Dub a head. Whip finish.
The angler can (and should) carry colors to match the major caddisflies of his local waters. The four main variations are the Brown and Yellow (rusty yellow overbody and underbody/brown wing pads/brown head), Brown and Bright Green (green overbody and underbody/brown wing pads/brown head), Ginger (ginger overbody and underbody/ginger wing pads/tan head), and Dark Gray (dark gray overbody and underbody/gray wing pads/gray head). For my part of the country a size 8 Brown and Orange (orange overbody and underbody/brown wing pads/brown head) is indispensable in the fall when the Giant Orange Sedge (Dicosmoecus sp.) appears on our rivers. |
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