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Green/Brown Emergent Sparkle Pupa
Tied by Dave Homrok |
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Emergent Wing: Deer body hair
Originator: Gary LaFontaine
Underbody: Mix of 2/3 bright green craft fur and 1/3 olive Antron yarn
Overbody: Olive Antron yarn
Head: Spun dark brown fur or marabou
Hook: Standard dry fly hook
Thread: To match head
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| Tying Instructions |
Preparation of dubbing blend: Cut craft fur and antron yarn into very short segments; I try to keep it around 1/4 to 1/8 of an inch long (3 to 6 mm). Pop it into a coffee bean grinder and whirl away!
- Tie on towards the rear of the shank and wrap back to where the bend begins.
- Take a 2 inch (5cm) section of antron yarn and comb it out, attach to top of hook.
with 4 or 5 tight wraps of thread leaving the excess hanging out over the rear of the hook.
- Take a second section of antron, prepared the same way, and attach it to the top of the hook.. As you wrap backward to tie it in, rotate the yarn so that by the time you reach the bend of the hook, the second section is on the underside of the hook. Snip the butts of both the top and bottom segments.
- Now to dub the body: Apply lots of wax on the thread. Pick up your dubbing mix and just touch it to the thread, the idea being to create a very sparse dubbed body. Don't twist it in your fingers....you'll ruin the effect. Wrap about 2/3 of the way up the shank. Any excess dubbing can be easily picked off the thread.
- The overbody: Give the top strand of antron a quick flairing comb through. Pull it over the top of the underbody leaving 3 or 4 individual strands hanging off the end of the hook, these form a type of tail (for lack of a better word) that create a little trail of air bubbles behind it as the fly floats through the water which make the fly more attractive. Tie the top strand down with a couple of wraps of thread; not too tightly though. Now do the same for the bottom strand, again lash it down but not too tightly. Take your dubbing needle or scissors tips and gently lift up the overbody to create kind of a balloon around the underbody. This balloon acts as an air bubble trap, just like emerging pupae have! Now you can tighten the overbody down with some tight wraps. Trim the "tail" to about 1/2 inch (13mm).
- Attach the deer hair wing. I start with one loose wrap, then progressively tighter wraps to secure it down. Then I wrap a few turns through the butts to really secure it in place. It's Ok if you can't trim them super close. You can use a hair stacker or not, I've heard/read LaFontaine recommend both ways, so whatever you like is fine.
- Dub a little dark brown fur and wrap it over those deer hair butts to make a head. You could also take a few strands of marabou and twist it into a rope and tie that on for the head.
- Whip finish and voila!
A Note: you can use a variety of color combinations to match your local fishing conditions. For really good explanations on how to tie/fish them get Gary's LaFontaine's book called Caddisflies...not a plug, just a good read!
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