Lesson 8: BEADPUPA
Caddisfly pupas are
the summertime delicacy of fishes. Pupastage is the moment in the life
circle, when the insect is most vulnerable. Swimming to the surface and
changing the skin takes time and energy. A flyfisherman must learn to
recognize how fishes are rising to take pupas.When a fish takes a insect
from the surface the rising is splashing, but when it takes a pupa the
rising is careful almost like a small sip. You can see only a whirl
without breaking the surface.
Dressing:
Hook:
Wet #10-16
Head:
Golden bead
Tinsel:
Wire
Backbody: Fine antron
Legs:
Cockfeather herls
Frontbody: Peacock herl
Antennas: Stiff feather herls or
fine rubber
The beads have ahole in the middle. Put the smaller end of the hole
towards the eye of the hook.The bead makes the fly a little bit heavier
than a normal dressing and it imitates the gasbubble, which helps pupa to
rise on the surface.
Base the shank and fasten the wire.
Next we make dubbing in the way number one:
Take a small bunch of fine antron. Sretch the bunch and form a sparse,
long vail. Push the vail against the thread
Turn the vail round the thread and make a thin dubbingrope.
Basic mistake is to use too much dubbing and to make too thick dubbingrope.
Form the backbody with dubbing (about 2/3 of the shank). The backbody
should be largening forward.
Tie the ribbing with turns thinning forward. Fasten a small bunch of
cockherls under the hook in front of the backbody to imitate the legs.
Make the frontbody with peacock herls. If You
want to make antennas, tie one pheasant tail herl on both sides of the
head pointing backwards on the back.
With very fine rubber You can replace
herl-antennas.
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