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RIO's Hogan Yuba Pupa

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Reference Recipe

  • Hook Curved caddis/pupa hook (Dai-Riki 135 or similar), 12-16
  • Thread Black 6/0

Materials

  • Slotted tungsten bead Copper bead (7/64" (1 bead))
  • Lead-free wire, .015 Silver lead free wire (underbody)
  • Ultra Wire, small Copper wire (1 strand)
  • Flat tinsel Pearl mylar tinsel (1 strand (flashback))
  • Rabbit dubbing Tan dubbing (pinch)
  • Krystal Flash Pearl flashabou (few strands)
  • Ice Dub Olive ice dub (pinch (shroud))
  • Goose biots Natural/brown goose biots (2 (wing stubs))
  • Peacock herl or Ice Dub Peacock ice dub (thorax)

How to tie it

  1. Start black thread behind the eye and wrap a short underbody of fine lead-free wire over the front two-thirds; leave the rear third bare so the abdomen stays slim.
  2. At the point tie in small copper wire for the rib and a strip of pearl tinsel to serve as a flashback.
  3. Dub a tapered abdomen of tan rabbit forward to the 65% mark.
  4. Fold the pearl tinsel forward over the top as a flashback and pin it, then counter-wrap the copper rib forward in 5-6 open turns and tie off.
  5. Tie a short goose biot to each side as splayed wing stubs, angled down alongside the body and no longer than the hook gap.
  6. Tie in a few pearl Krystal Flash and a collar of olive Ice Dub as the 'shroud', sweep it back to veil the abdomen, mimicking the gas-bubble sheath of a hatching pupa.
  7. Dub a peacock (or peacock Ice Dub) thorax to the bead, whip finish behind the bead, and cement.

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