Chartreuse Pupa

[Hans Weilenmann]

Chartreuse Pupa
Hook: Sprite Grub #12 (or equivalent scud hook)
Thread: Benecchi 12/0, black
Rib: Ostrich, dyed olive
Body: Gudebrod G waxed nylon, chartreuse - coated with clear varnish
Collar: Pine squirrel guard hair, dyed brown-olive - in split thread

Note: Ostrich rib wrapped over wet varnish.

Cheers,
Hans W

[letumgo]

Oooo, that's lovely! Nice and buggy.

Question - Have you done much fishing with flies that like this? I am curious about the durability of the abdomen section (ostrich herl wrapped over the wet varnish). I had used the same construction on some recent swap flies. I had wrapped peacock sword fibers over wet head cement, as a way of reinforcing the rib of the fly. Unfortunately, I have never fished with them, to know how durable the resulting flies are.

[Hans Weilenmann]

Ray,

Ostrich herl, single one, will never be the most durable of materials. The wet varnish approach (or UV resin - much faster, but more expensive) works well enough to secure the barb (most would refer to it as the quill, but I do not believe that to be accurate) but the barbules, the 'flue', are on their own

Cheers,
Hans W