Hogan’s Yuba Pupa

Hogan’s Yuba Pupa, Tan/Olive

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Tying Instructions

1.Slide a Copper bead onto the hook and attach the hook to the vise. Secure the thread behind the bead

2. Attach a wire ribbing to the side of the hook shank.

3. Secure the wire ribbing along the side of the hook shank to the mid-point of the hook bend with touching thread wraps. Dub the thread with the tan mottled dubbing. Trap the first fibers against the shank with one tight wrap at the bend of the hook.

4. Twist the dubbing into a tight rope and wrap towards the bead. Wrap a tapered body as you approach the bead. Leave about a bead width of space open for the thorax and shroud.

5. Attach a piece of small Pearlescent tinsel onto the top of the shank behind the bead with the tage end over the bend of the hook.

6. Secure the tinsel as a flashback over the top of the abdomen with spirol wire wraps up to the bead. Secure the wire ribbing with thread wraps and “helicopter” the tag end of the wire for a clean break.

7. Trim off the tag end of the flashback material and apply a light olive Mottled Nymph dubbing to the thread loosely. Wrap the dubbing in front of the abdomen, stroking the material back toward the bend of the hook. Apply a second layer of a darker olive Mottled Nymph dubbing to the thread.

8. Wrap the dubbing in front of the light olive later for a thorax. Secure a strand of krystalflash for an underwing.

9. Place a dark goose biot on either side of the hook shank behind the bead. Adjust the biot length so that it does not exceed the length of the hook.

10. Trim off the tag end of the first biot and secure the second biot to the other side.

11. Trim off the tag end of the second biot and apply a brownish olive dubbing to the thread wrapping the dubbing behind the bead.

12. Secure a single strand of peacock herl just behind the bead.

13. Wrap the herl twice behind the bead and secure with thread wraps. Trim off the tag ends of the herl.

14. Apply a couple of half hitches behind the bead and trim off the thread.

15. The finished Yuba Pupa.

 

 

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Hook	Firehole 316 #14-18
Thread	Veevus Black 10/0
Head	3/32 Copper Bead
Flashback	Small Pearlescent Tinsel
Body	Hare's Ear Mottled Nymph dubbing
Thorax	Dark Olive Mottled Nymph Dubbing
Tail	Brown Goose Biots
Collar	Peacock Herl
Underwing	UV Tan Krystal Flash
Wingbuds	Mahogany Brown Goose Biots
Shroud	Mottled Nymph Dubbing, Hare's Ear, Light Olive, Dark Olive, and Mahogany
Ribbing	Copper Ultra Wire, Small

Hogan Brown

Hogan’s Yuba Pupa

This pattern is designed by fly fishing guide Hogan Brown of Chico, CA . Hogan is a signature fly tier for Rio Products and has designed a number of flies that are marketed throughout Sierran Flyshops. Since Hogan guides on the Yuba and Feather Rivers, many of his patterns have been tested within these waters.

One of his early patterns

The Yuba Pupa is one of Hogan’s earliest patterns, inspired by one of Jim Pettis patterns, the Pulsating Caddis, with the use of Antron as a shroud material. It is designed to swing as an emerger, drift as a pupa under an indicator, or dropped off a caddis dry as a dry dropper rig. It can also be used any time of the year that fish are looking for caddis pupae leading up to, during or after a caddis hatch.

Pattern Materials

The pattern was usually tied on a TMC 2488 but Hogan has preferred the Firehole 316 primarily for the straight eye and longer shank length. The straight eye is advantageous for swinging the fly. The body is composed of a Tan Mottled Nymph dubbing with a pearlescent flashback. The shroud is 4-5 layers of Mottled Nymph dubbing fibers proceeding from a lighter coloration to a darker coloration as you near the thorax.

The thorax is represented by the Dark Olive Mottled Nymph dubbing but is actually just another layer of the shroud layering. The wingbuds are represented by goose biots with a krystalflash underwing. The goose biots should always have a darker color than the body to stand out. Finally, the pattern has a peacock herl collar of just one strand with 1-2 wraps.

Hogan’s Yuba Pupa, Dark Olive

Hook	Firehole 316 #14-18
Thread	Veevus Black 10/0
Head	3/32 Copper Bead
Flashback	Small Pearlescent Tinsel
Body	Dark Olive Mottled Nymph dubbing
Thorax	Dark Olive Mottled Nymph Dubbing
Tail	Brown Goose Biots
Collar	Peacock Herl
Underwing	UV Tan Krystal Flash
Wingbuds	Mahogany Brown Goose Biots
Shroud	Mottled Nymph Dubbing, Light Olive, Dark Olive, and Mahogany
Ribbing	Copper Ultra Wire, Small