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Deep Sparkle Pupa
Hook: Mustad 94840 or any dry fly hook
Underbody; 1/2 Antron yarn (olive, green, brown, tan, yellow)1/2 Haretron dubbing to match caddis (brown, amber, dark gray, ginger)
Overbody: Antron yarn to match underbody dubbing
Wing: Wood Duck fibers
Head: Dubbing (black, brown, rust)

TYING INSTRUCTIONS:

(Note: Steps 2-16 and 19-21 are the same for both flies)

1. DEEP PUPA ONLY: Weight straight portion of the hook shank by tying in wire along the underside of the shank and wrapping the rest of the wire around the shank.

2. START EMERGENT PUPA HERE: To start the overbody, separate one ply from the four-ply yarn (and for very small flies even pull the single ply in half).

3. Completely fray one end of the yarn piece with a fine-toothed comb (either a No. 9 Ace comb or a mustache comb)
4. Spread the strands sparsely on top of the hook shank.
5. Tie down the strands at the bend of the hook.
6. Trim the stubs over shank (leave the frayed piece dangling off the rear of the hook for the moment).
7. Repeat the procedure for steps 2-5 and tie down a second ply of yarn to the bottom side of the hook bend and leave this second piece of yarn dangle off the rear of the hook.
8. Dub the chopped blend of sparkle yarn and fur onto the thread for the underbody.
9. Wind the body three-fourths of the way up the shank.
10. Pick out the thin underbody to make it shaggy.
11. Pull the top strands of Sparkle Yarn overbody forward.
12. Spread the strands evenly and sparsely over the top half of the underbody.
13. Tie down the strands in front of the underbody.
14. Repeat 11-13. Tie down the strands on the bottom of the shank.
15. The overbody now covers the entire underbody in a sparse envelope—the key word is sparse. Before trimming the excess stubs in front of the tie off, take a dubbing needle and pull the overbody even looser.
16. Trim the stub.

17. DEEP PUPA ONLY: HACKLE: Tie in a few long wisps of soft hackle fibers, allowing them to sweep back along the lower half of the fly on each side.

18:.EMERGENT PUPA ONLY: WING: With a scissors point, pull free some of the strands of the overbody so that they dangle off the back. On the Emergent imitation this represents the loosening sheath of the emerging pupa. Clip body hairs from a deer skin and Level the tips in a hair tamper. Tie a short wing on top of the hook with the hair. Trim the stubs.

19. Tie in four or five strands of marabou for the head
20. Wrap the strands clockwise onto the thread (forming a rope).
21. Wind the covered thread to the eye. Whip-finish and cement thread.

Tying steps adopted from Gary LaFontaine’s book, Caddisflies.