The Glitter Pupa is an effective nymph able to imitate a trichopter pupa, which is casting off its juvenile skin: the fluffy dubbing of its thorax can appear similar to the rests of pupal “dress”. For this reason, the Glitter Pupa is very alluring for those fish that are feeding at the upper levels of the river, especially if is used during the hatching of sedges that at the pupa stage take on an ivory or cream coloration.
Several are the fishing strategies that we can put into practice with this artificial, as the Glitter Pupa is useful for tempting the trout both with the “sighting fishing”, casting the fly upstream, or with the “blinding fishing”, exploring the river step by step with downstream casts: in this case can be often productive to load the reel on our rod with a sinking line, so we can send deeply the imitation, getting its right presentation, also in the fast flowing waters.
Several are the fishing strategies that we can put into practice with this artificial, as the Glitter Pupa is useful for tempting the trout both with the “sighting fishing”, casting the fly upstream, or with the “blinding fishing”, exploring the river step by step with downstream casts: in this case can be often productive to load the reel on our rod with a sinking line, so we can send deeply the imitation, getting its right presentation, also in the fast flowing waters.
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INSTRUCTIONS
I start to prepare my nymph by fixing the hook on the vice jay and tying on the tan thread, which I use to bind in, close to the bend, a short piece of fine oval gold tinsel
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I wax a short section of thread and I distribute on it a small quantity of polypropylene dyed of cream or ivory colour, forming a compact and consistent dubbing. After that, I wrap the dubbing around the two rear thirds of the hook shank
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With wide turns of the fine oval gold tinsel around the abdomen, I realise the ribbing
I cut off a section of fibres from a pheasant tail feather and I tie in it in front of the abdomen, placing it in order that it extends backwards over the body. Next, using the dubbing spinner, I form a loop with the thread and I insert in it a consistent pinch of polypropylene dyed of burned orange, realising a fluffy rope
I make a few turns of the dubbing spinner, so to build a downy rope, and I wrap it around the front third of the hook shank to create the fly thorax
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push the pheasant fibres forwards, placing them to cover the upper part
of the thorax, and I secure them just behind the hook eye, so to
represent the elytrum
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I realise the fly head with a few turns of the tan thread, which is finished with a whip-finish and a drop of clear glue. The Glitter Pupa is ready now to be used in the next fishing trip, helping me to tempt a trout that is feeding just below the surface on trichopter pupas with whitish colours
MATERIALS LIST
HOOK: Grub size14 to 8
THREAD: tan
ABDOMEN: polypropylene ivory dyed
RIBBING: fine oval gold tinsel
THORAX: polypropylene burned orange dyed
ELYTRUM: pheasant tail feather fibres
THREAD: tan
ABDOMEN: polypropylene ivory dyed
RIBBING: fine oval gold tinsel
THORAX: polypropylene burned orange dyed
ELYTRUM: pheasant tail feather fibres
