Pupa color?

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Chimarra (Little Black Sedges) Caddisfly Larva (6 Pictures)

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Frankcoz	March 27th, 2008, 7:31 am
Posts: 2	Seems like dead drifting the pupa pattern during the emergence time is a good way to fish this before the adults are on the water. Does the pupa retain the orange color of the larva or do they have the color of the adult?
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JAD	March 27th, 2008, 9:33 am
Butler--- Western Pa Posts: 157	I think you have the right idea, I tie it with Golden stone fly dub with a peacock head size 18 and 20 . John
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Martinlf	March 27th, 2008, 6:55 pm
Palmyra PA Posts: 903	I think the pupa itself is dark. For the larvae orange or golden is great, for the pupa I like a little peacock and starling wet fly.
	Louis Is it not an art to deceive a trout with an artificial fly? A trout! that is more sharp-sighted than any hawk . . . and more watchful and timorous than your high-mettled merlin is bold! --Izaak Walton The Compleat Angler

Zap	March 28th, 2008, 8:53 pm
Call it albany ny Posts: 4	I've had some luck with a small 18 quill larva. It appears somewhat tannish --with a brown head and ginger hackle. I'm not sure if it's the pupa for the chimmara but it 's gotten some fish during the time thses flies are to be expected. I used stems from hen hackles for the body. TZ

Frankcoz	April 3rd, 2008, 11:13 am
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GONZO	April 5th, 2008, 9:53 pm
"Bear Swamp," PA Posts: 866	Frankcoz, as a good general rule, the body color of a caddisfly pupa will be about the same as that of a freshly hatched adult. This is because what fly fishers call a "pupa" is technically a pharate adult. However, it is also good to keep in mind that caddisfly adults often darken considerably over time, so "aged" specimens shouldn't be used as models for pupal patterns.