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FrankcozMarch 27th, 2008, 4:31 am
Posts: 1Seems 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?
JADMarch 27th, 2008, 6:33 am
Alexandria Pa

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I think you have the right idea, I tie it with Golden stone fly dub with a peacock head size 18 and 20 .

John


They fasten red (crimson red) wool around a hook, and fix onto the wool two feathers which grow under a cock’s wattles, and which in colour are like wax.
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MartinlfMarch 27th, 2008, 3:55 pm
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Palmyra PA

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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.
"He spread them a yard and a half. 'And every one that got away is this big.'"

--Fred Chappell
ZapMarch 28th, 2008, 5:53 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
GONZOApril 5th, 2008, 6:53 pm
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"Bear Swamp," PA

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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.
PeregrinesApril 5th, 2012, 12:59 pm
Posts: 2A couple years too late for the original poster by for others that might be curious....

As Gonzo points out emerging pupae have the color of the adult. For imitating the Chimera hatch LaFontaine recommends:
Larva: Yellow caddis larva
Pupa: Black Deep or Black Emergent Sparkle Pupa
Adult: Black Dancing Caddis or Thompson's Foam Caddis
Egg layer: Black Diving Caddis

mark
EntomanApril 5th, 2012, 3:08 pm
Northern CA & ID

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Mark,

As Gonzo points out emerging pupae have the color of the adult

You left out a very important part of that quote. Freshly hatched adults are very different in color from the adults that have been around awhile. It's the latter trout usually see most often.
"It's not that I find fishing so important, it's just that I find all other endeavors of Man equally unimportant... And not nearly as much fun!" Robert Traver, Anatomy of a Fisherman

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