Bosnian SupaPupa Selection - from Barbless Flies
Over the last couple of months I've seen a certain fly name crop up on various forums across the world - it's called a SupaPupa. It seems to be taking both the USA and Eastern Europe by storm.
The SupaPupa I'm referring to is a fly - a Swedish pattern developed back in 1977 by fly-tyer Lennart Bergquist, who was on Norway's River Rena studying hatching caddis and started developing a swimming pupa imitation to match what he was seeing. The fly took a few years to find its final shape - early versions tried to copy the natural pupa's wing buds and legs, but by the early '80s it had settled into the much simpler form it's tied in today.
Bergquist himself called it the "Floating Pupa," but a friend of his tried it, realised what he had on his hands, and renamed it Superpuppan - the Super Pupa. The name stuck, and so has the fly it's always been hugely popular in Sweden and Denmark, and has now made its way into North American and Eastern European fly boxes too. However, it's nowhere near as widely fished here as it deserves to be - we're aiming to alter that!
We've just received these from 'our man in Bosnia' - after his hearty recommendation - apparently they are taking over Eastern Europe!
The hook he's used is the size 16 AHREX FW505 - short in shank but seriously strong, so you've got a compact, natural profile without giving up anything when a proper trout decides to test it. The trimmed palmered hackle/legs are premium Whiting Grizzly hackle, tied dense, because a pupa without lively, mobile legs is just a lump of dubbing - the movement on the surface of the water is what does the work.
Our Bosnian SupaPupa Selection is only available as a selection of 12, 3 each of 4 distinct patterns:
These flies are only available as a selection. Just click on "add to cart", you can then adjust the quantities in your cart.
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Bosnian SupaPupa Selection - from Barbless Flies
Over the last couple of months I've seen a certain fly name crop up on various forums across the world - it's called a SupaPupa. It seems to be taking both the USA and Eastern Europe by storm.
The SupaPupa I'm referring to is a fly - a Swedish pattern developed back in 1977 by fly-tyer Lennart Bergquist, who was on Norway's River Rena studying hatching caddis and started developing a swimming pupa imitation to match what he was seeing. The fly took a few years to find its final shape - early versions tried to copy the natural pupa's wing buds and legs, but by the early '80s it had settled into the much simpler form it's tied in today.
Bergquist himself called it the "Floating Pupa," but a friend of his tried it, realised what he had on his hands, and renamed it Superpuppan - the Super Pupa. The name stuck, and so has the fly it's always been hugely popular in Sweden and Denmark, and has now made its way into North American and Eastern European fly boxes too. However, it's nowhere near as widely fished here as it deserves to be - we're aiming to alter that!
We've just received these from 'our man in Bosnia' - after his hearty recommendation - apparently they are taking over Eastern Europe!
The hook he's used is the size 16 AHREX FW505 - short in shank but seriously strong, so you've got a compact, natural profile without giving up anything when a proper trout decides to test it. The trimmed palmered hackle/legs are premium Whiting Grizzly hackle, tied dense, because a pupa without lively, mobile legs is just a lump of dubbing - the movement on the surface of the water is what does the work.
Our Bosnian SupaPupa Selection is only available as a selection of 12, 3 each of 4 distinct patterns:
These flies are only available as a selection. Just click on "add to cart", you can then adjust the quantities in your cart.
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