Doreen Sedge Pupa Nymph

Fishing Tips

Every fisherman's fly box should have some sedge pupa flies for these periods during the sedge season when there is very little evidence of surface activity.

Creator of this trout fly: Don Haaheim

Tier of this trout fly Type: Don Haaheim

Country of origin for this trout fly: Canada

This trout fly is designed on and fished on Still Water,

Pattern Dressings

The Doreen Lake sedge pupa is tied with a fairly thick dark green seal hair body. Start by fixing your tying thread to the hook shank and form a dubbing loop for an ample amount of seal hair. Twist the loop to get that frizzled perpendicular look of the hair and wind the loop from the hook bend to hook eye in a fairly large cigar shape, that is slightly thinner at the tail and head. An option is to add a gold mylar rib and also sometimes quite effective is a blue or light green wool rib to segment the body. Next, wind in one turn of brown pheasant feather to form a hackle at the hook eye so that it angles back when tied down. Clip the top fibres of pheasant feather off and then wind in a head using 4 strands of peacock herl. As you finish the head tie the herl down on the body side, that is away from the eye and allow the 4 strands to project back over the body to form the thorax or wing case. Clip the strands off at 1/4 inch, add some head cement and you have finished the Doreen Lake sedge pupa. Mustad 9671.