Ellis Hatch's Hatching pupa

[Hunter Dan]

Heard a lot about this pattern but have never seen it - at least if I did I didn't know that was what it was.

Is it a caddis pupa or a midge pupa pattern?

Anybody got a pic?

[Hunyak]

I have also been looking for the pattern, but I cant find it anywhere? Anyone have it?

[Owl's Roost]

Here is the recipe:

Hook: Mustad 9671; Tiemco 3761: Daiichi 1710 - in sizes #12 - #18, 2X long
Thread: Brown or Uni-Thread Camel 8/0
Tail: 5 or 6 lemon wood duck barbules ( gap length beyond the bend )
Body: stripped peacock quill ( cover with head cement after you apply rib )
Rib: fine red wire on natural, green on olive and copper on brown
Thorax: peacock herl
Legs: hungarian partridge wound as a wet fly collar. two or three wraps extending back not quite to the hook point

The fly is a soft hackle pattern, but the key is the body. Getting the fine wire is the hard part. For the smaller sizes you need a 38 gauge wire. If you make some bodies and cement them up and let them dry before you start the thorax you can do it without getting the partridge all gooed up. The quill comes from the blue section of the eye of the pecock. It can easily be stripped by using an eraser. Wrap so that the quill doesn't overlap. Try to get that nice cream then brown segmented look.

I've got a picture around here somewhere but it's a bit hectic right now. Sorry!

[rusty mustads]

here's a pic, to accompany the recipe

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v176/harrisnmo/fnhatchingpupa.jpg

[Hunter Dan]

thanks for the info and pic . . . looks pretty easy to tie and I've got everything right now except the yellow(lemon) wood duck - which I need to get anyway 'cause Hex season is almost here and I have to tie up some more flies to get me through until mid July!

[skilly]

Dick Talluers book "Fishing Trout Flies for the 21st Century" has the Ellis Hatch Pupa receipe, but had not been named before printing.