Tups-var

[Ruard]

I call it a Tups but it realy is a Tups-var.

Hook: Drennan Super specialist no 10
Thread: Pearsall silk yellow
Thorax: Tups dubbing: mix of 50% hare from the belly, red sealsfur (sub) 25%, yellow synthetic fibers 25%
Hackle: Whiting Brahma hen Golden straw

I wonder if anyone else ties a Tups and how do you mix your dubbing. I mixed mine with an old coffee-blender

[VERN-O]

tups tups tups tups....love it.....this fly is always a favorite for me to tie

[RnF]

Very nice Ruard.

[letumgo]

Excellent! One of my favorite patterns, too.

[DNicolson]

A very nice fly Ruard, there are a lot of versions of the Tup's mixture.
T he original is a bit problematical, unless you know a very laid back ram.
I did a bit of research on this subject a couple of years ago.
I got the most info from Courtney Williams book "Dictionary of Trout Flies" [1950].
He was in contact with Skues, who had advised Austin to ad a little red dubbing.
I have the results some where, I'll dig them out.

Only criticism, your picture size was a bit much for my on-line connection -
4.4MB for a picture?

[DNicolson]

I have found the info. It was on my web-site, forgot to put it on the menu.
http://www.dtnicolson.dial.pipex.com/page187.html
There are 3 or 4 pages.

[Ruard]

A very nice fly Ruard, there are a lot of versions of the Tup's mixture.


Only criticism, your picture size was a bit much for my on-line connection -
4.4MB for a picture?

Hi Donald,

Sorry for the size of teh picture, it is actually 1 MB but for a line connection pretty big indeed. thank you for the research on the original. I am wondering what evrybody uses if you cannot get the original

Thank you all for the kind words about my Tup's. I got a trout on it last weekend and also a rainbow on a little PHT and golden plover.

[DNicolson]

Ruard, your mixture is as good as I've seen
Some of the Tup's for sale are a sort of baby doll pink fuzz, Yech!!!!