Killer Tups softhackle

[Ruard]

William has challenged me about the Killer Tups .

So here it is:



And here is the brush you need:



As I do not have a Tup nor the hair of the scrotum of a Tup so I use a mix of dubbing and I do not have the real 477 so I substituted it with the 477 from Veniard and that looks pretty good.

Hook: Emerger #10, it looks like a stonefly hook.
Thread: Danvilles 6/0 Claret
Brush: red copper wire with tups dubbing
Rib: corded 477 sub
Hackle: Golden Plover

So who is next with a Tups Killer or something like that???


Greeting


Ruard

[letumgo]

That is awesome! Great job Ruard. I will see what I can come up with too.

[Smuggler]

Incredible Ruard.

[William Anderson]

Ruard, I'd fish that with high hopes. Nice blend. Now the wheels are turning and I've got a couple directions. I'll try to get something together later. You set the bar high. The red wire as a brush is a nice interpretation. I'm trying to figure out how to bring those two pattens together. Nice job.

w

[tie2fish]

Great imagination, Ruard, and excellent tying.

[Old Hat]

That is killer!
...and a bit tups.

Very creative Ruard. Another pattern Trifecta. Tups, killer bug yarn and Plover.

[DUBBN]

Gorgeous!

[PhilA]

I like it!

[Ruard]

Thank you all for the nice words. I think I shall try this fly when I go to Norway in June.

Greeting

Ruard

[Ruard]

Trying to tie another Killer Tups with the same materials as the first one.

The body is 477 sub with a reinforcement of a red copper wire and the thorax a brush with Tups dubbing and red copper wire made on my dubbing block:




Greeting


Ruard