FLY
Soft Hackle Wet Fly
Tups Indispensable
Tied by Christian Andrews
Tups Indispensable recipe
| Hook | #10 - 16 nymph |
|---|---|
| Thread | yellow silk (floss) |
| Tail | blue dun hen barbs |
| Body | thread (floss) |
| Thorax | pink dubbing |
| Hackle | blue dun hen |
About this fly
using the recipe and description in The Soft-Hackled Wet Fly by Sylvester Nemes
What the Tups Indispensable imitates
- Soft hackle / North Country spider / flymph / wet fly
Where the Tups Indispensable came from
- Popularized by G.E.M. Skues, 1910, England. Used it dry and wet; found it a better nymph than Greenwell's Glory for bulging fish.Source: Skues, Minor Tactics of the Chalk Stream (1910)
- Described by G.E.M. Skues, 1934, England. Published the secret dubbing after Miss Austin retired.Source: SWTU: Tup's Indispensable (Skues), citing Flyfishers' Club Journal 1934
- Named by G.E.M. Skues, England. Skues proposed the name; Austin reluctantly accepted.Source: Global FlyFisher: Tup's Indispensable
- Originated by R.S. Austin, Tiverton, Devon. Dubbing invented by Austin, angler and fly-dresser of Tiverton; latest invention of a West-Country angler. / Dated c.1890; Austin was a tobacconist and part-time professional tyer. SWTU says c.1900.Source: Global FlyFisher: Tup's Indispensable | Skues, Minor Tactics of the Chalk Stream (1910), p.17
Where sources tell it differently, each account is listed with its own source.
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