Tup's Indespensable

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There is a section on the Tup’s Indespensable on my site, look on menu.

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Hi Donald;

I read the information on Tups Indespensable on your website and I’m a little confused, is the Tups more of a tying style than a pattern? It seems like there’s a tup dry, wet, and nymph.

Wayneb

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Thanks Donald,
The ones i have been tying have too much orange in them,where they should be pink

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The Tup’s originally started out as a dry, but in the west of England, the wingless hackled flies were also fished as wets. Skues at this time was very interested in wet flies and was in the process of defining the ‘nymph’.
[b]A few years later James Leisenring after correspondence with Skues, published his book “The Art of Tying the Wet Fly” (1941) in which he gave the recipe for the Tup’s Nymph.
The most significant feature was the body dubbing in all of
these flies.

Have a look at -
http://donaldnicolson.webplus.net/page331.html

http://donaldnicolson.webplus.net/page262.html

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Hi Donald;

Thanks! I read through the links you provided several times.

You and your site are a wealth of information.

Wayneb

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Hi Donald: Thanks for your site. I really enjoy it and benefit greatly from your work.
Bruce