Fly Tying a LaFontaine Deep sparkle caddis/sedge pupa variant with Barry Ord Clarke

A little variant of the LaFontaine classic. An absolute must have pattern if you are fishing still water caddis fly hatches. Here I demonstrate a good technique for getting the Antron shuck in place.
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[@davesmith7906]

Barry adding the “How to fish them” part is as important as the tying of this great fly. Awesome thx

[@Thefeatherbender]

Glad it was helpful!

[@philipjones6083]

Absolutely beautiful work Barry sir

[@Thefeatherbender]

Many thanks

[@mountaincreekfliesjimmy8386]

Wow what a awesome lesson this morning with coffee. Thank you sir

[@Thefeatherbender]

Thank you Jimmy.

[@puccini4530]

SO clever. I've now tied several, and found the process to be easy enough. Many thanks.

[@Thefeatherbender]

Glad it helped! Good luck with them.

[@joeduca8582]

Awesome buggy mess! Great pattern Barry, great technique on the shuck too. Thank you.

[@Thefeatherbender]

Glad you like it Joe!

[@peterlaidler3895]

Great variation Barry. Always enjoy your demonstrations

[@Thefeatherbender]

Thank you Peter.

[@19DevilDawg86]

Another amazing tutorial. Thank you, sir. I continue to learn a lot from you and really enjoy your videos.

[@Thefeatherbender]

Thank you, I'm so pleased they help.

[@edmiller4149]

Very cool, Barry. Will tie some up asap. Love your variation of this pattern.

[@Thefeatherbender]

Thanks Ed. Have fun!

[@navydonald]

Great idea to have the lead underbody. I have tied some already and when the river goes down a bit they are going for a swim.

[@Thefeatherbender]

Great Donald, let me know how you get on with them.

[@Shm-nv6sf]

Amaaaaazing !😱 Nice work !😉👌

[@Thefeatherbender]

Thank you.

[@leonardwells9613]

Excellent pattern, consummate tie, heading for the bench right now, must fish this one right away. L 👍👍

[@Thefeatherbender]

Good luck with it Leonard.

[@andersklasson1226]

Love it ! Tanks Barry 🤩

[@Thefeatherbender]

Glad you like it Anders.

[@jackreeves3001]

Masterful sir, love your videos!

[@Thefeatherbender]

Thank you kindly!

[@michaelday7305]

Cracking fly, indeed.

[@Thefeatherbender]

Thank you Michael.

[@theskankster]

great catcher

[@Thefeatherbender]

Thanks.

[@rabc6481]

Barry great tying of this dry fly just one thing i don't get is you ty in something lead weight wire in at the back of this dry fly what is this for to help the fly to sit low in the water as I have being tying up some cdc dry sedge with a little bit of weight on the so that the fly sit right on the surface & not on it side. hi to you from Ireland

[@Thefeatherbender]

Hi Rab, The deep sparkle pupa should sink just a little, so when retrieved on a floating line it rises slowly towards the surface, imitating a emerging caddis fly.

[@otsopulkkinen2258]

Thank you very much for this pattern! I think this will be very good with picky fish/difficult hatches. I will try this when fishing for char. One question:after the fly has absorbed water does it still rise enough when you retrieve it?

[@Thefeatherbender]

No problem O, after a while you will have to squeeze out the water and dress it a little with floatant.

[@freddysflyz]

That is a great fly Barry! Thanks for sharing this... I'll need to tie some of these! One question: What is the reason for the "weighted" dry fly hook and not using a wet fly hook?

[@Thefeatherbender]

Thanks Freddy, The rear weighted hook helps sink the fly on the drop but when retrieved it will 'pop' up to the surface again like an emerging caddis.

[@Freddo4J]

@@Thefeatherbender Understood…thanks!!

[@mazay1106]

Super, super👍👍👍👍👍👍💯💯💯💯💯💯

[@Thefeatherbender]

Thank you very much

[@francoiscorso83]

superbe mouche Barry

[@Thefeatherbender]

Thank you.

[@trevorluft6032]

river or still water? dry fly hook for a wet fly pattern?

[@Thefeatherbender]

Hi Trevor, both but I have found it better on still waters. This is the original hook as recommended by Gary LaFontaine!

[@jcflyfishing5097]

Where can I buy this dubbing online? I've looked everywhere

[@Thefeatherbender]

Any Veniard stockist. www.flyshopeurope.com/veniard-stickle-natural-dubbing/

[@randychappell5955]

Very fishy fly. I believe I've tryed this one from your book?

[@Thefeatherbender]

Thanks Randy.

[@besokarnafranandrasidan107]

did you sell your,s flye,s

[@Thefeatherbender]

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