Published Oct 30. 2012 - 11 years ago
Updated or edited Nov 27. 2020
#304 - Cupsuptic
Cupsuptic - Robert Frandsen Tied by: Robert Frandsen Originated by: Herbert Welch Hook: Mustad 94720 #2 Thread: White 8/0 Tail: Yellow hackle fibers...
Tied by: Robert Frandsen
Originated by: Herbert Welch
Hook: Mustad 94720 #2
Thread: White 8/0
Tail: Yellow hackle fibers
Butt: Mad in three parts using the rear third of the body. Rear quarter is peacock herl followed by white silk and the last quarter is peacock herl
Body: Red silk
Rib: Silver flat tinsel
Throat: Yellow hackle fibers
Wing: Two dark red saddle hackles flanked by bronze furnace saddle hackle
Shoulder: Gray dun saddle hackletwo-thirds as long as the wing
Eyes: Jungle cock nail
Head: Black
Notes: This is an intricate streamer created by Herbert Welch. It is named for the Cupsuptic Stream in the Rangeley region of Maine. The inspiration for the streamer came from a gifted fly from the U.K. and the design shares most of the complexity of Mr. Welch's Kennebago Streamer (#67).
Sections:
Log in or register to pre-fill name on comments, add videos, user pictures and more.
Read more about why you should register.
Read more about why you should register.
More content from the front page
Since you got this far …
… I have a small favor to ask.
Long story short
Support the Global FlyFisher through several different channels, including PayPal.
Long story longer
The Global FlyFisher has been online since the mid-90's and has been free to access for everybody since day one – and will stay free for as long as I run it.
But that doesn't mean that it's free to run.
It costs money to drive a large site like this.
See more details about what you can do to help in this blog post.
Comments
Comment to #304 - Cupsuptic
Very nice fly indeed Bob...
Comment to #304 - Cupsuptic
Great page many good adv.