RIO's Morrish Deep October Pupa RIO Leaders and Tippet Collection You need some bulk up

You need some bulk up front to deflect the water and make the back half kick

17lbs of drag at the arbor in the 11/12

So it's no wonder that this is a top pattern for Euro nymphing anglers

and gives a little more of a wiggle on retrieve

Some are so naked that fishing them makes the act feel dirty

RIO's Morrish Deep October Pupa RIO Leaders and Tippet Collection You need some bulk upI had tied a wide range of October caddis pupa for years, but one late October day on the Rogue, I caught and harvested a hatchery steelhead and cut it open. Its stomach and gullet were packed with fresh October caddis pupa that were darn near still wiggling. It was a moment I will never forget because I truly saw what they looked like, and in the past, I had tied off of what I assumed they looked like. Two things that stood out to me were the defined