Nymph
Suspender Buzzer
Vertical-hanging pupa
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Foam-bead buzzer that hangs the pupa vertically in the surface film under its own buoyancy; the static stillwater killer.
Fish this when
On a calm summer evening stillwater during a chironomid hatch, fished static or on the slowest of retrieves so the fly can hang undisturbed in the surface film.
Why it works
The foam bead buoys the thorax so the abdomen hangs straight down exactly as a real pupa does while it works free of its shuck, a passive vertical posture a weighted fly can't fake.
Naturals it imitates
suspended chironomid pupa
Typical zone & fishable range
usually
Surface
Film
Subsurface
Deep
Setup sensitivity: medium
Quick facts
Tying difficulty
Intermediate