Hipster Dufus – Umpqua

Description

“Giddy-up! The Hipster Dufus was designed to be a versatile bug that you can dap, flip, drag it, drop it, or bomb it on fish. With barred wood duck feathers, and CDC, it’s a little buggy, a little flashy and has a ton of moxie.This is my baby, my first labor of time and love. I didn’t set out to “design” a carp fly, nor did I sit down and try to tie the fly, as we know it now. This naturally naïve approach can be gold within any creative venture. When I started tying carp flies, and learning how to build a chassis for a carp fly I was still fishing for trout quite a bit. I had become smitten with a particular free-swimming caddis pattern that absolutely crushes on our Colorado tail waters…the Banksia Bug. I tinkered with various lift kits (thank you Jay) to balance it properly, as well as various abdomen sizes and materials. I know that when I was just starting with this pattern that I wanted it to be versatile so I could fish it from fishery to fishery, situation to situation.It’s the first pattern I tie on when fishing new water because it covers lots of bases. The shape of the fly, the barred wood duck, the undulating CDC feather, all of it sells.I am extremely proud of the work I’ve put in on the Dufus, and owe debt of gratitude to a carp crushing, mountain dwelling farmer.”- Signature Tyer Daryl Eakins