The Prince Nymph has been around since the 1930s, and it has morphed many times and has as many variations as any other fly—the original used black ostrich herl instead of the now-used peacock herl. Here, I use a gold bead and lead-free wire to add weight, and forego the brown feathers in favor of […]
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CDC Caddis Dry Fly tied on a size 16 Curved Dry Fly hook, with a pink para post, grizzle hackle and a White CDC collar (below the post hackle), green tinsel wrap around the bend of the hook, body is a mix of pear Ice dub and light brown soft dog hair. The larger sizes
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One of the most tried and true classic nymph patterns. This version is the bare bones, tied without a bead. There are countless variations, but I always like having a few of these in my box next to the more “out there” variants (UV dubbing, red-dyed herl, etc…) The Prince Nymph was created by Doug