Prince Nymph

Fly: Doug Jeffries, Photograph: Hans Weilenmann

Hook: Mustad 9671, TMC 5263, sizes 12 - 10
Thread: Black, 8/0
Weight: Lead wire, 0.02 diameter, 8 – 12 turns
Tails: Dark brown goose biots, short, one each side, separated by a small ball of dubbing
Rib: Fine or very fine gold French tinsel or wire
Body: Peacock herl, 3 strands, (if you tie them in by the tips you can get a nice tapered effect)
Beard: Hen neck, mottled brown
Horns: White goose biots (get these on equal length and straight or the fly will spin

Doug Prince ought to be approaching knighthood for inventing this fly dressing. Rainbow trout all over the entire world like this fly.

Back to Thumbnails

© 2002 Hans Weilenmann
Please don't copy/distribute the contents of this page without my explicit permission.