Humpy
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#21It is also a good sunfish fly.Tossed under overhanging trees or bushes,you dont want a soft landing.You want that bug that fell hard in the water effect.Not always easy to side arm a fly in that window between low branches and the water.I have also read it is a popular fly in the flooded cypress in the south.Fun to tie fun to fish.I use foam for the back and use colored antron for the under body over the deer hair.Not as pretty as the all deer hair but i can catch several fish on a fly.
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#22This is my go to fly for NZ backcountry trout in a sz 14+ but the colour that really works is iridescent blue; they find it anywhere and irresistible. I think locally they call it a "bluebottle" similar looking to a blue blow fly that hang around the back end of sheep.
Cheers,
Mark
ps. the hackle is black as well as the deerhair. I usually tie mine with a white post to make it more visible from a distance.
Cheers,
Mark
ps. the hackle is black as well as the deerhair. I usually tie mine with a white post to make it more visible from a distance.
He who shall not be able to make a trout fly, after studying these diagrams and directions, must be deficient either in brains or in manual dexterity. : Edward Fitzgibbon 1853
Re: Humpy
#25+1 and all blackmrampant wrote:This is my go to fly for NZ backcountry trout in a sz 14+ but the colour that really works is iridescent blue; they find it anywhere and irresistible. I think locally they call it a "bluebottle" similar looking to a blue blow fly that hang around the back end of sheep.
Cheers,
Mark
ps. the hackle is black as well as the deerhair. I usually tie mine with a white post to make it more visible from a distance.
Re: Humpy
#28Two drawings from very different era's.
First one is by Dave Whitlock. The Humpy is one of the many western flies in a painting he made.
The second one is a drawing done by the South African fly tier/author Gordon van der Spuy. He just finished a book and this Humpy is drawn on the limited edition copy of his book I ordered.
First one is by Dave Whitlock. The Humpy is one of the many western flies in a painting he made.
The second one is a drawing done by the South African fly tier/author Gordon van der Spuy. He just finished a book and this Humpy is drawn on the limited edition copy of his book I ordered.
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Re: Humpy
#37Brandon:
Humpies are one of those flies you have to "tie by the dozen" to get your proportions and amounts figured out.
Sometimes that means "tie one on the hook, cut it off, repeat until you get it right" then tie the rest.
I've had good luck with a green (more fluorescent green, Unistretch) body, then natural deer hair for tail, shell, wings. Medium dun hackle.
I've also used foam for the shellback, makes it a little easier to tie. Do the wings and tails like on a Wulff (maybe a little shorter wings than a Wulff), tie in foam by the bend, wrap underbody forward, fold foam over like on a beetle, tie off, tie in hackle.
Humpies are one of those flies you have to "tie by the dozen" to get your proportions and amounts figured out.
Sometimes that means "tie one on the hook, cut it off, repeat until you get it right" then tie the rest.
I've had good luck with a green (more fluorescent green, Unistretch) body, then natural deer hair for tail, shell, wings. Medium dun hackle.
I've also used foam for the shellback, makes it a little easier to tie. Do the wings and tails like on a Wulff (maybe a little shorter wings than a Wulff), tie in foam by the bend, wrap underbody forward, fold foam over like on a beetle, tie off, tie in hackle.
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