Prince Nymph - Fresno Fly Fishers for Conservation

Prince Nymph by Jerry Hopewell Here we have a nymph fly that has become popular all over the world. The fly was
developed by a local fly fisherman by the name of Doug Prince. The fly may be used in
many sizes from 6 to 18. The original was size 8 and 10. I have avoided including the
fly in Jerry's Bench because, I have seen a fly tied by Doug Prince and I haven't been
able to get one to look like his. I still can't! Split the tails well and have the biots on top
curved up at the tips. Most are tied incorrectly, curved down.
Hook: Use a standard wet fly hook 6 to 18 in size. I used a 1x short heavy hook here.
Thread: Black 6/0 or 8/0 that ties flat. Doug Prince used Nymo thread.
Tail: Brown Goose Biot
Weight: I used 20 wraps of .010 wire for weight and body taper
Body: Peacock Herl twisted together.
Rib: Find silver oval tinsel that I have twisted two together, 4 or 5 wraps.
Hackle: Brown in color and folded.
Top Wing: Natural Grey Goose biots tied in a V over the top with tips pointing up.
Place your hook in the vise and wrap the .010 wire anti clockwise.
Start your tying thread at the eye making a thread dam in front and behind the .o10
wire and a thread taper.
Select two brown Goose biots for the tail and tie them in place, forming a V tail.
Tie in 3 strands of Peacock Herl by the tips. Cut some of the weak material from the tip
before tying in. Make a dubbing loop and wrap the Herl in the dubbing loop. Move the
tying thread slightly forward and tie in the tinsel rib.
Wrap the twisted Peacock Herl anti clockwise forward making one complete turn of
Herl behind the tinsel before wrapping it to the head of the fly. Secure with the tying
thread.
Twist the tinsel and wrap in even turns clockwise to the head and secure.
Select your brown hackle, fold the hackle, tie the hackle in by the tip and wrap.
Select 2 natural Grey Goose biots, arrange them in a V and tie them at the head. Pull
the butts back over the wing wrapping back over them to secure and prevent them
from pulling out. Tear or cut the butts to remove the excess.
It should look something like this.