This month’s fly is the classic Prince Nymph. This historic fly is named after its creator, Doug Prince of Monterey, California. He developed it in the late 1930’s or early 1940’s. His original had a black body, black soft hackle, and black tail. Later versions included a brown forked tail, and this became the modern day Prince Nymph.
Recipe:
Hook: Mustad 9671 hook, size 8-12 (or similar nymph hook)
Bead: gold
Weight: lead wire
Thread: light brown/brown
Tail: goose biots, brown
Body: peacock herls
Rib: fine gold wire
Beard/collar: brown hackle fibers
Horns: goose biots, white