DRY FLIES
HAIR WINGED HUMPY
I tie a few hair winged
humpy's
but don't tie them as representations of any particular Dun or Spinner
(imago)
stage of any specific insect. They are however good “buggy” flies and
are readily
accepted by trout. Also because of the white calf tail wings there easy
to see
as light fades or in fast flowing water. I tie a couple of colours in
size #12 as general utility flies.
Their main function is as an indicator fly fished in conjunction with a
second dry such as a small red tag, nymph or
stick caddis or as a
stand alone buoyant fly for use in fast water.
MATERIALS
ROYAL
COACHMAN:
Hook
-
10 to 14
Thread -
Black
Tail - Deer hair
Body
- Dubbing with deer hair back
Wings
-
White
Calf Tail
Hackle
- Same as body colour
A)
- Wind the thread in touching
turns to the bend of
the hook.
- Take the thread back to 3/4 of the way toward the
eye of the hook and tie in a bunch of white calf tail hair for the
wings.
- Stand the calf tail up vertically and divide it
with a figure of 8 tie.
- Trim the butt end of the calf tail hair wing at an
angle to the hook shank so that there isn't any obvious ridge.
The
finished wings should
be around 1 1/2 to 2 times as long
as the gape of the hook and should face a little forward with the gap
between the wings being about 60 degrees.
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B)
- Tie in a tail of deer hair
forming a tail extending beyond the bend of the hook a distance equal
to
the length of the hook shank.
- Tie in a second bunch of deer hair by the tips about
the same length as the tail. This will become the back of the humpy.
- Dub on a nice plump body.
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C)
- Pull the deer hair that is tied
in by the tips over the back of the fly and tie it off and trim the
excess directly behind the wing.
- Tie in a red cock
hackle directly behind the wing. The barbs of the hackle
should be about 1.25 times the gape of the hook.
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D)
- Wind the hackle forward taking an
equal number of
turns behind and in front of the wing but stopping short of the eye of
the hook so as to leave room for the head.
- Tie the hackle off and trim the
excess.
- Build up a neat head, whip finish and varnish.
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