Humpy Flymph

Vlad · Post by **Vlad** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 6:04 pm

Humpy Flymph

Hook: Daiichi 1640, size 12
Thread: Pale olive
Tail: Yellow mallard, 3-4 barbs
Hump: Tan ostrich, paraloop style pulled over the thread body
Hackle: Woodcock

Post by **letumgo** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 6:49 pm

Terrific fly, Vlad! Thanks for the inspiration. The paraloop technique looks pretty cool on a flymph.

Post by **Soft-hackle** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 8:24 pm

Great idea! This will be a big hit for sure.

Mark

Post by **RnF** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 10:53 pm

Hot damn, nice tie. I love this one. Should be a killer pattern.

Post by **skunkaroo** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 10:55 pm

That's very innovative, Vlad. Nice tie.

Aaron

Vlad · Post by **Vlad** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 12:17 am

Thanks guys! Spring is coming soon, and with it-the testing time...

Post by **tie2fish** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 10:41 am

That there's just beyootiful!!

Post by **Hans Weilenmann** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 4:51 pm

Vlad,

Interesting concept. Thank you for sharing.

I am not convinced, though, it will prove durable enough for my liking, but am interested enough to tie up a few variations which I hope will be a little more durable when I sit down to tie at a show in Sweden tomorrow. We'll see

Cheers,
Hans W

Vlad · Post by **Vlad** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 5:36 pm

Hans,

I agree... the durability might be the issue with this fly, but it is with many flies tied with soft, non-resilient materials. Short shank hook and small paraloop hump will minimize (hopefully) the exposure to trout teeth.

Thanks and have fun at the show,

Vlad

Post by **redietz** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 7:58 pm

Vlad wrote: Short shank hook ... will minimize (hopefully) the exposure to trout teeth.

This is not point that I had previously considered. Will a short shank hook help here? This is not the same, but on salt water flies, I've deliberately used a long hook shank and tied the materials in near the tail so that the hook shank would act as a kind of wire leader to protect against teeth, but there it's the leader I'm trying to protect.

My first reaction to the idea of protecting materials would be to tie on a longer shanked hook, but keep the body short. It seems to me that the hook must cross the teeth on a well hooked fish; on a short shanked hook, you're increasing the probability that you're crossing a point with delicate materials.

Does anyone have any practical experience in this regard? Usually with wingless wets, fly longevity isn't a major concern to me, so I haven't done the experiment.

Nice looking fly, BTW.

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