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Humpy Flymph
Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 6:04 pm
by Vlad
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
Re: Humpy Flymph
Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 6:49 pm
by letumgo
Terrific fly, Vlad! Thanks for the inspiration. The paraloop technique looks pretty cool on a flymph.
Re: Humpy Flymph
Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 8:24 pm
by Soft-hackle
Great idea! This will be a big hit for sure.
Mark
Re: Humpy Flymph
Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 10:53 pm
by RnF
Hot damn, nice tie. I love this one. Should be a killer pattern.
Re: Humpy Flymph
Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 10:55 pm
by skunkaroo
That's very innovative, Vlad. Nice tie.
Aaron
Re: Humpy Flymph
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 12:17 am
by Vlad
Thanks guys! Spring is coming soon, and with it-the testing time...
Re: Humpy Flymph
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 10:41 am
by tie2fish
That there's just beyootiful!!
Re: Humpy Flymph
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 4:51 pm
by Hans Weilenmann
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
Re: Humpy Flymph
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 5:36 pm
by Vlad
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
Re: Humpy Flymph
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 7:58 pm
by redietz
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.