Prince

BEAD-HEAD PRINCE NYMPH

Hook: 2X-long nymph hook, sizes 20 to 12.
Bead: Small gold bead.
Thread: Black 8/0 (70 denier).
Tail: Brown turkey biots or hackle fi bers.
Body: Peacock herl.
Rib: Fine gold round tinsel.
Hackle: Brown soft hackle.
Wing: Two white turkey biots.

A tier named Doug Prince developed the Prince Nymph is the 1930s, and it has grown into one of our most popular subsurface patterns. According to Umpqua Feather Merchants, which is the largest supplier of commercially tied flies in the world, the Bead-Head Prince Nymph rivals the famous Copper John as its most popular pattern. The Prince Nymph, with or without a bead head, is a perfect pattern for novice tiers. It requires only a handful of common materials that you will find in any fly shop. Some say the Prince Nymph imitates a stonefly, but others say it mimics a mayfly or caddisfly. I think of the Prince Nymph as an attractor pattern that imitates no specific insect—or perhaps it matches several!

From <https://www.flytyer.com/15-trout-flies-must-tie/8/>

Variation: https://youtube.com/shorts/rIzcXTAIreY?feature=share

SOURCE:

Bass Pro

Tie

INVENTORY:

#14 - 2 gold bh

HX:

Baily Ford	6/17/2017	was moderately effective at Baily Ford & Manchester Hatchery.
"	4/22/21	Moderately effective
Otter Creek	5/14/18	was effective at Otter. water was high & fast.
"	7/22/19	Not effective on sunny day with water semi cloudy & normal depth
"	9/1/21	very effective on sunny day with clear water.
North Bear	6/14/19	Not effective
"	8/30/22	Effective
South Bear	8/30/22	Not effective

SOURCE:

Bass Pro
Tie

INVENTORY:

#14 - 2 gold bh

HX:

Baily Ford	6/17/2017	was moderately effective at Baily Ford & Manchester Hatchery.
"	4/22/21	Moderately effective
Otter Creek	5/14/18	was effective at Otter. water was high & fast.
"	7/22/19	Not effective on sunny day with water semi cloudy & normal depth
"	9/1/21	very effective on sunny day with clear water.
North Bear	6/14/19	Not effective
"	8/30/22	Effective
South Bear	8/30/22	Not effective