CDC Prince Nymph
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Hi guys, my name is Mike Trump and I’ve been flyfishing and fly tying since I was 14 years old (I’m now 32). I lukred a lot here, but this is my first fly submission. I primairily fish Missouri (Bennett, the Niangua, the Current, and assorted small streams) as well as a few rivers out west in Colorado/Wyoming/South Dakota. I’ve been fishing this nymph pattern for better than 10 years now. It has become my number 1 nymph no matter where I go and it ALWAYS outfishes any other nymph I’ve tried to date, most by at least 2:1. I always fish this fly in size 16 and often in tandum with a size 18-20 dropper of assorted varieties (usually a midge or a black flashback PT nymph).
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Recipe:
Hook: TMC 200R size 16
Thread: Uni 8/0 Black
Bead: 3/32 Gold Tungsten
Tail: 3 Pheasant tail fibers – splayed
Rib: small gold french tensel
Body: 2-3 peacock sword herl fibers (don’t use strung peacock herl)
Collar: 2-3 wraps brown hackle – angled back
Wing: 2 white CDC feathers
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