Prince Nymph meets the Bugger; found this in Randall Kaufmann’s Fly Tyer’s Nymph Manual. Pretty buggy fly, simple to tie; not sure why it never caught on.
hook - Mustad 9671 #8
thread - Danville 6/0 black
underbody - non-tox wire .015
tail - biots brown
body - peacock herl
rib - gold wire x-fine
hackle - brown saddle
legs - biots brown
Part 1
mash barb, wrap shank with non-tox
start thread, wrap underbody; taper front and back
even up biots, curving away from each other
measure for length (hook gap) and tie in
tie in ribbing
tie in some peacock (more herl or less depending on the effect you’re looking for) and wrap forward
prep a saddle hackle (a bit of web is a good thing) and tie in by the butt end
Never have fished one but I’d imagine sunnies would go for it; just thought it looked like a neat fly. I’m not sure how much the hackle would keep the brush and stuff off, but it would be pretty easy to add a mono weed guard up front (I like the 2-prong kind).
The great thing about fishing for bream is bass think they taste like chicken, catfish also. So they are always around, as well as grass carp, so it’s a grab bag, you never know what you are going to get. I will try a smaller size for trout, one of my western friends always encouraged me to show them something they haven’t seen a thousand times. I think I’m going to have to add a piece of the green tinsel down the back for a little more bling.
