by Brian Z. on February 22, 2012
This week I’m going to catch up. I have been tying like crazy, while I see many others are taking advantage of the weather and throwing some line with some good success. It looks like I need one more week of Red Headed Princes. They are one of those flies that anglers like to have with beads, in multiple sizes 16 – 8 and many of them. No problem, Hopefully I’ll be putting new fly on the vise next week.
I’m extending the Fly for a Buck deal on Red Headed Princes until I post a new fly.
by Brian Z. on February 15, 2012
Red Headed Prince
This weeks fly is a “gotta have” nymph/wet fly. As a guide I carry plenty of them all year long, mainly in size 12 and 10. Add a red thread head and you’ve made a good fly great. I started tying them with red heads when I read that Joe Humphreys tied red heads to indicate that he had weighted the fly. I still fished traditional black head princes that were unweighted, for the next 2 years the red headed prince out performed the black, particularly on the Winooski! Since then I have only used red headed Princes The nice thing about Princes, is that you can catch fish in all levels of the water column. I catch most of my fish at the end of the drift as the fly lifts off the bottom or swings to the bank. For this reason I consider the Prince to be as much a wet fly as a nymph.
For all of these reasons I will be at the vise for the next several days tying something in the neighborhood of 100 Red Headed Princes. If you would like any now is the time. Red Headed Princes for just a Buck until Feb. 22nd.
Pattern Recipe:
Hook: Mustad 3906B or 9671 with a bead, sizes 14,12,10
Thread: Red
Tail: Brown goose biot
Abs/Thorax: 3 or 4 Peacock Herls twisted
Rib: med. gold wire
Legs: 3 wraps of Furnace Hackle
Wing: White Goose Biot
Head: Red Tread or gold bead
