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Humpy Foam Royal

Dry Fly · Trout · Intermediate · 1 version

Reference Recipe

  • Hook Standard dry-fly hook, 12-16
  • Thread Black 8/0

Materials

  • Tail Moose or dark elk hair (A small pinch)
  • Overbody/hump Foam strip (tan or black) (One thin strip)
  • Wing Natural deer or elk hair (A pinch (doubles as hump hair))
  • Center band Red floss or thread (Short length)
  • Hackle Brown and/or grizzly hackle (One or two feathers)

How to tie it

  1. Start the thread and tie in a short tail of moose or dark elk fibers at the bend, one shank length long.
  2. Tie in a thin foam strip at the bend, then over it tie a bunch of deer hair with tips pointing forward over the eye (these become the wing).
  3. Build a Royal band by wrapping red floss or thread over the rear third of the shank, then advance to the 65% mark.
  4. Pull the deer hair and then the foam strip forward over the top to form a raised hump, and tie both down at 65%.
  5. Stand the forward deer-hair tips up and divide them into an upright wing with figure-8 wraps and posting turns.
  6. Tie in the hackle behind the wing and take 4-5 turns through and in front of the wing, whip finish at the eye and cement.

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