Beadhead Prince Nymph - Best All Purpose Nymph Fly Tying - Doug Prince Fly Pattern

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The Beadhead Prince Nymph is one of my all time favorite flies!! It seems to catch trout everywhere I go. In this video, I tied a weighted beadhead version of the classic Prince Nymph. This version makes a great lead fly and the added weight really helps the fly get down in fast water. I prefer to tie my Prince Nymphs with red thread, but black thread also works just fine. I also tie this Prince with Brown Hackle, but Partridge is another one of my favorite materials to use on this fly. Both work just fine. A MUST have fly in any fly box. Both professionals and beginners swear by the Prince. When you don't know what to use in trout country....just tie on a Prince!!
Beadhead Prince Nymph Fly Recipe:
Hook: #08-18 Tiemco 3761
Bead: 5/64" to 7/64" Gold Cyclops Bead
Weight: .020 or .025 Lead Wire
Thread: Red Veevus 8/0
Tail: Brown Goose Biots
Ribbing: Small or Medium Silver Tinsel
Body: Peacock Herl
Collar: Brown India Hen Back or Natural Partridge
Wings: White Goose Biots
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[@AP-ju5iu]

Best prince tutorial on the World Wide Web 👊🏼

[@kyndrapurcell6955]

Excellent tie, great technique, thanks tons for the instructions!

[@matthadenmusic]

can't wait to try out that little technique where you leave a bit of the leadwire out and then tie in over it. I've been having trouble keeping that lead secure on some ties. thanks

[@Freddo4J]

Great tip for the white biots - thanks!

[@flyrodhiker8326]

I have learned a lot from your videos, thank you sir!

[@CuttemJack]

The soft hackle feather you used was gorgeous. I dont know that I've ran into anything marked so nicely.

[@dangracia7805]

looks like a brown-dyed Hungarian Partridge feather. If you tie a lot of soft-hackle flies, buy a skin and you'll always have the correct size and variegation.

[@Kevbeers]

Thanks great as usual!

[@genewagstaff5865]

I cut wire with a fingernail clipper; it saves wear and tear on scissors.

[@johnmurone222]

Like to fish this fly, but hate tying them because I can't get the wing to look right. I like this method of tying them in, thanks for sharing.

[@Sgtpokeman23]

More luck dead drift or stripped back?

[@EMD_Ski]

When nothing is working, (and for me that's often 😂), I hang a prince off an elk hair caddis and in amazed at how often that prince does the trick

[@Sgtpokeman23]

Have you had any luck at all using it as a streamer?

[@hunterlancaster740]

I have had several large bluegill smack a prince nymphs while I was using it as a streamer.

[@anablakp3200]

Size of hook & bead?

[@dangracia7805]

You really should be filming it from your point of view instead of from the opposite side of the fly, especially since you are positioning your tied in materials on the side facing you.

[@kirkdonnelly7982]

Great pattern like how you stick to the original pattern I hate when people dub the head