Fly Tying a Foam Humpy (Dry Fly Attractor Pattern)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.ย. 2024
- An easier version of the standard Humpy, this general attractor dry fly can be tied in a variety of color combinations and is a great pattern for fast, riffled water or as the top fly in a dry/dropper rig.
Hook: #12-18 dry fly
Thread: Any color
Tail: Moose body hair
Body: 2-3mm foam, any color
Wing: White calf body hair
Hackle: Any color, dry fly
This pattern can be found in Jay Nichols' "Tying Try Flies" available on Amazon at: amzn.to/3d4BHNg
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Dave Hughes, "Essential Trout Flies," 2017, amzn.to/3lbCZYX
Dave Hughes, "Wet Flies," 2015, amzn.to/33ac3lQ
John Shewey, "Classic Steelhead Flies," 2015, amzn.to/2RywHcP
David Klausmeyer's "Favorite Flies," 2020, amzn.to/3oeSNMa
Morgan Lyle's "Simple Flies," 2015, amzn.to/3qB1zW1
Fly Pattern Encyclopedia: amzn.to/34U0rUe
Mike Valla's "Tying the Founding Flies," 2015, amzn.to/354oSir
Mike Valla's "Classic Streamer Fly Box," 2020, amzn.to/3n3Vakf
Randle Scott Stetzer's "Flies, the Best One Thousand," 1992, amzn.to/34Q15mp
Terry Hellekson's "Popular Fly Patterns," 1976, amzn.to/2L4IyvS
Dick Stewart's, "Flies for Bass and Panfish," 1992, amzn.to/3aGpFs1
Fly Pattern Encyclopedia: amzn.to/34U0rUe
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I love your “that’s close enough” approach to tying. And let’s not forget the great tips. Thank you!
I do as well. I would love to see out takes from some of those big wig tyers. You know they have to make goofs but their finished products are always immaculate. I always find that sort of irritating. :)
Ha! Thanks Ed. I think I saw Davie McPhail break his thread once, about 300 videos ago. I probably do it twice a week. :-)
Good morning Matt. Will have to give this a tie. Thank you coming up these diffrent patterns. Have a great day my friend.
You bet Karl! Thanks for the note my friend. :-)
Thanks Matt. As a relative newcomer to tying, one of the things I like most about your videos is how to cope when things don't go perfectly. So many of the other TH-camrs only present videos of a perfectly tied fly & while it may work out that way for some & will occasionally work that way for all of us , learning what to do when it doesn't turn out perfectly is incredibly helpful. Have a great week, see ya Thursday!
I appreciate hearing that Garrett! And yeah, if I only posted videos when I made a perfect tie, I sure wouldn't be uploading three times a week. :-)
Good Morning Sir Matt, I love this fly I've never been real good at tying these so I guess it's time to get better at it. By the way feeling alot better going back to work this morning. Thank you. Have a great week and see you on Thursday my friend.
Great to hear you're feeling better Edward! Now get back to work and we'll see you Thursday. :-)
☕️☕️ morning coffee with Matt! Hope all is well and nicely done 👍💯
All is well here Jim! I just settled down to check email and comments... my mouth is still watering from that pork shoulder you smoked. :-)
Nice pick Matt. I've tied them before, or tried to. I seem to remember reading to use a 1X long hook and one length of hair used for the "hump" and the tip ends used for the wings. I used egg yarn in chartreuse for the "pot belly" and grizzly hackle. Looked awesome... but always turned on it's side. So I did some on the water surgery and cut the wings off and the hackle top and bottom. It worked, a humpy spinner! :o)
Ha! I've always had the same problem with my regular humpies. Sometimes they do seem to float sideways but I always ignored it since they don't really look like anything anyway. And yep, this was a 1x long hook. I doubt I could pull one off on a standard length shank. :-)
They are a pain to tie!! I love fishing them!! Thanks for sharing Matt!!
I hear you Franky! I love fishing them in the spring as the top fly in a dry/dropper rig. :-)
Perfect chose for today's fly. It is the time of season that I tie dry flies. I forgot to put this one on my to do list. Thanks for the reminder, Matt. Like the foam body. Have a great day.
You bet Nich; thanks for the note my friend!
WOW!! I love this one! I sent all night Saturday night tying flies I’ve seen on your channel! Thank you Matt!
Wow Barbara, that's cool to hear! It's great to see when new tiers start really getting into it. And I appreciate that you watch my channel. :-)
Fly tying gymnastics LOL! Great looking fly Matt!
Ha! Thanks man. :-)
Thanks Matt. Your videos are extremely helpful in my newly found interest in fly tying. Very well explained and I looking forward to others you will be posting.
Well thank you Patrick, I appreciate the note my friend! And welcome to the sometimes crazy world of fly tying. :-)
Love that you keep it real Matt . Tight lines !
Appreciate it man!
Definitely gonna have to try this one. Looks like a great Bluegill fly.
Oh my gosh Richard... bluegill and other panfish will tear this thing up! I've fished it for farm pond sunfish around here, just like I would a cork-bodied popper, and they attack it. :-)
Nice tie Matt. I’ve also found this fly good to fish after it rains. If the river is higher and faster than normal you can fish it just about anywhere.
Great call Michael! I can see it working in off-colored water, especially with a yellow or fluorescent red body too.
Thanks for sharing Matt, I've done Foam Gruglers and Foam Frogs definitely adding this one to my list.
Oh yes, a foam frog is on my winter to-do list! I even bought something called "frog foam" that has spots on it. Pretty cool looking, but haven't tried using it yet. :-)
Nicely tied Matt. I'll have to try tying these with the foam body, looks a lot easier. I like to tie these on a 12 and 14, in olives and brown body. Thanks for sharing
Oh yeah, I definitely should have done this on a #12 first. But the foam does make it quite a bit easier. I can't imagine trying to tie the deer hair hump on a #16 or 18!
Thanks Matt, another great tutorial.
Appreciate it Monty!
Thanks Matt nice looking fly
Appreciate it Steve!
Hi Matt. Nice work on a difficult fly. I am adding this one to my list because I think it would be a good one to have in the box. I’m not going to tie it for awhile because after this move my quota of frustration has been reached for awhile. Being able to once again sit with a coffee and watch you tie flies feels good. I found all my fly tying stuff so that was a bonus too. Thank you for the videos my friend.
Ha; thanks John! I'm glad to hear you're at least mostly done with the move. Just in time to get unpacked for the holidays. :-)
Another fun one. Thanks Matt!
The humpy what a great fly.You're right not the easyist fly to tie.Never tied one with the foam hump,but think it would work great.Here in the smokeys,orang,green,and yellow are the colors.I think purple would work too.I have good luck with a purple Charlie whopper.Great video Matt.Your channel is the best.We watching for you to hit 10,000 subscribers.Have a great week my friend. Ken
Well thank you Ken! I'll bet these things would be great in orange or purple, for some of your Smoky Mountain brook trout streams too. I'm still a ways off from 10,000 subscribers, but we'll get there sometime this year. And wow, I just checked my email and Cloie's shadow boxes are amazing! What a great touch with the double mats and pictures behind the oval cutouts. That thing looks so professional. Tell her great job from me!
Good job Matt the humpy is one of my favorite flys I’ll have to give the foam variation a try. And that blue is a nice touch. Thank you for the video
Thanks David! I appreciate the note my friend. :-)
Thanks for the innovative pattern. Foam flies seem so bulky to me but as a humpy it’s perfect. The color options for this one are limitless aren’t they. Have a great week. Continued blessings as well.
Appreciate it Mark, and yes, the combinations on this are limitless! I went with the peacock blue as I tied a few regular humpies in this color and had a good day with one last spring. :-)
Great job ! The foam humpy is one of my favorites
Thanks Chip! Appreciate the note my friend. :-)
That is one of the more difficult I’ve seen you tie so far. I’m guessing mainly due to the size. A lot going on in a small area. I like your advice about using a bigger hook for your first attempt. But in the end this is a very nice looking fly. Loved that Peacock colored thread. Also liked the close demonstration of trimming, holding scissors parallel to the hook. Thanks for another great video Matt.
I appreciate that Jeff. And yeah, I've never done the original humpy on here because that thing still kicks my butt, even if I tie it a little bigger. I may have to spend a couple hours practicing one and give it another shot. :-)
Good looking fly. Thanks for the video.
Humpys are great for old eyes and they produce.Suggest watching Al Beaty’s video on tying traditional Humpys.
Charlie Craven has a good video on the humpy
Thanks for the tip Michael. I'll look for Al's video. I remember watching Barry Ord Clarke tie one and thinking, I can do that! And then my first few were disasters. :-)
Hi from Rolla Missouri 🎣🤠 Dave Hughes.
The humpy is an awesome fly.. I put down a little bit of head cement or super glue on the hook base and orange foam with black dots. Bluegills aren't reel prickly on colors but us tyers are 😄. Good health for you and your's Dave Hughes 🎣🤠
Tried & true, much prettier fly when it’s peacock blue. (Dad poetry instead of dad joke)
I’ve used individual moose hairs as tailing fibers on other flies but on a humpy, I usually would use elk or deer hair as the first step before forming the hump from the tail clump.The foam hump is a very sensible & effective alternative.
I love the "dad poetry!" I'm still the king of bad dad jokes in this house. And about the tail, I looked at a few pictures before trying this one and it seems like people use almost anything for the tail. Someone even tied one with biots for the tail. I think you're right that deer hair is a little more common but Nichols' called for moose and I kind of like the think, coarse black hairs.
Thanks for sharing, Matt. Have a great day.
Appreciate it Todd!
ABSOLUUTELY LOVE THIS ONE MATT THANKS
Cool looking fly Matt, this one looks like a tough one
Going to give it a try
Thanks for the video Matt
Go for it Dave! It can be a little challenging, but the good thing is, even a shaggy one will probably work. :-)
Nicely done matt.i not big fan of the humpy,but this was is neat.thanks matt.
Thanks Mike! I'm certainly not a fan of tying them, but I still fish them every now and then. :-)
Oh I do like this one. Will give it a shot.
Excellent! Good luck my friend. :-)
I like mine with a fl green utc thread, a select cow elk wing, and a grizzly and furnace hackle. Does really well in small riffles.
I believe it Mitchel! I could see this being a killer in fluorescent green, or yellow body. Probably even purple or pink too. :-)
Sure. Use foam. Lol. I totally agree foam is much easier than hair. These guys float great!! Thx Matt.
Oh yeah Clyde, and I should have made it even easier and used some synthetic for the wing! I think this thing catches fish because it has a buggy looking profile. :-)
Another nice one, Matt!
what I found is : Popularized by Jack Dennis and his Western Trout Fly Tying Manual, the Humpy is the quintessential Western attractor dry but has a reputation for being difficult to tie.
Thanks for the info! And yes, I won't argue against this being a tough one to tie. The original with deer hair body has kicked my butt many times. :-)
Nice fly Matt. The color combinations are endless. Have you ever seen one of these with a dubbed body, it might be interesting. Keep the good stuff coming.
No, I don't recall coming across any with a dubbed body. I'm sure you could, but I think people usually use floss or thread on humpy bodies to keep it bright. But I'm just guessing. :-)
I'm a new subscriber. I really like to hear you say, that's not bad, or it's good enough for me. I try to tie my flys to be perfect. I'm trying to get away from that, the fish don't care if there's a flaw. Enjoyed the video. Thanks 👍👍
I appreciate that Jim, and welcome to the channel my friend!
@@SavageFlies thank you!
GM , thanks Matt for another enjoyable video, but think I will leave this one off my to do fly list LOL👍😂
Ha! Just try it without the calf body wing and it's seriously an easy tie. It might be a littler harder to see as the white does make for a good indicator, but I'm sure it'll catch plenty of fish without the wing. :-)
@@SavageFlies ok will add it to the BOTTOM Of my List LOL
nice fly
Close enough, the fish is not going to get a good look at it anyway. Thanks Matt for the entertaining Video.
You bet Lee; always appreciate you watching my friend. :-)
We can even try different color foams variants...
Absolutely! But if it floats the way it should (it doesn't always though), the fish won't see too much of the foam body, and the color seen from under the water will mostly be the underbody. But it's easy to tie these a little top-heavy and sometimes mine sit a little crooked in the water. :-)
I have a 50 pack of 12's and a 50 pack of 14's. I'm pretty sure that at least a few of each of them will be getting used for these.
Great job on the video . Jay "Fishy Fullum does a version of this in his book, "Fishy's Flies". It has a dubbed body and no wings.
Oh man, that's a book I don't have! I'll have to check it out. Thanks for the note Jim. :-)
I stink at tying humpys. This looks like like one I could do. Thanks Matt. I’ve been meaning to ask if the spring loaded hackle pliers that you use are Stonfo? Thanks again.
Absolutely Chad! And yes, these are the Stonfo Pinza pliers. I love them. www.jsflyfishing.com/stonfo-pinza-elite-hackle-plier
Another excellent video. I really appreciate your style of videos. You leave the mishaps in and show how to get back on track. I have a question though. What can be used as a substitute for calf tail? I've not seen it where I get my materials.
Thanks Troy! I typically leave my minor screw-ups in the video. But occasionally I'll make a big enough blunder that I just have to stop the recording and start over. :-) As for a substitute-- this isn't calf tail. Calf tail is way different. This is calf body hair, and there's not much you can substitute for it. The next best thing is probably a synthetic: Z-lon, antron or some parapost material. I don't think calf body hair is used in a lot of flies, so this is something you probably have to order online, and I really only ever see it in white: www.jsflyfishing.com/hareline-white-calf-body-hair
@@SavageFlies Thanks Matt! I ordered it and some calf's tail while I was at it!
I like your ties, Matt! Not sure about that peacock blue body but any color combo works. I tied some humpies with light yellow and white hackle. Almost look like Hendrickson's with a humpy body..
Humps have been my go to fly for Brook Trout. In any color because Brooke’s are greedy!
Yes indeed Gary! And that's why brook trout can be so fun. :-)
Thanks Matt I learned so much it's amazing but almost everyday it's something new calf hair mousse hair the learning continues I called Chase Stockard
J Stockard they sent me a free hundred-page catalog now I can look up the stuff I hear on your Channel thanks again
Oh yeah Marty, calf body hair is a fairly unique material. It's not used in a lot of flies but there's not really anything you can substitute for it. Maybe some white synthetics but that's about all I can think of.
Great fly Matt. I love working with foam. I have tied the traditional hair humpy and have been frustrated to say the least. I liked seeing your demonstration of tying hair wings. One question I have on preparing a hackle. I was taught to clip the fibers where you want to start as it makes the hackle harder to pull out. Have you seen any difference with your technique? I imagine that it is personal preference since if you tie in your hackle tight it’s not going to slip no matter what.
Thanks James, and I know exactly what you're talking about. I think Jim Misiura ties in his hackle like that and you see it in several books done that way. And I used to, but I think if you strip the fibers and tie in the bare stem you minimize the bulk. And if you get at least four good wraps around the stem, it's probably not going anywhere.
@@SavageFlies Thanks Matt.
Good Morning Matt. Quick question is calf hair the same as calftail hair??
Calf body hair is not as curly and unruly as calf tail.
@@michaelmerlino6753 thanks, i appreciate the feedback. Follow up question, what other body hair would be comparable to calf hair??
Body hair and tails are diffetent
Can’t really think of anything.🍘You have to get some and see the texture of it.It is soft but coarse.
Michael is right Alex, there's not really anything natural that is comparable to calf body hair. It's quite unique. Honestly, the next closest thing for this wing might be something synthetic, maybe a Z-lon or some parapost material.
How can we win a set of those fly’s. Lol great video
Ha! I'd happily give some of these away but I've only tied three of them. :-) I do have a hundred or more flies I've tied over the last couple of months that I need to donate somewhere. Maybe I'll do a drawing for anybody who wants them. :-)
Hey Matt,check your email.I sent pics of Cloies shadow boxes
I just saw it a few minutes ago! I responded in an earlier comment.... that thing looks great! Well done to Cloie. :-)