Psycho Prince 12/18/2024 Photo Album
Was it the name or appearance? If a prince nymph is an effective fly, why wouldn’t a psycho prince be an even more dynamic fish magnet? I decided to tie some and test the allure of this flashy subsurface fly.
Not Bad for an Early AttemptI found a YouTube tying video and collected the requisite materials. Various body material combinations were suggested, but I settled on purple. Brown and white goose biot wings were carryovers from the prince nymph. I used copper wire for ribbing, as detailed in the fly recipe that I followed, and brown ice dubbing was used for the collar behind the bead. I deviated from the prescribed pattern in four ways. For the abdomen, I did not possess purple ice dub, so I substituted a fine purple synthetic material. The YouTube video utilized six strands of pheasant tail fibers for the covering over the abdomen. I felt that material was too fragile, so I replaced it with a strand of pearl flashabou over a strip of flashback black, and I coated this overlay with UV resin, before I completed the forward part of the fly. My third modification was the usage of white antron for the wing stub at the back of the thorax area. For a fourth modification I wrapped a strip of weighting material around the hook in the thorax area as a foundation.
| Fly Component | Material |
|---|---|
| Hook | Tiemco 5262, 12 & 14 |
| Bead | Gold sized to fit 12 & 14 hook |
| Thread | Black 6/0 |
| Tail | Brown goose biots split |
| Rib | Fine copper wire |
| Abdomen overlayer | Pearl flashabou, Flashback black |
| Abdomen | Fine purple dubbing |
| Wing stub | White antron |
| Rear collar | Fine purple dubbing |
| Side appendages | White Goose biot tips |
| Forward collar | Brown ice dub |
A Batch of FiveSince this fly is at an experimental stage with me, I only tied five prototypes. Three were size 12 and two were size 14. These flies went into my active fleece wallet immediately. I plan to tie one to my line instead of a prince nymph at my first opportunity.