Umpqua Feather Merchants Jigged Prince Nymph

This pattern has already earned a top spot in our guide fly boxes and for good reason. Anyone who trout fishes has at the very least heard of a prince nymph. You will find them in just about every fly shop around the world because they just plain catch fish. So how can you improve upon an already productive pattern??? Well, put it on a jig hook with a tunsten bead! The 90 degree jig hook helps the hook point ride up resulting in fewer snags along the bottom. It also rides and swims more naturally in the water, moving very much like a struggling nymph. The tungsten head on the fly helps it get down quickly to your target depth.

These standard flies are tied on Umpqua’s Competition Jig Hook (C400BL) and our new Tungsten Slotted Beads (they are HEAVY). Much of the competition crowd is using this very hook much more frequently. They ride snag–free and have been proven to be very, very sticky, important when fishing in the “Worlds” when lost fish are a disaster.