Photo: Tied for fly fishing. Naturalist Observation, c. 1912.
Fly pattern
Prince Nymph
Bead-head searching nymph for when cutthroat and rainbows won't come up. Fish it #12–14 in Kootenay rivers; part of the core sub-surface trio with Hare's Ear and Pheasant Tail.
Key points
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Size: #12–14 for local rivers creston flyfishing web research 2026 06.
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Company it keeps: Pheasant Tail, Hare's Ear, woolly bugger as the go-to nymph set creston flyfishing web research 2026 06.
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When: sub-surface searching, especially before a hatch or in higher/colder water.
Imitates
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A generic nymph — suggests mayfly and stonefly nymphs (and a bit of everything sub-surface).