Ivana Humpalot

[stevekale]

Tired of getting wet?

Here's something different. The Humpy. A great attractor pattern. Fun to tie but can be difficult to get perfect. Ending up with one-shank-long, equally-divided and posted yearling elk wings with tips still neatly aligned is a challenge that I am still practicing. (I also have a bad tendency to get the tail slightly longer than a hook shank long and I always seem to have too long a hackle, more like 2x the hook gape instead of 1.5x, as in those below.) A great fly to test your skills with proportion. The below are far from perfect. (The fl. green was tied before the yellow.)







Hook: Tiemco 100 #16
Thread: UTC 70 (Yellow, Fl. Green and Fl. Orange)
Tail: Moose hock
Wing and body back: Natural Yearling Elk
Hackle: Genetic grizzly and brown, wound together

[alimar]

Great patterns ,, and great tying

[The Squire]

Steve, these flys look great, I would not be too worried about getting them perfect they are far more perfect than my attempts. The Yellow Humpy works particularly well on the Derbyshire Derwent during mayfly season.

[A. Fluker]

Humpy's

Look a hell of a lot better than mine as well.

[sculpin_crusader]

Yellow humpy looks good to me, keep it up.

[Brook]

Steve,
Do you have to grease them up or do they float like a cork.I'm looking to tye drys that float really well in fastish water.
Great looking flies,thanks for posting.
Cheers Kev.

[stevekale]

These float extremely well. Don't forget the body is elk hair covered with thread. The tails are moose hock as well. So there's a lot of trapped air.

If you want to have a crack, here's the SBS:

Charlie's FlyBox - Humpy Improved

Thanks for the comments guys. Practice makes perfect.