Flymph

The Flymph sits right between a nymph and a dry, which is exactly where trout do a lot of their eating.

It imitates the bug on its way up, mid change, not yet an adult. Hidy gave that in-between stage a name, and the fly built to match it has been quietly outfishing flashier patterns ever since.

It was originally tied with silk, and the silk mattered. The body is dressed sparse on purpose, so when the fly gets wet the thread shows through the dubbing and gives the whole thing an undertone the trout key on.

Any good thread does the job now, but keep the dressing thin. That undertone is the point of the fly.

My blend is squirrel and Antron. The squirrel keeps it spiky and alive in the water, and the Antron holds a little light and air along the body when it sinks, so it never goes flat and dead the way a tight dubbed body can.

Sparse enough that the thread still reads through underneath.

Colors are up to you, but it should be able to come through the dubbing

Materials

• Hook: TMC 3761 10-14
• Thread: Veevus E07 8/0
• Tail: pheasant tail
• Dubbing: squirrel & Antron blend
• Hackle: soft hen hackle, oversized

Fish it wet and let it work. Swing it down and across, then lift the rod at the end of the drift so the fly rises through the column like a bug heading for the surface. That rising move is where most of the takes come.