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Flies

Prince Nymph

Prince Nymph

Key points

  • Size: #12–14 for local rivers .
  • Company it keeps: Pheasant Tail, Hare's Ear, Woolly Bugger as the go-to nymph set .
  • When: sub-surface searching, especially before a hatch or in higher/colder water.

Imitates

  • A generic nymph — suggests mayfly and stonefly nymphs (and a bit of everything sub-surface).

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