The Humpy is an attractor style dry fly that imitates no particular prey for trout. Its buggy appearance can resemble adult mayflies , caddisflies , stoneflies or terrestrial insects like grasshoppers.

Jul 10, 2014 · The Humpy fly is a high-riding, bushy fly that is tied with deer hair and hackle. Its distinctive profile and buoyancy make it a great choice for fishing in fast-moving, rough water. The fly is also effective in slow-moving water, particularly when fish are rising to feed on the surface.

Tim Flagler of @tightlineproductions demonstrates how to tie the "Humpy" dry fly pattern from the June Postfly Trout Tying Kit. A tried-and-true killer fly, effective on any trout that have a...

Aug 20, 2013 · Popularized by Jack Dennis and his Western Trout Fly Tying Manual, the Humpy is the quintessential Western attractor dry but has a reputation for being difficult to tie. The original, complicated tying process used the same hank of elk hair for the hump and the wing and left little room for error.

Aug 13, 2020 · Tied to imitate nothing in particular, but still incredibly “buggy,” the Humpy is a great high-floating searching pattern for trout in backcountry settings. But, as with a lot of my favorite attractors, the Humpy can be a real pain to tie.

Apr 24, 2015 · The Humpy might be the greatest surface fly ever devised, but it also has a reputation of being difficult to tie. Learn to tame it here.

Jul 1, 2022 · Learn how to tie the Yellow Humpy Dy Fly pattern including step-by-step instructions, a video tutorial, pictures, and much more. Improve your fly tying skills here.

A pattern that many like to fish, but few like to tie! Heres my less complicated method of tying the Humpy fly pattern but still produces that fat boy fly we...

Jan 4, 2018 · Jack Horner of San Francisco designed the Humpy in the early 1940s for California’s swift rivers, where good floatation is paramount. He named it the “Horner Deer Hair” fly. One of Horner’s fly customers brought the fly to the Yellowstone area, where it struck gold and found fly fishing stardom.

The Humpy Fly is particularly effective in fast-flowing, rough water where its high floatability keeps it visible amidst the currents. Trout, grayling, and other gamefish in both streams and rivers find it hard to resist.