Foam Humpy
The Foam Humpy is an attractor dry fly made easier to tie by replacing the traditional elk hair hump with 2mm foam. Swapping in poly yarn for the wing instead of calf hair only adds to this. Floats really well, and substituting different colors of yarn for the wing (try yellow or pink) makes it easy to see on the water.
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The Foam Humpy
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DOHIKU 301 Barbless Dry Fly Hook
Textreme Standard 8/0 in Lemon
Apply a thread base where the wing will be placed
Sierra Fly Bench Polypropylene Yarn in White
Tie in your yarn
Trim the yarn and cover the butts in thread wraps
Post your wing upright by placing thread wraps in front of the yarn. Trim to length slightly longer than the hook gape
Nature's Spirit Select Cow Elk
Stack a small bundle of elk hair and tie in to create a tail
Sierra Fly Bench Fly Tying Foam in Tan
Cut a thin (2-3mm) strip of foam and tie in. Fill out a nice thread body using multiple wraps, covering all exposed foam
Fold the foam over to create the hump, trim the foam and cover the exposed end with thread wraps
Select a hackle from your Sierra Fly Bench Saddle Hackle Pack. A Barred Ginger or Grizzly would be nice, try other colors for variation
Tie in the hackle
Wrap hackle forward, 2-3 turns on either side of the wing
Form a small thread head and whip finish. Your Foam Humpy is done!