The Humpy dry fly presents a bushy, high floating fly, that remains visible into the evening twilight, and rides well in rough water

When you first use Humpy flies treat with floatant and fish on the surface. Leave the fly to drift with the current. Occasionally accelerate it gently over short distances of a yard (meter) or more, or else twitch it to represent a struggling insect trapped in the surface film.
 

 Hook

 Wet Nymph Size 10 - 18

 Thread

 6/0 or 8/0 black

 Tail

 Moose body hair or Deer hair

 Body

 Red Floss with Dee hair pulled over

 Hackle

 Badger or badger and grizzly

TYING NOTES:

1.    Pinch your barb down on the hook.

2.    Lay down a thread base on the shank of the hook.

3.    Tie in the Moose ot Deer hair for the tail.

4.    Tie in deer hair for shellback.

5.    Tie in floss and wrap to 3/4 up hook tie off.

6.    Pull deer hair towards where you tied off floss and tie off.

7.    Tie in both hackles and wind to eye of hook

8.    Clip the butt ends, form a head and whip finish and cement the head of fly.

The North American Humpy fly pattern is mainly a fast water attractor with very good floatability and visibility. The origin of the Humpy pattern is in dispute. Some say it is a combination of Jack Horner’s Deer Hair pattern and Canada’s Tom Thumb