The Pittsburgh Prince

The Pittsburgh Prince is a Copper John and Prince Nymph hybrid. It came about playing around in 2018. There’s something about biot tailed nymphs that just looks like it works. I started tying prince nymphs and copper johns to fish my local streams, and they became my favorite flies of the time. Like many other tyers, I combined the two with great results. It wasn’t until the thorax redesign that I thought I could give it a name. At the back end are two white biots jutting out at 45 degree angles. The body is tightly wrapped colored copper wire that tapers up towards the thorax. The thorax is a base layer of peacock quill, biots tied on the side pointing upward, a top layer of peacock herl, a piece of holographic tinsel, and finished off with a bubble of UV Cure. The nymph has caught a lot of fish, and is diverse based on size. Size 18, the pgh prince can produce during midge season. Size 14-16 can produce curing caddis season. It’s an all around good producer for stubborn trout and steelhead, and also was my first fly published in an app.