Humpy

Humpy — A Searching Attractor Dry

Fast riffles, tumbling currents, and pocket water leave little time for a trout to inspect a passing meal. The Humpy offers a buoyant attractor dry for those situations, with a distinctive humped deer hair body that helps it ride on the surface. Reach for it when you are exploring unfamiliar water, covering likely holding spots, or fishing a run without an obvious hatch to match.

Work it through the softer pockets behind rocks, along current seams, and across the edges of riffles with short, controlled dead drifts. Cast upstream of each holding spot and manage your slack so the fly moves naturally rather than skating across competing currents. In slower water, give trout more time to approach and focus on a clean presentation before changing colors or sizes.

The expanded selection includes Adams, Yellow, Red, and Green. Adams and Red are available in sizes 12, 14, and 16; Yellow now includes size 10 alongside 12, 14, and 16; Green is available in size 16. The larger Yellow option gives you another profile for searching, while Green adds a new color choice in the smaller size. Choose your combination to suit the water and your presentation, without assuming every color comes in every size.

Pattern Details

• Style: Attractor dry fly
• Body: Humped deer hair
• Colors: Adams, Yellow, Red, Green
• Adams sizes: 12, 14, 16
• Yellow sizes: 10, 12, 14, 16
• Red sizes: 12, 14, 16
• Green size: 16
• Best water: Trout streams, freestone rivers, riffles, and pocket water
• Techniques: Drag-free searching drifts, short pocket-water presentations, and working current seams

Keep the Humpy in your dry-fly box for a buoyant searching pattern, with color and size choices to help you cover trout water when there is no clear hatch to follow.