How do you like your humpies

[steeLerfan86 0]

Hi everybody, I love this forum my ? is do you like your humpies foam back or original elk hair .Also does one float better than the other .Thanks

[Mechanical Advantage 0]

Both are great. Foam may be a little more durable and float a little higher, but I'm a sucker for tradition. You can always coat the back of a traditional humpy with some resin for additional durability.

[netabrookie 0]

I like mine with a strong drink and a nerve pill...I'm just joking of course but they do drive me nuts sometimes. The foam are ok I guess but I agree with the traditional aspect of the pattern.

[Bugsy 0]

Hair

 

I tie more royal humpies than standard, so I'm generally using moose body for the tail and hump.

 

I don't fret over the hump fraying a bit. Adds to the bugginess. Besides, the humpy is a pattern I actually like to tie.

 

I've never tried a foam hump. Maybe I'm missing out. Guess I'll never know.

[sniperfreak223 0]

I like mine like these...floss body, black calf body hair for the tail, white calf body hair for the wing,brown or brown/grizzly mixed hackle and a "hump" of either deer or elk hair, whichever I happen to have on hand (these are deer hair).

 

[Piker20 0]

I like the fact the hair sits a little lower. Took my first Orkney brown on a hump so forever bias.

[flytire 0]

the foam hump would be easier to tie but learning to tie the traditional hair style hump/wing combinatoin is probably more beneficial in learning proprtions

 

i like the traditional hair style over the foam

 

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[steeLerfan86 0]

Hi Everybody Thanks for the response I've always tied the hair back but was wondering if the foam would be better thanks again

[flytire 0]

tie some with the foam back and try them out.

[ashley 0]

Thinking about it, I like the tradition of the hair seeing as though I have tons of it (I use deer) but like the look of the foam Humpies I'm tying at the moment as they seem slimmer and more mayfly like.

[shoebop 0]

I dont think the foam back would help make it float any higher or longer IMO since the foam is presumably above the water line anyway. Just an observation... no experience one way or the other. Traditional Humpies are notoriously good floaters anyway.

 

BTW am I the only one with a dirty mind or did the subject line make you think this was a porno topic?

[JohnP 0]

I dont think the foam back would help make it float any higher or longer IMO since the foam is presumably above the water line anyway. Just an observation... no experience one way or the other. Traditional Humpies are notoriously good floaters anyway.

 

BTW am I the only one with a dirty mind or did the subject line make you think this was a porno topic?

 

[Piker20 0]

Shoebop if that's how your neurons flash dont dare look over to the salty forum. You'll think you've stumbled into one of PJs favourite Thai bars.

[shoebop 0]

I know one thing...I don't like dry humpies!

[netabrookie 0]

Shoebop, I will be laughing for a week over that comment....