Crystal Prince

[Michael Smith 0]

The patterns I've found for a crystal prince (a variation on the prince nymph) all seem to use brown hackle for the collar behind the bead head. Is it critical to use brown? Only reason I ask is that I have lots of olive hen saddle, but no brown. Would olive work just as well? Do the fish care?

 

They look like this:

 

http://flydepot.com/flyfishing/pn--beadhea...nymph/pid--404/

 

but with crystal flash instead of white goose biot on top.

 

Thanks!

 

Mike

[Joe Hard 0]

sounds like a cool pattern, give it a try. got a brown marker?

[Steeldrifter 0]

It all depends on who you ask more than anything. Some guys follow a very strict set guideline for patterns, while others will toy with proven patterns and see what happens. My opinion? I think Olive works on almost anything and a prince nymph is somewhat of a generic pattern that looks like alot of things, so I wouldnt have a problem with subing olive for the brown myself

[flytire 0]

Substitute as you see fit. Try black instead of the brown.

[Iowa FLy FIsher 0]

You can change colors how ever you want. It might just work. Ever see a Brown and Yellow bee? I havn't but I've tied them and they catch fish sometimes better than Black and Yellow ones.

[Michael Smith 0]

Thanks all. I'll give black and olive a try and see if either (or both) works.

 

Mike