2 Bit Hooker The Two-Bit Hooker is built for one specific job, sinking like an absolute stone to get right down into the strike zone. Where standard nymphs get bulky and slow when you add weight, this pattern stays notoriously slim. The secret is in that double bead. By stacking two tungsten Ugly Flies • nymphs
Flymph The Flymph sits right between a nymph and a dry, which is exactly where trout do a lot of their eating. It imitates the bug on its way up, mid change, not yet an adult. Hidy gave that in-between stage a name, and the fly built to match it Ugly Flies • soft-hackles
Carrot Nymph It's orange, so it's a carrot nymph. That's the whole story behind the name, and I'm not going to pretend otherwise. Where mine goes its own way is the build. Most carrots are a soft hackle fly with an orange body, but Ugly Flies • nymphs
Holy Grail Nymph Flies come with a varying array of names, some quirky, some direct, but in my opinion this fly here earns its name. If you're new to fly tying and see this fly for the first time it may look intimidating, but in reality it's not that Ugly Flies • nymphs
Gasolina Perdigón The Gasolina is one of the most proven nymphs on the Spanish competition circuit, and it's earned that spot. It's a perdigon, so a slim resin-coated body and almost nothing else. That skinny resin body cuts through the current and sinks fast, so it' Ugly Flies • nymphs
Dyret The Dyret is Norwegian for "the animal," and it earns the name. Gunnar Bingen crossed two patterns to build it, the Super Pupa and the Devil Bug. One was missing something and the other kept falling apart, and crossing them fixed both. The deer hair keeps this fly Ugly Flies • dries
