[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"learn-glossary-prince-nymph":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"aliases":6,"body":9,"category":26,"definitionShort":27,"description":15,"disciplineTags":28,"extension":29,"meta":30,"navigation":31,"path":32,"relatedCards":33,"relatedTerms":36,"seo":40,"sourceRef":41,"stem":42,"term":5,"__hash__":43},"learn_glossary\u002Flearn\u002Fglossary\u002Fprince-nymph.md","Prince Nymph",[7,8],"prince","doug prince nymph",{"type":10,"value":11,"toc":22},"minimark",[12,16,19],[13,14,15],"p",{},"The Prince Nymph is a contradiction: it doesn't really look like any insect that exists, but trout eat it year-round on almost every river. The bright white biot \"wings\" on top of the dark peacock body give the fly its signature contrast — invisible from above (riverbed colors), bright from below (where a feeding trout looks).",[13,17,18],{},"Sizes 12-18 cover most water. Bead-head versions sink faster and add a second attractor element; the standard \"searching\" prince is the bead-head in tan or gold.",[13,20,21],{},"Tie it as the lead fly when you don't know what's hatching, with a more specific imitation as the dropper. The pattern's job is to find the player; the dropper closes the deal.",{"title":23,"searchDepth":24,"depth":24,"links":25},"",2,[],"fly","An attractor nymph with a peacock-herl body, brown goose-biot tail, and white biot wings. Doesn't imitate any specific bug — trout eat it everywhere. A standard searching nymph.",[26],"md",{},true,"\u002Flearn\u002Fglossary\u002Fprince-nymph",[34,35],"euro-nymphing-101","tying-on-a-dropper-rig",[37,38,39],"nymph","dead-drift","indicator",{"description":15},null,"learn\u002Fglossary\u002Fprince-nymph","TfdFRjQkkG4OPoTLUuJCoCquG6_mTD9X4dO3Msa7lpY"]