"Ken Fortenberry" wrote


I challenge you to find ANYTHING in, near, or around a North
Carolina mountain stream that looks like a yellow humpy.


I don't know about NC but a yellow humpy about a size 16 isn't too bad an
imitation of a pale mayfly cripple/ emerger ... think of the tails as
"shuck/ nymph" the hump as "wingcase, partially trapped wing" and the yellow
as the dun's color starting to show ... them squint, look at the humpy from
underneath, and try to feel like a very hungry trout G... maybe you'll
see the similarity

Little yellow things are pretty common in western water .... some stones,
several mayfly species, a few caddis all have decidedly yellow tints ... and
the humped and ragged shape is really pretty ideal for a "could be a
crumpled up anything ... take your pick, Mr Trout ... fly" ..... I've
never fished NC but hunger leads to experimentation and most freestone trout
aren't that well fed.

In a similar vein ... why the hell would anyone be the FIRST person to try
eating an Artichoke? "Let's try something new today, honey. Maybe one of
these sticky, prickly, thistles? We could steam it an hour then just eat
the very tips of each leaf." My guess is that whoever it was would have
tried a Yellow Humpy too G