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flymph

n. a fishing lure resembling an insect between the nymph and fly stages of development. Subjects: ,
Etymological Note: Perhaps coined by and probably popularized by Vernon S. Hidy.
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Citations: 1971 Jim Gilford The News (Frederick, Maryland) (Apr. 2) “Tempting Selective Trout” p. B2: Veron “Pete” Hidy, who fished often with Liesenring and who put into print, in the original edition, Big Jim’s ideas and knowledge of wet fly fishing, has added three new chapters on “Flymph” fishing in the updated version. Flymph is Hidy’s term for an aquatic larva wiggling to the surface of the water to hatch. 1994 Jim Merritt Field & Stream (Apr. 1) “Antique angling” vol. 98, no. 12, p. 56: Leafing through this little book, I was struck by the naturalness of the flies, some of which resembled the modern, soft-hackle “flymph” patterns popularized by Vernon S. Hidy. The blackened hooks were mostly sizes 12 and 14, but a few flies were tied on hooks approaching a diminutive size 18. 2007 Bill Thompson Conway Daily Sun (North Conway, New Hampshire) (Apr. 27) “Fishing: Flies for early season trout”: Tie the fly on a nymph hook with a tail and you have what some refer to as a flymph.
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