Using the hybrid version of the notion of weakly reciprocally continuous pairs of mappings due to Gairola et al. [Coincidence and fixed point for weakly reciprocally continuous single-valued and multivalued maps, Demonstratio Math. (2013/2014), accepted], we prove a coincidence and common fixed point theorem for a hybrid pair of compatible mappings via an implicit relation. Our main result improves and generalizes a host of previously known theorems. As an application, we give a homotopy theorem which supports our main result. 2010 Mathematics Subject Classification. 47H09, 47H10, 54H25.