Pheasent Tail Simplicity

[flybill]

A new book i picked up, I downloaded a sample on my Kindle app, and loved what I read.

I prefer an actual book, so I'll go though it this week!

 

[Zak]

That looks like a great book! I tie and fish a lot of these:

 

[flybill]

Good video!! Us fly guys love to keep it simple.. not!

 

[Sam Roffe]

Good video!! Us fly guys love to keep it simple.. not!

Simple is good. I don't have the attention span for complex

 

[Chucker]

That looks like a great book! I tie and fish a lot of these:

That is a killer fly. I used to tie those with a darker hackle (might have been grouse). Looked better to me, the fish probably don’t care. The combo of pheasant tail and peacock just seems to work. I’m not sure if the fake peacock dubbing is quite as effective as the real thing, but it’s so much easier to work with.

 

[Zak]

That is a killer fly. I used to tie those with a darker hackle (might have been grouse). Looked better to me, the fish probably don’t care. The combo of pheasant tail and peacock just seems to work. I’m not sure if the fake peacock dubbing is quite as effective as the real thing, but it’s so much easier to work with.

I sometimes use real peacock (wound around the tying thread for strength). I use the more brownish partridge feathers. Here's one I just tied, a 2 minute tie (size 12).


See also:

Endrick Spider | MyFlyVise

A fly pattern by Zak, shared on MyFlyVise.

myflyvise.com

 

[GAT]

The interesting thing about real peacock herl is that it turns almost a brass looking color when wet. I don't think the synthetic version does that.

Yup, simple is good. I've used my version of the pattern for many moons and sometimes it is a hit.

 

[Flymph]

Just one comment on Pheasant tails: I searched for years for a tail that had fibers long enough to properly tie a Pheasant tail nymph. I finally found the quality and length I was looking for at McHardy's of Carlisle.

 

[Zak]

Just one comment on Pheasant tails: I searched for years for a tail that had fibers long enough to properly tie a Pheasant tail nymph. I finally found the quality and length I was looking for at McHardy's of Carlisle.

I buy PT tail pieces that have 3 or 4 feathers still attached at the bottom. They have fibers long enough for me. By a "properly tied" PT nymph, do you mean one using copper wire for the 'thread' and lots of doubling back of the PT fibers?

 

[SurfnFish]

a Red PT jig can be the go to on the high lakes mid summer for whatever reason.

That looks like a great book! I tie and fish a lot of these:

The absolute exception outlier to billionaires - what an apex human being he is.

 

[Flymph]

I buy PT tail pieces that have 3 or 4 feathers still attached at the bottom. They have fibers long enough for me. By a "properly tied" PT nymph, do you mean one using copper wire for the 'thread' and lots of doubling back of the PT fibers?

I have PT nymphs of various sizes with thread-wire wrapped forward to hold down wire and pheasant tail body. The imported pheasant tails have fibers long enough for size 10 bugs.

 

[Zak]

I have PT nymphs of various sizes with thread-wire wrapped forward to hold down wire and pheasant tail body. The imported pheasant tails have fibers long enough for size 10 bugs.

I'd love to see some pictures of those! My PT and wire nymphs look like crap!

 

[flybill]

I'd love to see some pictures of those! My PT and wire nymphs look like crap!

I doubt they look like crap.. I'll do some testing with them sometime!!

 

[Brian]

I have mentioned this additional PT variation before that has fooled hundreds of fish. It's my confidence fly with a T-rod.

The Takayama Sakasa Kebari is a "reverse spider" wet fly for highstick tightline presentations typically tied with a thread body and no tail on a straight shank hook. This variation uses a PT body with copper wire ribbing for reinforcement and a segmented look tied on a scud or lighter wire Klinkhammer hook. It also has the PT fly pattern's Peacock Herl thorax reinforced by spinning it on the thread, or using Olive Ice dubbing that looks better ("buggy") after its picked out or chewed on by fish.