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Post by Mike Grinsell on Apr 23, 2013 20:32:55 GMT -5
My variation on the standard PheasantTail on a size 22 hook tails are long for more wiggle. Is working real well as a drowned BWO emerger.  |
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Post by Nick Pionessa on Apr 23, 2013 22:20:15 GMT -5
cool twist on the PT Mike. i love seeing the old standbys modified.
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Post by W.Sender on Apr 24, 2013 8:57:55 GMT -5
The tails are a little long for my taste. Proportions are big for me. I'm sure this will catch fish but having a long tail like leads to some short strikes and greater chance that the tail will rip off.
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Post by Mike Grinsell on Apr 24, 2013 21:12:03 GMT -5
Yep very long.... I do have a few tied short. But short tails don't move and I think the movement triggers more strikes. I tie most of my wet/nymph patterns smaller than size 20 with out tails.
Maybe a few CDC fibers for the tail? Any dark olive CDC at the shop??
A small clump of aftershaft feathers?
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Post by Charlie Dickson on May 3, 2013 15:01:04 GMT -5
Wood duck might work for the tail on that fly also. I'd use the reel thing on a fly like that. Not the mallard substitute. The real thing is a bit finer and better segmented. Cool looking fly the way it is.
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