Pheasant Tail Nymph

Use pheasant tail nymphs to imitate blue-winged olive (#18-20) and slate-winged drake (#12-14) nymphs on the Guadalupe. It is a good general-purpose nymph to use as an attractor when fishing under a stike indicator.

Tying Instructions

1. Place hook in vise and wrap with thread from eye to bend.
2. Tie in four stands of pheasant feather to make the tail. They should be as long as the shank of the hook.
3. Draw the feathers back and wrap to bend.
4. Tie in a three inch piece of copper wire for ribbing later.
5. Wet fingers and gently wind pheasant fibers forward to make the abdomen. Stop two-thirds of the way to the eye. Tie off and cut off butts.
6. Wrap copper wire over abdomen to make ribbing. Tie off and clip.
7. Tie in six pheasant tail fibers to make wing casing.
8. Tine in butt of peacock herl and wrap to eye. Tie off and cut.
9. Pull pheasant feathers foward and tie off behind the eye to make the wing caseing. Clip butts.
10. Tie off and cement head.