Post by phishinincident on Mar 7, 2009 11:17:17 GMT -5
Okay realizing it now I don’t think I took enough/good enough pictures of this process…
But here we go! All you really need are pheasant parts and dubbing, right along with a pair of mono eyes and maybe some lead and copper wire…I like to use a streamer hook in sz 6 instead of a nymph hook because these nymphs are pretty lanky, I like the Daiichi 2220 in a 6 specifically for girth and length of the wire…
Starting off as with any fly lay a base down along the shank of the hook end towards the bend and tear of a hefty amount of the downy type fluff that’s at the base of a pheasant feather like so, I like really bushy tails!
Once you’ve got a nice tail youl then tie in a large chunk of pheasant tail fibers try and line the tips up and keep the chunk somewhat tight, tie in from the tips then tie in your piece of copper wire and your two after shafts ( I have started using two because it gives you more material to work with and usually comes out consistently better) youl tie the two after shafts in on top of each other by the tip, throw some lead on the shank to start building up a body and to drag it down…
Using a “Hex” color dubbing or just like a pale yellow or I have found that certain shades of golden stone fit the bill really well, anyways dub somewhat of a tapered body and stop about 1/3 away from the eye…
Youl then take the two after shafts pull them of the top dead center of your dubbed body and tie em down then take your P.T. clump and pull that over top trying to line it up T.D.C. tie those down and trim.
I think that palmering the wire through the extremely delicate aftershafts is that hardest part of the fly and will come with much practice, but one again that fact that youl be using two helps the learning curve (I have a ton of wraps of wire I may have gotten carried away, you don’t need that many!
After you’ve come this far, tie in another hefty clump of P.T. right where you left off by the tips again, and that greenish hue pheasant feather you used for the aftershafts and downy tail youl tie in by the tip to be used somewhat as a soft hackle right where you left off with the last section, also throw you mono eyes in but leave plenty of space behind the eye of the hook!
Wrap the soft hackle then dub the head up to and over slightly the mono eyes then pull your P.T. fibers up right between the eyes, make a nice head and whip off
This is really similar to several of the Hex’s Bear ties with some modifications, its what I have had the best luck on and most closely looks like the actual bug…
Jordan
But here we go! All you really need are pheasant parts and dubbing, right along with a pair of mono eyes and maybe some lead and copper wire…I like to use a streamer hook in sz 6 instead of a nymph hook because these nymphs are pretty lanky, I like the Daiichi 2220 in a 6 specifically for girth and length of the wire…
Starting off as with any fly lay a base down along the shank of the hook end towards the bend and tear of a hefty amount of the downy type fluff that’s at the base of a pheasant feather like so, I like really bushy tails!
Once you’ve got a nice tail youl then tie in a large chunk of pheasant tail fibers try and line the tips up and keep the chunk somewhat tight, tie in from the tips then tie in your piece of copper wire and your two after shafts ( I have started using two because it gives you more material to work with and usually comes out consistently better) youl tie the two after shafts in on top of each other by the tip, throw some lead on the shank to start building up a body and to drag it down…
Using a “Hex” color dubbing or just like a pale yellow or I have found that certain shades of golden stone fit the bill really well, anyways dub somewhat of a tapered body and stop about 1/3 away from the eye…
Youl then take the two after shafts pull them of the top dead center of your dubbed body and tie em down then take your P.T. clump and pull that over top trying to line it up T.D.C. tie those down and trim.
I think that palmering the wire through the extremely delicate aftershafts is that hardest part of the fly and will come with much practice, but one again that fact that youl be using two helps the learning curve (I have a ton of wraps of wire I may have gotten carried away, you don’t need that many!
After you’ve come this far, tie in another hefty clump of P.T. right where you left off by the tips again, and that greenish hue pheasant feather you used for the aftershafts and downy tail youl tie in by the tip to be used somewhat as a soft hackle right where you left off with the last section, also throw you mono eyes in but leave plenty of space behind the eye of the hook!
Wrap the soft hackle then dub the head up to and over slightly the mono eyes then pull your P.T. fibers up right between the eyes, make a nice head and whip off
This is really similar to several of the Hex’s Bear ties with some modifications, its what I have had the best luck on and most closely looks like the actual bug…
Jordan
