Nymph · Stillwater · Trout · Intermediate · 1 version
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Hook Daiichi 1120, 12
Thread Rusty brown
Materials
Pheasant tail fibres Natural pheasant tail fibers (4-5 for the tail, 4-5 per side for the legs)
Copper wire, small Copper wire (counter rib)
Flashabou #6986 Copper brown flashabou (doubled, body)
Scud Back Brown stone (wing case)
Ice Dub Copper ice dub (thorax, two small noodles)
UV resin (wing case)
How to tie it
Run rusty brown thread back to the rear edge of the bend on a size 12 Daiichi 1120 and tie in four or five pheasant tail fibres on top. Tie them in slightly toward you and let the thread torque carry them to the centre, and stop with the thread hanging at the hook point, which gives you a consistent tail length every time.
Tie in small copper wire down the near side into the bend, then double a strand of copper brown Flashabou over the thread, slide it down and bind it in all the way back. Spin the bobbin counterclockwise to flatten the thread and build a light taper forward.
Wrap the Flashabou forward to cover the thread wraps, tie off and trim. Fold the pheasant tail forward over the top with a half twist so the fibres stay together and centred rather than splitting around the shank, tie down and trim.
Counter rib the copper wire forward in open turns, opposite everything else. Counter wrapping both locks in the brittle pheasant tail and pulls it back toward centre if it has drifted. Helicopter out the tag.
Tie in brown Scud Back on top for the wing case, starting it right back at the hook point, then dub half the thorax with a short noodle of copper Ice Dub.
Tie in four or five pheasant tail fibres on each side for the legs, wiggling them into place before you tighten down, then dub a second Ice Dub noodle the same size as the first, pulling the legs back as you wrap over them so they stay swept.
Pull the Scud Back over the thorax, take a couple of wraps over and a couple in front, give it a light stretch and trim. Whip finish, then coat the wing case with UV resin, letting a little run back onto the pheasant tail before you cure it.