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Quasimodo Pheasant Tail

Nymph · Trout · Grayling · Advanced · 1 version

Classic Recipe

• Hook Scud/curved, 14-18
• Thread Brown 8/0

Materials

• Bead Tungsten bead (1)
• Tail Pheasant tail fibers (short)
• Body Pheasant tail fibers (wrapped)
• Rib Fine copper wire (spiral)
• Back Brown Thin Skin (shellback)
• Thorax Peacock herl (full)

How to tie it

1. Slide bead on curved hook
2. Tie in tail, wire, and Thin Skin
3. Wrap pheasant body
4. Wrap wire rib
5. Pull Thin Skin over as shellback
6. Wrap peacock thorax
7. Pull Thin Skin over thorax, tie off
8. Whip finish

Tying videos

• Quasimodo Pheasant Tail — Playlist PL96ME (YouTube)
• Quasimodo Pheasant Tail — Fly Tying a Quasimodo Pheasant Tail Nymph (Charlie Craven pa (YouTube)
• Quasimodo Pheasant Tail — Quasimodo Pheasant Tail Fly Tying Instructions by Charlie Cr (YouTube)
• Quasimodo Pheasant Tail — How to Tie the Quasimodo Pheasant Tail Mayfly Nymph (YouTube)

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