Dozen Pheasant Tail
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 1 dozen Pheasant Tail 12 Nymphs Trout NR  US $1.32
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 1 dozen Pheasant Tail 14 Nymphs Trout NR US $1.32
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 1 dozen Pheasant Tail 18 Nymphs Trout NR US $.56
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 1 dozen Pheasant Tail 20 Nymphs Trout NR US $1.26
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The materials used are quite easy to obtain for most who are interested. To represent the several olive patterns, the nymphs can be constructed on hook sizes 10-20. The use of pheasant tail fibres for a body of nymphs or flies is not original. But the manner of base building, ballasting, and the tying-in of the pheasant tail fibres with fine copper wire, of a colouring to suit and tone in with the general dressing, was devised in the 1930s. Artificial nymphs tied using this method are not difficult to make, and the simple instructions I am able to give should be sufficient for anyone with nimble fingers to follow.
First grip the selected hook firmly in the vice and then give the hook an even covering from bend to eye with fine red-coloured copper wire. The wire we use is little thicker than a human hair and this one can obtain at little cost from various sources. It is used in the windings in small transformers, dynamos, or electric motors. After the hook has been covered and the wire locked so that it cannot spin round the hook shank, wind the wire in even turns to the point where the thorax of the nymph is to be constructed, and there build up a hump. Then wind the wire back to the hook bend and let it dangle. Wire is much easier to use than silk as it will not spin off or loosen if the tension is relaxed.
The wire with its red colour forms the base for the dressing and at the same time gives additional weight to the hook. I dispense entirely with the use of silk and use the fine wire to tie in the dressing. The wire is now dangling from the hook bend. Take four centre fibres from a browny-red cock pheasant tail feather. Hold the fibres by their tips and then tie them on with the wire so that the fine ends stand out about one eighth of an inch from the hook bend. They form the tails or setae of the nymph. Then spin the four fibres of the pheasant tail on to the wire so that they are reinforced, and then lap fibres and wire evenly to the hook eye. Hold the wire firmly, separate the fibres from it and then wind the wire to the point behind which the thorax is to be made. Bend the fibres back and fasten for the first lap of the thorax, then forward to the hook eye again. Fasten here securely with half a dozen turns of wire and then cut away spare fibres. Our finished effort should have a very pronounced thorax which suggests the bulging wing cases, and a body which tapers neatly to the tail. With the tail fibres spread, all is complete.
It will be noted by those who follow these instructions that the upper part of the thorax which imitates the wing cases, is much darker than the rest of the body. This is brought about by the lapping back and forth of the butt ends of the pheasant tail fibres. If wire and fibres are wound evenly on the hook, the spare ends should have the dark tone which is a feature of these fibres. This gives a very natural appearance to the thorax. The fibres of pheasant tail vary in length, and indeed texture, from the butt of the feather to the tip, so when dressing a nymph one can select lengths most suitable for the size of the hook, bearing in mind that when the body is made, the dark part is ready to use for lapping.
When wet, this pattern has a translucent effect and one can see the red of the wire showing through the pheasant tail fibres. The artificial, so constructed, has a very good entry to water and will sink deeply when required. The hook point is not muffled or guarded in any way by hackles or by the dressing, and a slight lift of the rod will drive it home.
The author, Nick Sawyer, is the grandson of the late Frank Sawyer MBE - inventor of the Pheasant Tail Nymph. Nick runs a small hobby business dedicated to selling nymphs and flies tied in the original manner devised by Frank Sawyer.
Please visit http://www.SawyerNymphs.com for nymphs, flies, fishing books and traditional fishery management products.
If you are unsure on what type of fly to use, please try our Sawyer Nymphs Fly Selector Google Gadget at http://www.WhichDryFly.co.uk
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