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Pheasant Tail Nymph — Fly Tying Pattern & Recipe

Pheasant Tail Nymph

May 20, 2025

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Old school mayfly pattern that is easy to tie once you get used to it. Harder as you go smaller.

Where I fish it

rivers

Target species

Cutthroat Trout Rainbow Trout Brown Trout

Recipe

8 minutes

Hook: Wet Fly/nymph

Thread: 70 Denier Tan

Tail: Pheasant Tail

Rib: Copper Wire

Legs/wingcase: Pheasant Tail

Thorax: Peacock Herl

Step 1

Step 1

Start thread 3/4s back from eye. Attach pheasant tail-tail a little shorter than the body with a few firm wraps on top of each other. Wrap thread forwards to starting spot under the PT.

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Found in these boxes

West Alberta and Interior BC Rivers