Simple Pheasant Tail Nymph

Hook: Mustad 94840 #12
Thread: Sheer 14/0 Black
Tail: Pheasant TailHare’s Ear Plus Chocolate Brown
Rib: UTC Ultra Wire Small Olive

A very simple nymph that doesn’t take much material or time to tie up:

start with tying in the rib at the end
dub the hook until the eye
add the pheasant tail forward
dub behind the pheasant tail
drag the pheasant tail back to the end of the hook
wrap the rib forward to the eye
tie off

I realized the last time I was in a shallow river that I only had weighted nymphs that went straight to the bottom: tying up this together with some variants on the same theme to not be there again the next time!

No Hackle CDC

Posted on 2 June, 2013 by Håvard Eide cdc mustad sheer taimen whiting

Hook: Mustad 94840 #18
Thread: Sheer 14/0 Brown
Tail: Whiting Bronze Brown
Body: Taimen Beaver Dubbing Brown
Wing: 2xCDC

The no-hackle CDC is very easy and with a bit of floatant it sits very nicely in the surface film. I tend to tie these with a white wing (for moving water it does help for visibility), but keep a variety of colors at hand in sizes from #22 up to #14. They are easy to tie, only involves 3 materials and will catch fish!

#24 Thread Midge

Posted on 28 May, 201328 May, 2013 by Håvard Eide midge sheer tmc

Hook: TMC 100 #24
Body: Sheer 14/0 Black, Ultra Wire SM Silver
Thorax: Sheer 14/0 Red

As simple as you can get it: 2 types of thread and silver wire, this tiny midge can come in handy on one of those days that the trout is picky.

Aurivilli

Posted on 27 May, 2013 by Håvard Eide aurivilli cdc dry fly-rite mustad sheer whiting

Hook: Mustad 94840 #12, #14, #18
Thread: Sheer 14/0 Yellow
Tail: Soft hackle
Body: Fly-Rite Golden Yellow
Wing: CDC
Hackle: Whiting Bronze Brown

Getting ready for some fishing tomorrow with this family of Aurivilli in various sizes. The forest around Oslo should be primed with the last few days reaching up into the mid-20C and a bit of rain, so I will bring my bike out and check out some new areas that I haven’t tested out yet.

#30 Parachute

Posted on 17 May, 201329 May, 2013 by Håvard Eide fly-rite gamakatsu mallard poly-yarn sheer tiny whiting

Hook: Gamakatsu C12-BM #30
Thread: Sheer 14/0 Pale yellow
Tail: Mallard Flank White
Body: Fly-Rite Extra Fine Poly #0 Golden Yellow
Wing: Poly-Yarn
Hackle: Whiting Bronze Brown

Down to the smallest of hooks that I have, the Gamakatsu C12-BM #30 has a (relatively speaking) large hook-eye, making it much easier to deal with when trying to tie it on! The hackle was not very well tied in so you can see the thread got a bit loose behind the hook-eye.

The first time I’ve tied in both tail, dubbing, hackle and wing on a #30 hook, and all without magnification glasses ( I really need to get me some of those soon!). The hackle is the worst part of this: first of all you need to find something small enough, secondly the small hackles takes nothing to tear, so the process can be a bit hard on the eyes and concentration!

sheer

Simple Pheasant Tail Nymph

No Hackle CDC

#24 Thread Midge

Aurivilli

#30 Parachute

flyfisher.org sites

Last posts

Recent Comments

Categories

Choose Month

flyfisher.org

Sites