Bubble Bead Pheasant Tail

Bubble Bead Pheasant Tail

Hook - Swimming nymph style, size accordingly to the bugs in your area

Beads - Black brass or tungsten and mercury (silver lined glass bead) color

Thread - Black, brown, whatever color you want

Tail, body & wing case - Pheasant tail (apply CA glue to thread wraps prior to wrapping pheasant tail forward)

Ribbing - Copper wire (it was omitted in the original video but can be added for extra durability)

UV resin over wing case

Can be tied in a variety of colors of pheasant tail and other materials

From an internet video

Bossano's Stick Caddis

Bossano's Stick Caddis

Hook - Mustad S80-3906, S82-3806B

Thread - Black

Ribbing - Copper wire

Body/Case - Turkey, pheasant tail fibers

Head - Chartreuse foam strip

Schweitzer's Wateck

Schweitzer's Wateck

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Fluorescent green

Tail - Pheasant tail fibers

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body – Olive hares ear

Throat – Brown hen hackle fibers

Wing – Dyed yellow squirrel tail

Reference – Fish Flies Volume Two – Terry Hellekson

Soft Hackles

Partridge & Peacock

Partridge & Green

Partridge & Orange

March Brown Spider

Pheasant Tail Soft Hackle

POP Fly

La Visa

Partridge & Quill

Brassie Soft Hackle

Trueblood's Caddis

Trueblood's Caddis

Hook - Straight or Curved shank

Weight - Lead free wire (Optional)

Thread - Black

Tail - Green floss or uni-stretch

Shellback - Pheasant tail

Ribbing - Silver wire

Body - Green floss or uni-stretch

Legs - Mallard, teal partridge fibers

Popular Fly Patterns - Terry Hellekson

Hogan's Red Headed Step Child

Hogan’s Red Headed Step Child

Hook - Nymph style

Bead - Small Red Glass Bead

Thread - Brown 

Tail - Pheasant Tail

Rib - Small Red Wire

Thorax - Peacock Herl

Case - Medium Pearlescent Tinsel

Legs - Red Krystal Flash

Brown Trout Fry

Brown Trout Fry

Hook - 4xl size 6-8

Thread - Tan for the head and tying down the tail area; white flat waxed nylon to build underbody 

Overbody shell - Clear zip lock bag. add a few orange and black dots

Body - Flat gold tinsel

Back - Brownish pheasant tail

Painted eyes - Black over yellow

UV Resin - Use as desired on the body prior to tying in the back fibers and head area

Early Emerger Nymph

Early Emerger Nymph

Hook - Dry fly

Thread - Tan

Tail - Pheasant tail fibers

Abdomen - Pheasant tail fibers

Ribbing - Tan thread

Posts - White poly yarn

Thorax - Dark hares ear

Reference - Fly Fishing & Fly Tying Magazine (UK)

Simple Pheasant Tails

Simple Pheasant Tail

Hook: Nymph Style

Threas: Assorted Colors

Tail: Pheasant tail (butt ends left long over eye of hook)

Ribbing: Fine wire (gold, silver, copper etc)

Body: Pheasant tail (butt ends left long over eye of hook after wrapping body)

Thorax: Thread

Wing case: Butt ends of the pheasant tail pulled back over the thorax and secured with tying thread

Tying Notes

Pheasant tail: Use different colors and different fibers from different birds

Thorax: I used thread but the torax can be tied using tinsel, spanflex, uni-stretch, dubbing etc

Trigger Baetis

Trigger Baetis

Hook - Mustad 3906, 3906B or equivalent

Thread - Brown & orange

Tail - 2 pheasant tail fibers split

Ribbing - Gold wire

Body - Brown thread

Thorax - Green & brown superfine dubbing

Wing buds - Dun CDC

Quilled Muskin Midge Pupa

Quilled Muskin Midge Pupa

Hook - Mustad 3399, 3906 or equivalent

Thread - Black size 10

Tail - Whiting Coq de Leon fibers

Body - Stripped peacock quill

Thorax - Fluorescent orange and black UV dubbing

Wing case - Dyed black pheasant tail

Breathers/Gills - White uni stretch

Shop Vac

Shop Vac

Hook - Any curved style hook 

Bead - Brass or tungsten

Thread - Black

Rib - Gold or copper wire

Body - Pheasant tail fibers

Wing - White uni stretch

Poodle Sniffer

Poodle Sniffer 

Black Caddis Pupa

Hook - Mustad 3906, 3906B or equivalent

Thread - Black

Tail - Black pheasant tail

Ribbing - Chartreuse wire

Body - Black pheasant tail fibers

Thorax - Peacock herl

Originator - Bighorn Angler Head Guide David Palmer

Transformer

Transformer

Hook - Mustad 3906, size 10-12

Thread - Black

Weight - Lead/lead free wire (optional)

Ribbing - Pearl tinsel

Body - Black dubbing

Legs - Knotted pheasant tail

Wing case - Turkey tail

Thorax - Black dubbing

Antennae - Butt ends of the legs over the hook eye

Frenchie

 

Frenchie

Hook - Straight or scud 

Thread - Hot orange

Bead - Gold or copper tungsten

Tail - Coq de leon or any other barred hackle fibers

Rib - Copper wire

Abdomen - Natural pheasant tail

Collar - Hot pink ice dubbing, or your favorite dubbing of any color

Brown Stonefly Creeper

Brown Stonefly Creeper

Hook - Mustad 9671, 9672 or equivalent

Thread - Brown

Weight - Lead free wire, thorax area

Tail & back shell - Pheasant tail fibers

Ribbing - Thread or gold wire

Body - Stripped hackle quill/stem, brown

Thorax - Brownish dubbing

Halfback & Fullback Nymph

Halfback Nymph

Stonefly Imitation

Hook - Mustad 9671, 9672 or equivalent

Thread - Black 

Weight - Lead/non-lead wire

Tail - Pheasant tail fibers 

Ribbing - (optional) Black uni stretch or tying thread 

Abdomen - Peacock herl

Wing case - Pheasant tail fibers

Thorax - Peacock herl

Legs - Tips of the wing case pulled backwards

Fullback Nymph

Stonefly Imitation

Hook - Mustad 9671, 9672 or equivalent

Thread - Black 

Weight - Lead/non-lead wire

Tail - Pheasant tail fibers 

Back cover - Pheasant tail fibers 

Ribbing - (optional) Black uni stretch or tying thread 

Abdomen - Peacock herl

Wing case - Pheasant tail fibers

Thorax - Peacock herl

Legs - Tips of the wing case pulled backwards

Tying note - Coat the body and thorax area with crazy glue prior to wrapping the peacock herl forward for added durability. Ribbing material such as tying thread, wire, uni stretch, xsmall flat or oval tinsel  can also be used for added durability.

Flies fot Trout - Dick Stewart and Farrow Allen

Cove's Pheasant Tail

Cove's Pheasant Tail

Hook - Tiemco 2457, 2487 (or equivalent), 

Mustad 3906. 3906B (or equivalent), size 10-18

Thread - Black

Rib - Gold or copper Wire 

Body - Pheasant tail fibers

Thorax - Gray dubbing

Wing case - Pheasant tail fibers

May be tied weighted with lead/lead free wire

Originated by Arthur Cove

Variations

Teeny Nymph

Teeny Nymph

Jim Teeny Originator

Hook - Mustad 3399, 3906, 3906B or equivalent, size 8-18

Thread - To match pheasant tail

Body/Legs - Pheasant tail in various colors

Skinny Nelson

Skinny Nelson

Hook - Mustad 3906 or equivalent

Thread - Black

Tail - Pheasant tail fibers

Ribbing - Fine gold wire

Body - Black thread

Wing case - Pearl tinsel

Thorax - Peacock herl