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Pheasant Tail Soft Hackle Dry Fly
How do you tie a Pheasant Tail Soft Hackle Dry Fly?
Pheasant Tail Soft Hackle Dry Fly is a dry fly pattern for trout. Find its 5 materials and 12 tying steps below.
- Difficulty
- 3 of 5
- Target species
- trout
- Pattern designer
- Yvon Chouinard
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At the vise
Materials
- Hook: XC120 #14
- Thread: Veevus 8/0, Olive
- Tail: Pheasant Tail Fibers
- Hackle: Whiting Farms Grizzly Dry Fly Hackle
- Soft Hackle: Hungarian Partridge
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Tying instructions
Secure hook in vise and start thread at the eye.
Tie in pheasant tail fibers at the bend, extending one shank-length.
Build a tapered body with thread from the tie-in point to 2/3 up the shank.
Attach hackle pliers to the pheasant tail fibers and wrap forward to 2/3 up the shank, creating a ribbed body.
Tie off the pheasant tail body and snip the excess.
Tie in a Whiting Farms Grizzly dry fly hackle at the 2/3 point.
Wrap the grizzly hackle a couple of times.
Tie off the grizzly hackle at the front.
Tie in Hungarian partridge for the soft hackle at the front.
Wrap the partridge hackle twice.
Tie off the partridge hackle stem.
Whip finish twice and clip thread.