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Sawyer Pheasant Tail Nymph
How do you tie a Sawyer Pheasant Tail Nymph?
Sawyer Pheasant Tail Nymph is a nymph fly pattern for trout. Find its 3 materials and 10 tying steps below.
- Difficulty
- 2 of 5
- Target species
- trout
- Pattern designer
- Frank Sawyer
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Materials
- Hook: Partridge BIN (Barbless Ideal Nymph) #10-#18
- Thread/weight/rib: Copper wire, dark
- Tail/abdomen/thorax/wingcase: Pheasant tail barbs
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Tying instructions
Start copper wire wraps behind the eye, building a slight thorax.
Wrap copper wire down to the bend.
Select 6-7 pheasant tail barbs and trim the tips.
Tie in the pheasant tail barbs at the bend, keeping the tail short.
Counter-wrap the pheasant tail fibers forward to form the body.
Tie off the pheasant tail fibers at the thorax.
Pull the remaining pheasant tail fibers over the thorax to create a wingcase.
Tie off the wingcase at the eye.
Whip finish with the copper wire.
Trim the copper wire close.