dyed pheasant tail

[mike_richardson]

Not sure if any of you purchase any dyed pheasant tail or not, but this weekend I did an experiment. Used yellow, and brown died pheasant tail beadhead nymphs on a tandem right. The yellow flat out preformed the brown. Not sure if it was because the brown was dropped a bit lower, or if the yellow matched more of what was in the stream.

I am a fan of having multilple colors of pheasant tail in my box.

Caught a lot of stockies on the yellow this past Sunday. Might have looked like the color of pellets Here was a tubby Golden that fell for the yellow.

 

[mikesl]

I think it's a great idea to try something like this and report the results - thanks

For what it's worth, inspection of the naturals has pushed me to try lightwer colors for small PT nymphs as well, with good, but not scientific, results.

 

[MKern]

I have every color of PT. Another great producer is bleached.

 

[PennKev]

You guys may also want to try golden pheasant tail for your PT's.

That is natural colored tail feathers from a golden pheasant. The same bird that provides the orange and black feathers used on Royal Coachman tails.

The mottling on the tails creates a really nice two tone effect which mimics certain sulphur nymphs really well.

Kev

 

[RCFetter]

"In the Riffle" calls this a PMD Pheasant Tail (pic is from their video page):

I just got some yellow dyed pheasant tails from JStockard and it's a nice color but not as yellow as in the photo.

In the recipe they call the color ginger. Here's the video.

 

[sandfly]

lots of colors !

 

[SteveG]

Pennkev beat me to it with the golden pheasant. I also use turkey tail. Come to think of it, hen pheasant tail may work for smaller sizes too.

 

[mike_richardson]

Just tied these on my lunch break. Tough to tell the color in the pic, but these have been the ticket lately. Not sure if it is closer to a nymph that is in the stream or what, but it works. I have been liking the shorter shank hooks lately as well. I normally like a 1xl nymph hook but have been going with straight hooks now.

Not sure how others tie their BHPT but I keep mine fast.

put on the bead
tie in gold wire
clip off about 5-7 pheastant fibers.
tie in fibers over the rib
wrap fibers up and secure
rib the fly
tie in peacock
wrap peacock
pull fibers over the peacock
whip finish.

I only ever tie the fibers to the hook one time. Might not look as pretty but it works. I have been wanting to add legs to the fly, but it works well as it is, so I have just been tying the 2 minute BHPT.