Pheasant Tail Flymph

I have had a fair degree of success over the last month with this fly. I sensed that a little more movement in the fly was needed than I was getting from the Sawyer Pheasant Tail and after a couple nights at the vice, came up with this flymph. The Trigger Point Fibres used in the hackle tend to become less waterlogged than feathers and may just provoke a little more interest from the trout.

Pheasant Tail Nymph

The Sawyer Pheasant Tail is a fly I use an awful lot, particularly in sizes 16 and 18. This season it has been my 'go to' fly and it rarely fails to produce some sort of interest.

I like to tie the flies in the traditional manner, however I do have a problem obtaining tail feathers with fibres of the right length, however I have developed a two part method of tying the fly to make use of the smaller feathers.

I have often wondered if Frank Sawyer would have used the same materials if he had designed the fly today, with the vast amount that are available. Pictured are two variations, the first using a small bead for the thorax and the second creating a body from EP-Trigger Point International Fibres (colour-March Brown).

Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear Nymph

I have good intentions next season of returning to more basic traditional patterns, I think sometimes we over complicate our patterns. With this in mind I have been tying some Gold Ribbed Hares Ear's.

To add some interest I have tied them using Arizona Simi Seal Dubbing in amber olive for the body and Arizona Synthetic Dubbing in dark hare's ear for the thorax. The dubbing was recommended to me by a friend and I obtained some from the US. The wing case is golden pheasant tail fibres.