{"id":81,"date":"2009-07-12T13:04:39","date_gmt":"2009-07-12T12:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.troutflies.co.uk\/blog\/?p=81"},"modified":"2009-07-12T13:08:52","modified_gmt":"2009-07-12T12:08:52","slug":"pheasant-tail-nymph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.troutflies.co.uk\/blog\/useful-tying-patterns\/pheasant-tail-nymph\/","title":{"rendered":"Pheasant Tail Nymph"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Pheasant Tail Nymph<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Materials required:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0cm;\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">Round bend down eye  hook &#8211; Sizes 10 \u2013 16<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">Body \u2013 Cock pheasant  tail fibres<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">Tying thread fine black  or brown<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">Rib  \u2013 fine copper wire<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">Thorax \u2013 Fine copper  wire<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">Wing case \u2013 Cock  pheasant tail fibres<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">Tail \u2013 Cock pheasant  tail fibres<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">Head \u2013 build up neat  head of tying thread<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tying:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1.<\/strong> Tie in the fine copper wire behind the eye and  form a copper wire ball for the thorax. Tie in tying thread behind copper wire  ball and take down to bend in touching turns. Tie in a few tips of cock pheasant  tail fibres to form tail. (the rest of the fibres are used for the body)<strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-82\" title=\"pheas1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.troutflies.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/upLoads\/2009\/07\/pheas1-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"pheas1\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.troutflies.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/upLoads\/2009\/07\/pheas1-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.troutflies.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/upLoads\/2009\/07\/pheas1.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>2.<\/strong> <span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">Tie  in length of fine copper wire. Take tying thread back up to behind the copper  wire ball. Wind cock pheasant fibres up body in touching turns to the ball and  secure with the thread and leave remainder of fibres on top of hook<span> <\/span>to form thorax cover. Follow with the copper  wire in open turns to form the rib as far as the ball and tie off copper wire.  Tie in addition cock pheasant fibres and wind around the copper ball and tie off  behind the eye.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-83\" title=\"pheas2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.troutflies.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/upLoads\/2009\/07\/pheas2-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"pheas2\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.troutflies.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/upLoads\/2009\/07\/pheas2-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.troutflies.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/upLoads\/2009\/07\/pheas2.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>3.<\/strong> Take the cock pheasant fibres that are on top of hook and  pull over thorax to form cover and tie off behind the eye, form a neat head, tie  off and varnish the head.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-84\" title=\"pheas3\" src=\"https:\/\/www.troutflies.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/upLoads\/2009\/07\/pheas3-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"pheas3\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.troutflies.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/upLoads\/2009\/07\/pheas3-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.troutflies.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/upLoads\/2009\/07\/pheas3.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">This nymph does not represent a specific aquatic nymph but is  used<span> <\/span>as a general nymph\/bug pattern and  is very effective as its features are found on many nymphs. It can also be tied  on short or long shank hooks and can even be tied with a lead under belly .<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The thorax can also be seals fur of different colours and of  course dyed cock pheasant fibres can be used to form a whole series of different  pheasant tail nymphs.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">This  nymph can be used all season in both rivers and lakes and on floating or sinking  lines. A good retrieve is a short jerky one and takes can be quite  fierce.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pheasant Tail Nymph Materials required: Round bend down eye hook &#8211; Sizes 10 \u2013 16 Body \u2013 Cock pheasant tail fibres Tying thread fine black or brown Rib \u2013 fine copper wire Thorax \u2013 Fine copper wire Wing case \u2013 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.troutflies.co.uk\/blog\/useful-tying-patterns\/pheasant-tail-nymph\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.troutflies.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.troutflies.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.troutflies.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.troutflies.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.troutflies.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.troutflies.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93,"href":"https:\/\/www.troutflies.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81\/revisions\/93"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.troutflies.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.troutflies.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.troutflies.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}