I created this fly when I was playing with suede as a tying material
(I know Jim Teeny used it as well). I wanted something that was easy to tie and effective, the perfect fly?
Anyway using the K.I.S.S. principle I came up with the Suede Pheasant. Then I thought it would look better with a
gold rib so I did that too. The Brook trout up here fall for it all of the time, but no Rainbows on it yet.
Hey, I'll suffer through catching 3 to 5lb Brookies if I have to.
Directions:
1. Wrap thread from 1/8 back from eye to bend in hook shank
2.
Tie in pheasant tail so that it extends about the length of the
straight shank past the bend. Do not trim the butts too short, they
should be cut
off about 1/4 back from hook eye, so they form an underbody of sorts,
it helps make the suede wrap better.
3. Tie in tinsel at hook bend
4.
Tie in a thin slice of suede, about 3 to 4 inches long, about 3/16"
wide at one end, tapering to a point at the other end. The point can be
created by tapering the last inch of the suede strip. Tie in by the
pointed end.
5.
Wrap the suede
forward, stretching and overlapping a little as you wrap. Tie it off at
about the same spot you trimmed the pheasant tail
butts. The trick here is to leave enough room so the head isn't too
bulky after you tie in the rest of the pheasant and peacock.
6.
After you tie off the suede, trim it and tie the end down so the front
end of the body is tapered, it should be cigar shaped. Add a drop of
head
cement for safety.
7. Wrap tinsel
forward, following the overlaps in the suede, tie it off at the same spot.
8.
Take a bunch of pheasant tail fibers and tie them as a beard
underneath, just
in front of the body. I tie them in sort of up on the side, with a
couple of wraps. Trim the butts and then rotate them evenly underneath.
Add a few more wraps, then tie in the wing, which should extend to, or
almost to, the end of the tail.
9. At this point use a few more wraps to form the shape of the head.
10. Bring your thread back to where the wing meets the head, then tie in 2 or 3 strands of peacock
herl.
11.
let your bobbin hang down and bring your herl around in the first wrap,
when it comes around to the thread hanging below the hook, wrap
your herl around the thread 4 or 5 times to form a rope. Wrap that
around the head, towards the eye (about 4 wraps) then tie it off. Trim
remainder, finish up with a whip finish and cement.
I fish this on a full sinking line in Brookie infested lakes. Good fishing! |
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