Royal Pheasant Tail (variant)

[letumgo]

Royal Pheasant Tail Nymph (variant)
Hook - Curved Scud (Size 12)
Thread - 8/0 UNI-Thread (Red)
Hackle - Hungarian Partridge (Natural/Gray Phase)
Thorax - Peacock Herl (Five Strands/Natural)
Abdomen/Tail - Ringneck Pheasant Tail (Red)
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This is the pattern I tyed for the swap Ron is hosting. (Thanks for hosting Ron!)

[Partsman]

Beautiful Ray, thanks for a great sbs.
Mike.

[DOUGSDEN]

Excellent Tutorial Ray! So well edited and "put together"! The end product is not bad either! Lol!
I can't wait to get one of these in my hands! I am really looking forward to this upcoming swap! Viva L'Peacock!
Dougsden

[jcwillow777]

Beautifully tied and an excellent tutorial Ray! But then, you always do excellent tutorials.

[Ron Eagle Elk]

Very nice SBS, Ray. You do set the bar high. I like using the working thread for the rib. Method to the madness.

[letumgo]

Thanks guys. I've gotten in the habit of photographing my sets, whenever we have swaps. I just capture each step with my cell phone, then upload to Google Images for sharing.

Ron - I am especially fond of reinforcing herl by counter wrapping with the tying thread. It gives a very durable body. I was able to counter wrap both the abdomen and throax region with the forward wraps.

One of the things I learned when wrapping the peacock herl was to pinch it firmly in my fingers when making the wraps backwards. By maintaining the firm pinch on the fibers, each wrap increased the twist of the bundle ensuring the peacock herl strands formed a nice body (no loose strands). I'm going to use this technique more often in the future.