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Chouinard Golden PT Soft Hackle

Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2025 12:13 am
by Roadkill
After tying my Golden Soft Hackle, I intended to tie some Golden PT nymphs. But earlier today Ken called me about what I had in my Buffalo Starfire Trilobal colors.

After we talked about that he said he was going to tie up some Chouinard Pheasant Tail Flymphs. I had never heard of it, so I found this...
https://www.flyfishfood.com/blogs/nymph ... ail-flymph

I had to tie one with the Golden Pheasant that I had not put away yet. But I had to try the Black Peacock Ice Dub thorax. So here is the GP Soft Hackle version...

ImageRIMG9750 by William Lovelace, on Flickr

Hook-94840 #14
Thread-UTC 70 Rusty Brown
Body & tail -Twisted GP Tail fibers counter ribbed by SM Gold Ultra Wire
Thorax-Black Peacock Ice Dub
Hackle-Partridge

Re: Chouinard Golden PT Soft Hackle

Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2025 6:42 pm
by Partsman
Your rendition is excellent, I’m going to have to get pheasant tail simplicity, Yvon Chouinards and Craig Matthew’s book, sounds like a good read with lots of patterns.