PTO?

[lykos33]

pto fly 001.JPG

While doing some dry flies for a swap on another forum, I realized it would look really nice to use the Pt for the body. How do you think it came out?
Hook--#14 dry (Eagle Claw I believe)
Tail---3 Pheasant tail fibers
Body--same 3 fibers wrapped up to thorax
Thorax---black ostrich dubbing
Hackle--brown and white barred hackle (don't ask me what kind...I dunno)
Thread---8/0 black

[letumgo]

Beautiful fly Murray! Sure to be a very successful pattern. Is that fly tyed with some of the materials you were hoping to get for Christmas?

[lykos33]

Thanks Ray, means alot coming from you! Actually the only thing I got for Christmas was a "Christmas box" from the flytyers dungeon and a little over 6000 hooks and some matched turkey feathers from Joel at the FTF (JSzymczyk), so , yeah I guess it was some of my goodies....the hook LOL!

[Old Hat]

That really turned out looking very nice. Very buggy and a fish catcher for sure. Is the pt wrapped through the ostrich in the abdomen? There is some really cool effects going on there.

[letumgo]

6000 hooks?!!! That should be enough for this season, but you may want to put in another order just in case...

[lykos33]

Thanks Old Hat, the PT stops just a tiny bit past the dubbing. I dub back just a fraction to cover the PT end and then proceed to hackle in front of the thorax. I actually tried a few with the hackle behind the thorax for 1 turn and then in front of it for 2 turns...makes it really buggy looking.