Pheasant and Faux
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Pheasant and Faux
Hook: Ken Sawada single low water #12
Thread: Cranberry Gossamer silk thread
Tail: lower orange tipped fibers from golden pheasant tail
Body: a mix of antron yarns (olive,rust, brown, blue) and thin green flashabou in split thread twist
Hackle: Ringneck Pheasant
Thread: Cranberry Gossamer silk thread
Tail: lower orange tipped fibers from golden pheasant tail
Body: a mix of antron yarns (olive,rust, brown, blue) and thin green flashabou in split thread twist
Hackle: Ringneck Pheasant
I hate it when I think I'm buying organic vegetables, and when I get home I discover they are just regular donuts.
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Pheasant and Phaux?
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Nope, "faux" as in artificial instead of natural materials. You had me second guessing though.
I hate it when I think I'm buying organic vegetables, and when I get home I discover they are just regular donuts.
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I like it. It should be a good one to try for March browns.
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Re: Pheasant and Faux
That's a nice use of that pheasant feather. I know they can be a bit stiff compared to the softer soft-hackles and the length of the barbs is usually an issue (these are probably just my issues). This turned out to be quite nice, and quite a mouthful at a size twelve. You're not messing around, this is a serious insect.
nicely tied.
w
nicely tied.
w
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I'm using this pattern for steelhead, but yet to get any steel from it. But the trout love it, even though I'm not targeting them. Not a size that I would normally use for trout. This year I have really put some time into flymphs for steelhead and have done fairly well but a lot of trout have been landed. I'm thinking of trying some larger flymphs than I would normally use for trout this Spring. It could be the trout are just looking for whatever comes down in the cold weather and lack of hatches.
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This reminds me of an article of Sylvester Nemes, I think in Salmon and Trout, or is it Trout and Salmon. The last part is about fishing with big Wingless Wets:
And a picture of such a big Fly:
Greeting
And a picture of such a big Fly:
Greeting
There will allways be a solution.
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Gorgeous fly Carl! I love the combination of materials. I'd gladly swing that bad-boy in front of the local steelhead.
Ruard - Thanks for posting that article and photos. I've got to tye some of those enlarged soft hackle flies.
Ruard - Thanks for posting that article and photos. I've got to tye some of those enlarged soft hackle flies.
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I second the thanks Ruard. I've always thought stonefly soft hackle patterns had potential. I'm going to try some of those as well. We have a nice salmonfly hatch coming up soon that could have some possibilities. I do use large soft hackled flies for our october caddis and have done well over the past few years, better than dries or nymph patterns.
I hate it when I think I'm buying organic vegetables, and when I get home I discover they are just regular donuts.
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