FLYMPH FORUM

Dark PT:

Hook- Mustad 3906B, size 12
Thread - Sheer 14/0 Dark Brown
Tail/Abdomen - Olive Pheasant Tail
Rib - Amber Copper wire, Small
Thorax - 50% Rabbit fur in Olive, 50% Dark Olive Hares Mask
Collar - Dark Brown Indian Hen Cape, Speckled. If it were a dog I'd call it Brindle



Light PT:

Hook- Mustad 3906B, size 12
Thread - Bennechi 12/0 Olive
Tail/Abdomen - Olive Pheasant Tail
Rib - Gold wire, Small
Thorax - Rabbit underfur, Olive in a Split Thread
Collar - Honey Dun Hen hackle



Olives work for me year round on the Freestone rivers. The thing I like about them, I don't need a fancy pattern to be successful. I have a lot of different Olive patterns in my fly boxes. They range from thread bodied flies to Midge tubing with a wire core. These patterns fall in between somewhere. I will start using them when the rivers start to dirty a bit. Perhaps they represent the big Green Drakes that are preparing to emerge in a few weeks to a few months (June to September), depending on the river. Perhaps they are just darn good attractor patterns.
I should tie some up with a Peacock thorax. That would be more traditional. We'll see.

Most excellent!

Nicely done. I like the PT,always. Really nice.

I like those, simple & great materials, just can't wrong with that. Nicely done.

Mike

Good old PT's tied well...... you can't beat them.
The PT is one of those patterns that will catch trout pretty much anywhere in the world they live in- no specific match the hatch, they just work and are one of the great "old world" fall back patterns you can rely upon....... least they are for me.
Nice ties Dubb, I like to keep mine a little cleaner in the thorax, not sure why but I have never really had much luck with "full" thorax models where the dubbing washes back to cloak the abdomen- (just an observation and not a recommendation!) Nice full flumed Peacock herl though...... that is a must add for a few.

Wayne,

Like most everyone else, I love pheasant tail flies, and these are fine examples. I have pheasant tails in a bunch of dyed colors and they make wonderful tails and abdomens. For some reason trout just can't seem to resist a PT fly. I do like adding that other trout magnet, peacock herl, as a thorax.

Wayne, I like these olive PT's very much. With all the spiders and flymphs in my boxes, they are easily matched by very similar herl bodied softies. I rather like the livelier thorax. When tossed upstream I believe the thorax helps in the profile department and can be a bonus in terms of action and mimicry. That being said, a PT Softie doesn't need any help or any interpretation on my part. They do very well without me. These are nicely done.

w

Love my PT in both Soft Hackle and Nymphs

Wayne, both are sure enough fish catchers. But something about that second one is just captivating.