Baetis time is here again!
When fishing, I fish this fly as a dropper or the bottom fly in a two fly set-up. I have much better luck when using 6X or 7X tippet. Be prepared to lose some flies as the fish critters take this fly with gusto! Good Luck!!!
Pheasant Tail Baetis
By: Larry O Jurgens
Hook: Dai-Riki #075
Size: 18 ~ 20
Thread: Brown 14/0 Gordon Griffith
Tail: Pheasant Tail Feather Barbules See Notes
Abdomen: Pheasant Tail Feather Barbules See Notes
Rib: Gun Metal Blue X-Small Ultra Wire
Wingcase: Pheasant Tail Feather Barbules See Notes
Thorax: Olive Brown Hare-Tron Dubbing
Legs: Pheasant Tail Feather Barbules See Notes
Head: Tying ThreadOptional: Loon Water Based Head Cement
Notes:
Use a Ringneck Pheasant secondary tail feather.
Pheasant tail feather barbules used on this pattern have no brown on the barbules.
The barbules are a "Natural Olive and Black Speckled. "
Tying Instructions
Start the thread at the hook shank mid-point and wrap to above the hook barb.
Strip 6 ~ 8 pheasant tail barbules from a secondary tail feather.
Tie in the pheasant tail, barbule tail with two thread wraps.
Tail length equals hook shank length.
Do not cut off excess.
Fold the excess pheasant tail back over the hook bend.
Tie in with two thread wraps.
Do not cut off excess.
Tie in the rib wire and overwrap to two eye lengths behind the hook eye.
Cut off the excess.
Wrap the pheasant tail barbules forward to two eye lengths behind the hook eye.
Do not cut off excess.
Counter-wrap the rib wire to two eye lengths behind the hook eye, making 5 ~ 7 “ribs”.
Cut off the excess.
Fold the excess pheasant tail back towards the hook bend. Tie in at the hook shank mid-point.
Do not cut off excess.
Dub a thick thorax to one eye length behind the hook eye.
Pull the pheasant tail barbules over the thorax and tie in behind the hook eye.
Divide the pheasant tail barbules in half. Tie in on the sides of the hook shank and overwrap to the front of the thorax for the legs.
Wrap and whip-finish a medium sized head.
Trim the legs even with the back of the thorax.
Optional: Apply water based head cement to the whip-finish.
When fishing, I fish this fly as a dropper or the bottom fly in a two fly set-up. I have much better luck when using 6X or 7X tippet. Be prepared to lose some flies as the fish critters take this fly with gusto! Good Luck!!!
Pheasant Tail Baetis
By: Larry O Jurgens
Hook: Dai-Riki #075
Size: 18 ~ 20
Thread: Brown 14/0 Gordon Griffith
Tail: Pheasant Tail Feather Barbules See Notes
Abdomen: Pheasant Tail Feather Barbules See Notes
Rib: Gun Metal Blue X-Small Ultra Wire
Wingcase: Pheasant Tail Feather Barbules See Notes
Thorax: Olive Brown Hare-Tron Dubbing
Legs: Pheasant Tail Feather Barbules See Notes
Head: Tying ThreadOptional: Loon Water Based Head Cement
Notes:
Use a Ringneck Pheasant secondary tail feather.
Pheasant tail feather barbules used on this pattern have no brown on the barbules.
The barbules are a "Natural Olive and Black Speckled. "
Tying Instructions
Start the thread at the hook shank mid-point and wrap to above the hook barb.
Strip 6 ~ 8 pheasant tail barbules from a secondary tail feather.
Tie in the pheasant tail, barbule tail with two thread wraps.
Tail length equals hook shank length.
Do not cut off excess.
Fold the excess pheasant tail back over the hook bend.
Tie in with two thread wraps.
Do not cut off excess.
Tie in the rib wire and overwrap to two eye lengths behind the hook eye.
Cut off the excess.
Wrap the pheasant tail barbules forward to two eye lengths behind the hook eye.
Do not cut off excess.
Counter-wrap the rib wire to two eye lengths behind the hook eye, making 5 ~ 7 “ribs”.
Cut off the excess.
Fold the excess pheasant tail back towards the hook bend. Tie in at the hook shank mid-point.
Do not cut off excess.
Dub a thick thorax to one eye length behind the hook eye.
Pull the pheasant tail barbules over the thorax and tie in behind the hook eye.
Divide the pheasant tail barbules in half. Tie in on the sides of the hook shank and overwrap to the front of the thorax for the legs.
Wrap and whip-finish a medium sized head.
Trim the legs even with the back of the thorax.
Optional: Apply water based head cement to the whip-finish.
