Dry Pheasant Tail Variant
Dry Fly, Spinner
Tied By Joe Glessner
Hook: Standard Dry Fly Hook, size 12 (Eupheng as tied)
Thread: 8/0 Uni-Thread, rust (Semperfli CWT, brown as tied)
Materials- tail: Badger Dry Fly Hackle Barbs x10-15 (Grizzly variant as tied) rib: Fine Silver Wire (Brassie size as tied) abdomen: Pheasant Tail Barbs x4 hackle: Badger Dry Fly Hackle (Grizzly variant as tied)
Notes:
Designed to imitate a BWO Spinner, this pheasant tail variant is the second fly in the FFI Fly Tying Skills Bronze Award handbook.
Instructions for tying can be found in the Bronze Award handbook, which can be found here: https://www.flyfishersinternational.org/Portals/0/FlyTyingGroup/FTGDocuments/FlyTyingSkillsAward/BronzeAwardHandbook_sm.pdf