FLY
Dry Fly, Spinner
Dry Pheasant Tail Variant
Tied by Joe Glessner
Dry Pheasant Tail Variant recipe
| Hook | Standard Dry Fly Hook, size 12 (Eupheng as tied) |
|---|---|
| Thread | 8/0 Uni-Thread, rust (Semperfli CWT, brown as tied) |
| 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) |
About this fly
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
What the Dry Pheasant Tail Variant imitates
- Mayfly spinner (spinner)
Tied for: Trout (general)
Inside the vault every material on this fly opens to its own card, and you can save the fly to your own boxes.
