Holy Grail Pheasant Tail Nymph (variant)

Holy Grail Pheasant Tail Nymph (variant) recipe

About this fly

Davie McPhail ties these with Hungarian Partridge as the hackle, but I prefer the symmetry of using a feather from the head of the Ringneck Pheasant. Tying Instructions Mount the bead on the hook and secure the hook in the vise. Attach thread with a jam wrap at the midpoint of the hook shank. Mount the wire for the rib on the bottom of the hook shank and wrap back well into the bend of the hook using touching turns, taking care to keep the wire on the bottom of the hook shank and ending by taking one wrap forward. Even the tips on the pheasant tail for the abdomen before removing them from the rachis, trim the tips flush and mount them to the far side of the hook with the butt ends to the rear of the hook. Wrap forward using touching turns to the 2/3 point of the hook shank. Keeping the fibers as flat and untwisted as possible, counter wrap them forward using touching turns to the 2/3 point and tie them off before trimming away the excess. Wrap the wire forward in open and evenly spaced spirals to the 2/3 point before tying it off and helicoptering the excess free. Select 6-8 pheasant tail barbs for the wing case, evening the tips before removing them from the rachis. Trim the tips flush and carefully mount them to the top of the hook shank with the butt ends toward the hook bend. Wrap over them neatly, just back over the abdomen. Form a tightly dubbed noodle of Ice Dub about two inches long. Leaving enough space for the bead to be pushed back enough to mount and wrap the hac

Tied for: Trout (general)

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