Pheasant Tail Spider

Pheasant Tail Spider

Spiders

Tied By Christian Andrews

Hook: #14 fine wire, or as desired

Thread: brown silk, waxed

Materials-

body: rich brown pheasant tail barbs

hackle: cock-y-bondhu hen, ginger hen, blue dun hen, jackdaw throat, brown partridge, etc

Notes:

from the recipe in The Art of the Wet Fly by W. S. Roger Fogg

the example here has a chukar neck feather hackle

spider bodies are generally short and slim

spider hackles are generally sparse