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Essence of the Pheasant Tail Swap

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Since my last swap went so smoothly I thought I'd host one more before spring.

 

The pheasant tail nymph , simple to tie, effective, versatile. Personally, I seem to be stuck in rut as to how I tie them (and fish them). So....

 

The Essence of the Pheasant Tail Swap. Any fly tied in the method of, or inspired by, the pheasant tail nymph. Use pheasant, turkey, grouse, synthetics, whatever, so long as it has a tie to the traditional. I do like my pheasant tails small, so I'm going to suggest nothing larger than a 16.

 

Due date April 18. Ten persons total. Toe tag, include return postage and packaging. Address below. Please notify me when your flies hit the road.

 

1. Swapmeister - Bead head Hen PT

2. Tim980 - Micro PT - flies arrived

3. DavidHE - PT Variant - flies arrived

4. Shmang - PT Variant - flies arrived

5. DJtrout - BH Variant - flies arrived

6. ATX discgolfer - Spearfish Special - flies arrived

7. Notenuftoys - Rust Wire Variant - flies arrived

8. Rockworm - Black Variant - flies arrived

9. Gunpowderleader - Sawyers - flies arrived

10. Rick Zieger - Variant - flies arrived

 

Flies back out to participants April 30.

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When I first set this up I thought April 5 (almost 3 weeks out) was plenty of time. I've change the date to April 18. I think that is more than enough time for a dozen pheasant tails.

 

robert

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count me in. size 16 beadhead variant w/olive turkey quill.

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Ok i can make the April 18th im in with a Spearfish Special- size 16 - pattern from FlyTyer magazine Autumn 2013 p. 21. These cdc pheasant tail patterns brought me some nice fish to the net and this pattern uses peacock dubbing so that makes it even better than a normal cdc pheasant tail.

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Count me in as well (I promise I won't be late this time)

 

I'll tie a #18 using rust ultra wire for the abdomen, everything else will be traditional.

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Initial post updated, up to 8 participants so far. Regardless of whether the swap fills, I intend to continue as planned, with everyone sending in twelve flies. If the swap doesn't fill, I will distribute flies so everyone gets twelve back. Meaning you may end up with two of a couple of patterns.

 

robert

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