As the old saying goes, "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder". That's especially true when YOU BE HOLDING a beauty you caught on one of your own home ties! We got a lot of rain locally overnight Monday (of course I had Tuesday off) and the creeks were running high and dirty. In hopes that our local stream would drop and clean up enough to be fishable by late afternoon I sat and tied up some #12 flash back Pheasant tails with a fine copper rib and copper bead head. I used the large size gold holographic tinsel for the flashback. The first two stops I made were a bust because the creek was still too dirty, but near the top end of the stream where it's much faster and smaller, I caught four nice Brook trout (stocked) in the 10" range on my 3 wt. That end of the stream was rippin' but at least it had cleaned up good.WK
That's a #12 Maruto barbless nymph hook. I thought the wider gap and light wire would help keep it floating and increase the hookup rate. Yeah, blue would be great. I think I'll tie a few more like this and then buy more materials The furled tail is much easier than other detached tail methods. Rg
Imagine....I myself had envisioned foam... :
I have a bunch I've done with all foam and hair wings. I'm just playing with that furled tail idea.Rg