Well, tonight I was attempting to restock my fly boxes with one of my favorite patterns, the pheasant tail nymph. I started as I normally do, tying the traditional recipes and then slowly moving into minor variations that included alternate hooks, wire, beads and of course flashbacks. It was then that I saw some potential. I began incorporating some of the epoxy techniques that I learned just a few weeks ago while tying the jujubaetis and applied that idea to the pheasant tail wing case. What materialized was a flashback variation unlike any that I have tied before. The flashback feature really jumps out on this pattern. Hopefully, the trout will be as excited about this fly as I was when I was tying it.
The New and Improved Flashback Pheasant Tail Nymph
They look even better lined up in my fly box!
After that, there was no stopping me. I kept experimenting with epoxy, hook sizes and types, dubbing, etc… You name it! What was created at last, with just a few scraps that I would have normally tossed in the trash, was something that I really feel good about. What once was a simple nymph pattern has now been exposed to a few hours of homebrew, idle hands, and what can only be described as the equivalent of concentrated gamma radiation. She will have a test run this season. Let’s see what the trout think!
The Hulk!
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