Trout will eat a beadhead pheasant tail nymph in every season.
Bead head pheasant tail nymph recipe.
Use the thread to taper off the rear end of the lead coil a few wraps over the lead will fill in the gaps.
I often use different colors of thread or copper ribbing to add contrast.
The technique we like to use to fish the beadhead pheasant tail nymph is typically to cast upstream above the suspected lie mend the line and let the current deliver the fly to the trout dead drift.
Select a half dozen or so natural colored pheasant tail fibers and while keeping the tips aligned strip them from the stem.
This bead head pattern can be made to imitate every color and size of mayfly nymph that exists.
Step by step tying instructions for the beadhead pheasant tail nymph step 1 slide the gold bead over the hook point small whole first and then secure the hook tightly in your vice.
This popular fly pattern is definitely among best flies of all time.
Whip finish cut the thread and apply head.
Slide lead coil up into the bead.
Start thread behind the lead coil to secure it in place and begin to build a taper.
Grasp the pheasant tail fibers and pull them firmly but gently over the top of the herl thorax and tie off just behind the bead.
Tie in the fibers on top of the hook shank and then make open spiral wraps of tying thread back up to the initial tie in point.
Do not trim excess pheasant tail fibers.
Measure them to form a tail about a hook shank in length.
Step 2 wrap the lead wire around the hook shank several times until the top 1 2 of the hook shank is covered.
Another technique is to quarter your cast down and across mend and let the fly swing across the current mimicking an emerging mayfly.
This short fly tying video features a q.