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How Do You Make A Pheasant Tail Nymph?

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What insect does the pheasant tail nymph best imitate? It imitates mayfly nymphs which are hatching a good part of the year and in smaller sizes can imitate midges which are hatching all year. I mostly fish them with a bead bouncing off the bottom but you can also trail them behind a dry fly … Read more

What Does Pheasant Tail Nymph Imitate?

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The Pheasant Tail nymph or pt nymph or Sawyer’s Pheasant Tail is a popular all purpose nymph imitation used by fly anglers. It imitates a large variety of olive, olive-brown colored aquatic insect larvae that many fish including trout and grayling feed upon. How do you fish Pheasant Tail nymphs? By way of it’s slick … Read more