I was out fishing and getting skunked Thursday when 2 guys helped me out. They gave me 6 flies- 3 caddis nymphs and 3 of these black flies. I cannot find any caddis patterns that match this online but wow did it crush trout. Same w this black one, any idea what this fly is called? I tore off all of them and now I need more ! I guess I can see why guys get into tying their own, bc now I want to fill a box w these for my fav creek hahaha
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Some sort of pheasant tail variant with a collar
just looks like a quill body with bronze wire wraps pheasant tail and a peacock collar.
Frenchie. Deadly.
It’s essentially a simplified beadhead pheasant tail (no wing case or legs). I’d call it a pheasant tail frenchie. Looks like:
– Gold bead
– pheasant tail tail
– Pheasant tail or quill body
– Copper rib
– Peacock herl thorax
This is how I tie most of my PT nymphs. Saves time and still catches fish.
Variation on a gold beadhead pheasant tail
Frenchie nymph