Thursday, April 3, 2014

Red Pheasant


An attempt to imitate the male Ephemerella subvaria or Red Quill (aka male Hendrickson) without red rooster quill. I will also be tying a few parachute style to fish as a truer emerger. Should be fun to see which performs better. 

Hook: Daiichi 1160 (klinkhamer) #14
Thread: Brown
Tail: Pheasant tail (4-5 fibers)
Body: wrapped pheasant tail
Rib: gold wapsi wire counter wrapped
Thorax: UV cinnamon ice dub
Wing: Mallard flank or woodie
Hackle: Natural dun

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