How to Tie a Pheasant Tail Nymph: Tom Rosenbauer & Tim Flagler Tie off!

Tom Rosenbauer and Tim Flagler tie duesling veresions of a beadhead Pheasant Tail Nymph.

[@jarrettlandreth285]

Love all the friendly trash talk between you two, it’s hilarious 😂

[@ThueyOutdoors]

These guys have so much knowledge to share! I'm loving this content 😂

[@blainepol5043]

Tom and Tim.. I haven’t laughed so hard in a very long time. What a great video. You are obviously very good friends. The camaraderie between you is amazing. Thank you

[@MarcTelesha]

The single most entertaining fly tying video ever made. I actually learned more with this format. Tom can you do this with more famous fly tyers. This needs to be a series. Called it Men's Quilting Competition

[@ZGADOW]

23:18 - Tom is 100% right. Millimeters make so much more sense than inches for measuring fly tying beads. Every brand should list the size in mm

[@michaelkuehl4021]

I won't lie- it was so refreshing to see that wing case pop free and realize that these dudes are human after all!

[@mwetschl]

This is such a great idea. I like the lesson that there are different ways to get to the same pattern. Keep em coming!

[@scottjohnson9134]

Great video. More Tie Offs will be awesome

[@jbowerman50]

That was Great! I feel much better about my "figure it out" style of tying, I dont do the tie-along, I'll watch how it's done and then try, sometimes it's good, sometimes it sucks, but it's how I tend to learn. I can now go down to the local fly shop, either buy 1, or take a photo, (depending on how complicated it looks) and create a reasonable facsimile, of course with substitution of materials and making up my own technique. But it's great to see how others go about it.

[@HalfInsaneOutdoorGuy]

I am so happy Tom got a new camera! this other one though is better than he thinks. The focal point is about an inch or inch and a half BEYOND his fly. You can see his bobbin come into focus as it passes behind the fly away from us =)

[@Twinhemlocks]

I love this! while watching this video i used tims rear end and toms front end tied on a jig hook with a tungsten bead. Thanks fellas!!

[@FlyFishMike_]

That was great folks! I tied right along with you, but I didn't make a video. Going to fish it tomorrow. Thanks a bunch! 😃👍🏻

[@steveyates1136]

I like to use CDL for the tails. It's much more durable as well as more realistic. 7/64 pt 1/8 will work fine, I like black and copper

[@recoveryfishing364]

Its funny that i tie mine like a combination of both. I dont hide my bead. But my legs and wing case are the same fibers over the peacock. Half and half are dimensions that always work imo.

[@GeorgeSemel]

I like the Frank Sawyer version of the PT in the # 18 and 20. I had some of my best days on the stream with those. As for the American Version, I tie them with and with outlets with and without beads and they all work well so much so I can't tell the difference. I also been doing mine the way Charlie Craven dose them, It a way I like.

[@harleymandk]

Keep em coming! love it

[@kkawai7]

I like Tom’s fly.

[@llangollenwales1578]

You guys always sound like you had a couple of whiskeys

[@PureFlyCastingNZ]

I twist the thread and the PT to form a rope. Much stronger.

[@alkinceratfafterthefly6284]

I use turkey tail nymphs for blue gill and pretty much everything gulps them up down south

[@johnriley7694]

I use super glue on shaft before I wrap my here body than I wrap my wire rib.

[@johnriley7694]

HERL BODY

[@kansasscout4322]

why did you tie them with beads after saying no bead is better? I've gone over to beadless PH's.

[@kenmartin1211]

Flagler all the way

[@johnriley7694]

Have you ever used a gold bead

[@TheAkersty]

2 masters tying a classic fly. Couldn't be cooler! This is like Kobe and MJ playing a game of one on one. Enjoy fly tying jerks...I know I will!

[@marks.5288]

This is like Beat Bobby Flay?

[@alkinceratfafterthefly6284]

I use turkey tail nymphs down in alabama and everything eats them

[@dondre3000]

Still can't figure out the science behind Tom's theory of weighted nymphs "counteracting" the weight/effect of the tippet on the fly. Is this to say that a tung beadheaded nymph is going to help me achieve a more natural drift because my 5x tippet is causing all sorts of unnatural drift down there!? I'm no expert, and I'm not very smart, but I just can't buy it. The more weight you put on a fly, especially a nymph, the more it dampens the action of the fly. The bushier a bug, the slower it sinks...I mean, what about the science is that difficult to understand? 90% of my dropper flies are unweighted (if they have weight, it's usually some wire) for this exact reason - I want assure that I'm getting some good flutter in that fly... awesome episode, but I'll stick to tying a healthy amount of unweighted subsurface flies.

[@pbgd3]

I think it's best to think of tippet as buoyant. This becomes clear if you fish streamers on sink tip more tippet means less sink of the streamer and a shallower fly. On a dry we might toss floro to get the leader to sink a bit out of the film. Unweighted nymphs like a soft hackle usually are going to be fished off a drop shot rig or behind some split shot so if you dont weight you aren't in tight line contact with the fly which is drifting and you are in contact with a sighter where as to tight line you want the nymphs to hold that buoyant tippet down

[@TheAkersty]

*geeks not jerks freaking auto correct😂