Flashback Pheasant Tail - Size 18

[@nicad0714]

This fly was an incredibly productive pattern this past week. Learned to tie with Tim and remains my favorite source because of the excellent videos with clear instructions and techniques.

[@jeremiahhedeen3879]

I agree, 90% of the Montana cutthroat I have caught have been on this pattern, thank you I really want to learn to tie my own flies, I have an original thompson model a to learn on, it was a gift from a family member, ill be watching all you videos

[@richardtompkins8657]

Here I sit on a rainy Sunday evening with my pal Tim, tying my favorite pattern. Thanks buddy hope to see you again soon.

[@GeorgeSemel]

I just tied 6 PT's on # 18 dry fly hooks. I guess I will have to buy some Opal tinsel when I go up to my favorite local fly shop for some things. 1x l nymph hooks too. I got a stimulus payment coming for some odd reason and I am going to spend all but 300 of it on fly tying stuff that I need and maybe that R.L Wilson 8'6" fly rod they got on sale. The addiction continues. Scored a Hungarian Partridge last week!

[@joshteague8904]

Just some basic feedback here. I enjoy seeing the materials on display during each step, it lends advise to new materials I would like to incorporate into my patterns, new material ideas. I always use pearl flash a bou. I like the wing case material in this video, gonna get some. Also, the material handling and tying techniques in these clips have guided me for years now. Huge fan here! Thanks for all the great videos. Just a healing Iraq war vet saying thanks for passing on the tradition of tying here, you definitely nail it constantly!

[@destinhavens2211]

Man your tying skills are just so well refined iv watched probably close to all of your videos and love each one ! I hope to tie as good as you one day

[@duderoony]

Nice pattern, nice tie. Thank you for another one dude. I’ll definitely give this one a go as I’m always attracted to the small ties. Keep safe.

[@farmerbob4554]

Just got back from two days fly fishing in Utah. Flashback PT in #16 and #18 provided the most catches. Red Zebra Midge and Chernobyl Ant we’re tied for distant second. It’s without a doubt my favorite fly. Thanks for the tying tutorial.

[@nicolelewis1828]

My favourite flashback nymph video!

[@zeroedinwithzeke4059]

PTs are amazing flies for sure! I have a box filled with them and variations of them.

[@silvertip8k278]

That fly work exceptional from the yellow breeches in pa to the south platte in colorado...no question a serious "go to"

[@kerryjordan7746]

Impressive tie, particularly as it’s a size 18. Most other PTN tiers on KZbin use a size 12 which is much easier.

[@40ozpunker]

Beautiful! TY TL! Will try tying in size 16

[@ajckb]

I fish them all the way up to size 10 in the UK. It kills them👌

[@gnolmit]

Loren Williams simple pheasant tail next please. It’s simple to tie and my absolute number 1 confidence pattern!

[@jamesvatter5729]

That is probably a more versatile pattern and size than most people think.

[@wyomingtrout5581]

I really like your fly. I have a couple observations and I would really appreciate your comments. One thing I have notices on mayfly nymphs from stomach samples is that they often exhibit a pronounced humped thorax when ready to hatch. I see that you do not include a wing case of PT fibers in addition to the flashback material on your version. Dave Hughes has a very novel way of producing this humped effect over the thorax. He ties in the tips of the PT fibers over the eye of the hook similar to how you have in the video. He then doubles back the remaining PT butt fibers pointing rearward. This produces a nice hump of materials when the fibers are pulled forward after the peacock is wrapped, thus giving the allusion of a bulging wing case ready to split.

[@tduvall13]

Leaving the butt section of the pheasant tail legs and using them as a wing casing under the mylar makes for a better profile. Just a suggestion. Still, awesome fly.

[@danielhashem7727]

Great fly tying

[@stuartperlmutter1794]

Nice tie

[@coreystoner4129]

Great video bud. I can’t tell how many people I know use them but I can’t catch one fish on one and I got some tied up. I catch more fish on a size 18 brown France fly more than anything.

[@reidgulbranson-burton8053]

Gotta remember to snip those curlies.

[@ride.your.bike.]

Love this tie! Question, what container do you use for your glues and resins? I assume you transfer them to that nifty container at 4:46?

[@wyomingtrout5581]

Hey Tim a couple observations and I would appreciate your feedback. 1. why not rib the fly all the way thru the thorax with the copper wire? The peacock herl is more fragile that the PT fibers but left pretty exposed. 2. I have heard a good argument for using several smaller strands of flash for the wing case, hence creating a faceted effect & light pattern that more closely mimics the emerging nymph? Thanks for all your tying over the years!

[@tightlinevideo]

1. Ribbing the fly through the thorax crushes more peacock herl flues than I like. On a fly this small and with the protection of the larger flashabou above, the herl rarely breaks. 2. Using multiple small strands of flashbou for the wing case takes longer for me to complete the tie and occasionally peacock flues end up poking through which I don't like.

[@maxcopeland5427]

Really cool pattern. Love this channel. What’s the advantage of making this one weightless?

[@wyomingtrout5581]

Hey Max using a unweighted or beadless fly has many advantages. I would say that I usually fish an unweighted fly with a beaded fly since it allows you to fish different water levels; an unweighted fly may mimic the neutral buoyancy characteristics that natural nymphs exhibit during hatching times and trout that are pressured often avoid bright beaded flies. Hope this helps!

[@stevesok8917]

As always love the vids probably some of the most detailed tying videos out there however, can you tie some new school stuff would love to see some meaty flashy streamers.

[@HalfInsaneOutdoorGuy]

wish I had a collection of these this morning! nothing larger was working and I had very little small flies. Dumb thing is the naturals are not this small! Sow bugs are normally as long as my thumb nail, but the damn fish on the lower provo will not take them in that size!

[@kailrucker754]

Great fly, where you bought the glue bottle??? It's look awesome

[@johnshand6176]

Always a little nuance in your tying to improve yourself. Thanks from down-under in NZ.

[@AndrewCox-y4l]

Have you tried peacock herl

[@saurfarming3772]

How important do you think legs are in these smaller sizes? Would make it so much easier to tie without those legs!

[@gward1252]

I’m new to fly tying. What are some good hooks, (types, sizes, etc.), to use for dry, nymph, and streamers?

[@liamgiardino]

I like to buy umpqua hooks they are the best value I beleive, you should really have a very wide variety of sizes and shapes of hooks for different sized bugs. But if your getting started tying nymphs and dries try size 12-14 and then keep getting smaller.

[@JoeMairo]

As always, awesome! How about a 1 minute tying tip video on that trick you use to reverse thread direction when tying down counter wrapped wire? I continue to have a hard time with it. Thank you!!!!

[@zeek1657]

Just give it a shot! I'm sure you got it my freind. Just wrap the thread around the wire tightly (around the wire not on the shank) and then once wrapped once or twice, pull the thread and the wire to the shank and then perform thread wraps in the opposite direction around the shank to bind the wire to the shank. With the copper wire that is still free, perform the same method to start doing your thread wraps in the normal direction. This technique will become a go to once it clicks.

[@JoeMairo]

@@zeek1657Very cool. Thanks for the clarification and kind words Aaron. I'll take what you shared and give it another go!

[@jongamble3115]

Hey Tim, I am a big fan of your videos. The wire trick is very sexy. Do you think it is a bit of overkill on a fly like this though with such fine wire ? I just whack a bit of glue on the wraps before I add the hurl. Am I missing something ? Thanks mate

[@jacobstarr9010]

I find it pretty much impossible to properly secure the legs, so I just skip that part. Plus, I really don't think the fish care that much.

[@ryantherock7664]

Hi Tim in what situations do you fish this fly since it has no weight to get it down?

[@tightlinevideo]

In a tandem rig with a weighted fly or as a light dropper off the back of a dry fly.

[@RT42069]

Or by itself with tiny split shot about 18" above it

[@jeremyanderson347]

Asum tie

[@jakeskipper43]

Is that you talking in your videos or Tom? Me and my buddy have a wager on it. For some reason I feel like it’s Tom explaining what you do?

[@tightlinevideo]

It's me talking on all the videos even the ones where guest tiers come in. Sorry Jake, I think you may have lost that wager.

[@jakeskipper43]

@@tightlinevideo Dang!! LOL. You sound so much like him in these videos specifically. I’ve listened to all of the fly tying specials and I can tell y’all apart there. But in these videos I can’t. And I could swear in my Orvis tying kit at the beginning on the CD it mentions how Tom is going to be talking and you are going to be tying most of the patterns. Do I have this wrong?