Here's a great little pheasant tail nymph variant that really does well on stillwaters especially in winter. Tied weighted it makes a great point fly for controlling 2 smaller, ligther droppers, which can be very useful when the wee black winter buzzers are around.
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Materials list
Hook: @FullingMill Comp Heavy size 10-16
Thread: 8/0 Black
Tail: Black pheasant tail
Abdomen: Black pheasant tail
Rib: Silver tinsel
Thorax: Lead microbrite -holo silver
Legs: Black hen hackle
Thorax cover: Black pheasant tail
Some popular fly tying books
Collins Illustrated Dictionary of Trout Flies https://amzn.to/4iEHbix
George Barron's "At the End of the Line" https://amzn.to/3h7SiA6
and "A Fine Line" https://amzn.to/2Rd41SK
Stan Headly's "Trout and Salmon Flies of Scotland" https://amzn.to/3io1WA0
Patsy Deery's book "Irish Mayflies" https://amzn.to/3bRcZ3B
Peter O'Reiley's book "The Flies of Ireland" https://amzn.to/3sxCnkT
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