Flytying for Beginners Pheasant Tail Nymph with Barry Ord Clarke 

Thank you Larry.

Thank you Wayne.

Good to hear Garry!

You and me both Simon!

Thank you Robert, so pleased you are finding them helpful!

So right Kerry.

Excellent Alan! If you would like to take your tying to the next level: www.amazon.com/Flytying-beginners-popular-international-patterns/dp/1913159280/ref=pd_bxgy_img_d_sccl_1/136-4064346-0275851?pd_rd_w=0kCNT&content-id=amzn1.sym.839d7715-b862-4989-8f65-c6f9502d15f9&pf_rd_p=839d7715-b862-4989-8f65-c6f9502d15f9&pf_rd_r=WQ3CZVKE68YA8BGQK8GM&pd_rd_wg=xn2s2&pd_rd_r=1890b990-f03b-420b-8a13-6c04e176e87d&pd_rd_i=1913159280&psc=1

Hi Enzo, thanks, wise words indeed!

Thank you Judy, you're not related to Joe by any chance?

Hi, just take your time, select and prepare your materials before you start and pay attention to the fly proportions. May I suggest that you purchase my beginners book. I have paired each pattern and technique with a video via a QR code. I promise that your fly tying will improve immediately ! www.amazon.com/Flytying-Beginners-Popular-International-Patterns-ebook/dp/B0BT2WVV4Q/ref=sr_1_6?crid=SJ7XPY0GGJI9&keywords=barry+ord+clarke+fly+tying+for+beginners&qid=1695019978&sprefix=barry+ord%2Caps%2C197&sr=8-6

Thank you Murat.

Wonderful! Thats right...

Thats for sure!

Thanks Jesse, so pleased that you like it.

Merci Stephane.

Thank you James.

Great to hear John! Thank you.

Thanks, good luck with the tying...

Thank you David.

If it always ends up too large or too small, use the two flies as a guide and make your wing case larger than the small one but not as large as the big one... Good luck.

Thanks.

You are welcome!

How great! Well done. So pleased that you are enjoying your fly tying journey Joe.

Thanks Mike.

Glad it was helpful!

Hi Dude, good to hear that you are on the mend again, you'll catch up...

Merci Francois.

Thank you. The bobbin used is the Petitjean TT bobbin. You either love them or hate them...

Hi, please concentrate on proportions and technique, once you have mastered these for this pattern others will prove easier also. Good luck.

Ciao Alex, Nymphs can be found in all water depths from the river bed right up to the surface. Although I have used no additional weight on this pattern, it will still sink, but slowly. This is very useful for imitating nymphs that are about to emerge and are taken by feeding fish just under the surface. If you would like it to be heavier and fish deeper quicker, add more weight! Good luck.

Thank you Franck! Cheers!

Hi Michael, Thanks. Thats correct, the original never had legs or tying thread. Here I am not trying to copy Sawyers nymph, but teach those that are new to fly tying the basic skills and how to master them with hope that they will master the craft and stick with it.

You got that right, great fly!

Spinning your thread anti-clockwise gives it a flat profile and spinning it clockwise gives it a round profile. Watch the video here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-0HmdSDxXC5I.html

Thanks, I just use the regular Veniard Celliure varnish, always a couple of coats.

Thanks, I do tie them in smaller sizes but filming small hooks POV, is difficult, but its just the same pattern only smaller.

Thank you.

Hi Jeremy, take a deep breath ...and relax... It all has to do with proportions, get these marked out on the hook shank from the get-go and your problems will be over! When you start attaching your thread to the hook shank, do so at the exact point where the abdomen meets the thorax. Normally approximately 1/3 hook shank length from the hook eye. Start your thread here and and never go past this when tying in the tail, abdomen, and rib. If using pheasant tail for the wing case, split the material into three bunches. By the butt ends (NOT THE TIPS) tie one in at a central position that goes back over the abdomen then the remaining two at 45 degrees on each side of the first. finish tying the thorax taking care to leave enough space between the hook eye and the thorax to finish the fly and head!!! Wax your tying thread with fly tyers wax, this will stop the pheasant tail from slipping at the head of the fly. Take the last 45 degree section of wing case and pull this over the thorax, take care that ALL the fibres are parallel and not crossing over each other!! Once you have the fibres straight tie down the bunch making sure that it's as small as possible where you tie it in about 3 mm behind the hook eye, with only 2 or 3 wraps of thread, the wax will hold everything in position. Follow this with the second 45 degree bunch and then the remaining central bunch, taking care that ALL the fibers are straight each time. If you follow these instructions correctly there will be enough room left to form a nice neat little head with a perfect wing case! Let me know how you get on. Good luck!