How to tie the Stupid Simple Pheasant Tail: Clear water, go to Euro Nymph 

Thanks for the kind words Kevin! And I appreciate you watching my vids!

Thank you, TK. This really is a fish catcher. So simple, yet so attractive to the trout. Just nothing that would turn them off. Tight lines to you!

Appreciate it, Butch! Glad the videos are helping. Good luck with your tying and tight lines.

Thanks so much for the kind words!

You’ll like how it works Dale. Thanks for watching!

Thank you, Johnny. Glad it helped. Tight lines to you!

Glad I could help Tomasz!

Thank you, Craig. Very nice of you to say. Tight lines to you.

Awesome to hear, Chadd! Thin to win. That is a stud of a rainbow. Congrats! Those hidden creeks are like finding gold. Glad the summer had been good to you. Here is to a great fall as well. Tight lines!

Glad they are helpful, John. Thanks for watching!

Glad it helps, Brian. And really awesome of you to say! Tight lines and good luck with your tying!

@@OldDominionTroutBum your minimalist approach is highly effective . We tend to think bigger and more is better , but in some cases, the opposite is true !

Thank you Marc…Appreciate you watching!

This fly is a good (and easy) one, Garry. Thanks for watching!

You are going to like it Antonio! And the Gasolina is a good one as well! Tight lines to you.

Love to hear it, Kevin! Glad it is working for you!

This nymph continued to be extremely productive and became my go to fly through September-November this past fall. Thank you for a wonderful pattern!

Thanks so much. Glad it was helpful. Tight lines to you!

Haha! That’s awesome, Barbara!

It’s a great one!

Appreciate it Terry!

Thank you. Appreciate you watching George!

Appreciate it, WJB. Thanks so much for watching. Tight lines to you.

It’s a good one for sure, Steve! Glad you are having success with it. Appreciate you watching and commenting. Continued tight lines!

I'm out here in Northwest Jersey so if you're ever out this way reach out to me and we'll meet up at the river definitely watch all your videos and I can relate man.

Thanks so much Shawn! Spin some up…you won’t be disappointed. Tight lines!

Good luck with them, Scott. Tight lines!

It’s a good one for the box…Thanks so much!

@@OldDominionTroutBum „must have” on the box :)

Glad I could help, Kenny. Appreciate you watching!

Thank you, Dennis! Appreciate you watching.

They will both be fish catchers. The fish will always tell you. Good luck with them!

Makes those PTs last longer for sure. Appreciate you watching, Michael!

Appreciate the like, Mike! You’ll like this bug. Thanks for the kind words as well. Tight lines to you!

Appreciate the comment and thanks for the sub! Tight lines!

Thank you Todd! Really appreciate you noticing those things. Tight lines to you!

Thanks so much, Matt!

Thanks so much, Big Mick.

Awesome to hear, Preston! You are right, PTs don’t have a lot of durability, especially on the big ones….but I’ll take 2 to 3 17” brownies per fly any day! It is definitely a top 5 fly of mine. Funny…I’ll keep fishing it even when it gets chewed up and they will still hit it when they are on. Glad you got at ‘em!

Thanks, Vin. It is a great bug. I also tie it with a 2mm bead as well. Glad it is working for you!

Awesome to hear, Jeremy!

Spin some of these up, Scott….I’m sure they will catch for you. Glad you got into some Brookies. Thanks for watching and hope to see you out on the stream sometime!

Glad it's working for you, Dominique!

It's a great one, Keean! Hope the summer has been good to you in SWVA.

Thanks so much, Jeremy! This color can represent lighter color caddis or lighter mayflies like Hendricksons or Cahills. Other colors I like are muskrat grey and olive. Both of those with copper beads. But my go-to is the bleached. It is a color that most people don’t throw. So in heavily pressured streams and clear water, it really shines. Good luck with them!

@@OldDominionTroutBum excellent! Thanks for the info - excited to give them a try. My local creek is incredibly pressured so maybe these will do the trick!

Thanks Daniel! I would suggest getting: 1. 3 bobbins 2. Bodkin 3. Whip finish tool 4. Sharp scissors 5. Dubbing loop tool You can get all of these tools by Dr. Slick 6. A good vice. I have a Renzetti Traveler 7. Brushable superglue 8. Black, brown, olive thread (get thin thread: 8/0 uni thread, 16/0 Veevus, or UTC 70) Buy your materials; hooks, beads, dubbing, tailing fibers, feathers, etc…after you look at the flies you want to tie. You can start building your inventory from there. Have good bench/table. You can even buy desk top fly tying table. Reach out to me on Instagram if you have any more questions. Happy to help!

@@OldDominionTroutBum Thank you so much for the help! I clicked on your Instagram handle at the top right and it takes me to this URL, instagram.com/old_dominion_trout_bum/ and says, "sorry this page isn't available.".

Appreciate the heads up Daniel. I fixed it. Tight lines to you.

Thank you, Alex. Really nice of you to say. I am familiar with Pat’s style and have done it. Really effective and he crushes fish his way. I personally like fishing micro thin leaders and I’ll use a dry-dropper in areas that may be traditional floating sighter areas. I can still grease it and float the tip in shallow areas using upstream cast with short drifts. This style just works for me.

I use bleached because it’s an out of the ordinary shade that most people don’t use. It can stand out, without having flash. It represents lighter color bugs whether a mayfly, caddis, or a midge. Hope this helps and thanks for watching!

@@OldDominionTroutBum Seems logical. Thanks for the response. I'll give this a try.

Parachute, I really like jig hooks because they invert and 99% of the time you hook the fish in the top jaw, therefore your hookup ratio is extremely high. You certainly can use standard hooks if that’s what you have. I just prefer hooks that invert.

It's on a bobbin cradle. Really recommend getting one.

Terry-this video may help. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-txOvJ9tPfBQ.htmlsi=0z9YR2SCsrEQd2J8 Tight lines.

I have not. The Stupid Simple Pheasant Tail is made with pheasant tail. Peacock hurl has always been great for flies so I’m sure trout will like it. Let me know how you do with it.

Appreciate it. The color doesn’t matter-you can use any Coq de Leon (darker or lighter). Good luck to you and thanks for watching!

@@OldDominionTroutBum Thanks. I’m also having trouble finding a light colored pheasant tail. Can you recommend a good site?

@@alanstrober6296 Tactical Fly Fisher is a good one.

Haha. Right on, Bill. Appreciate you watching.

You know it Chris!

I’m actually just using my IPhone 12. Have it on a tripod. I have it set on 4k and 60 fps. Hope this helps.

@@OldDominionTroutBum thanks it does!

Has the profile for sure. Just not the hard body. Thanks for watching, Robin Red!

I don’t, Chris. But I would check out Tactical Fly Fisher’s video on it. The only thing is you don’t need to add lead. It’s an older video and the lead isn't necessary.

@@OldDominionTroutBum thanks Cory. I always wonder about the addition of lead on the patters that call for it and if it is really necessary

@@chriscrumbley9219 adding lead is an old school way of tying. Thinner profile flies not only sink quicker, they are far more realistic. Tight lines to you.

@@OldDominionTroutBum ok Cory. One last question. Do you have a video on your adjustable fry/dropper set up?

James, any online fly tying shop will have them. Tactical Fly, Fly Fish Food, J Stockard, etc…

You can take the whole shank or lessen it for a smaller fly. I have had great success both ways. Lance Egan does the same thing. Appreciate you watching. Tight lines to you.

Sounds like a winner, Kenneth! Less is more. Thanks so much for watching.

If you were around Idaho Falls area in the early 70’s you might have known Stan Yamamora. He worked at the site and tied flies . I asked him how many flies he could tie in an hour. He said 5 or six. I thought I could tie that fast. Then he added dozen. Most flies in the shops around I.F. Were tied by ladies working for him.

Wow! That is awesome. Love stories like that. Tight lines to you.

Because it’s the right thing to do. Fulling Mill thinks the same. This isn’t Frank Sawyer’s Pheasant Tail.

Haha! Blasphemy!