Tying a Pheasant Tail Soft Hackle/Wet with Davie McPhail 

Davie I tie commercially, your channel, tying skill ,and instruction is the best

We need a Davie McPhail fly tying book. Don't get me wrong the videos are outstanding but a book of Davie goodness would be a treasure.

Well done. You are an artist!

enjoyed the tie and comments. Thanks

I managed to tie a pretty real looking maggot. Not sure if this method has been used before, but I “invented” this by mistake... I used a surgical glove, cut into thin strips and white thread. Tied on the strip, wrapped it so it tapered to either end, fat in the middle, tied off the thread and... a simple maggot on a hook! I was amazed at how real it looked!!

It's always/ invariably a joy to look at your tutorials! Thank you.

I tell you what, you can tie. You and Oliver Edwards take some beating. Thanks Davie, you give a lot of people a lot of pleasure and inspiration.

A nice wee wet. Simplicity is surely the essence of perfection. Greatly appreciated down-under in NZ.

Interesting version. As another comment noted, in the US we use peacock herl for the thorax. One reason is that the thorax "bump" prevents the hackle from lying flat against the body when the fly gets wet. ( That may not be an issue with a stiffer hackle, though. ) I'll tie a bunch of this version too for my Summer fishing trip to Montana. Very nice demo, as always. Thanks for posting.

I make a very similar soft hackle fly but use shiny bronze fibres from wild turkey body feathers my cousin gave me, Copper rib too and also peacock at the head!....good trout catcher! Thanks for sharing!

Very Nice Davie. Thanx 4 sharing this video with us. 🌴🎣🏄‍♂️Aloha

Excellent, simple and effective wet! I use this pattern with a touch of red, and it's an absolute killer for big chub and trout. Glad to see you're well! Regards, Alex

Interesting the differences in the between the GB and US takes on the PT. Love the Spanish Needle style head on yours. Here the peacock is normally the thorax. Everyone needs a bunch of these in their box. Cleanly tied as always. Thanks!

Great looking wee beastie Davie. Thats a definite for my flyby this season. Love the way you've done the peacock herl head Thanks for the tips.🎣👏👍

great tie as always! My son is 4 years, this will be a good starter fly that catches fish!

Simpel and a good fly 👍

On the case Davie thanks for the video. Stay safe and well. Big Davie

I love your patterns of the PT nymphs. I only really started tying about 3months ago and I have to thank you Davie, i have learnt alot of techniques and skills just from watching your videos. The patterns you use work extremely well here in Ireland! Kind regards, James

If I could only fish 1 trout fly for the rest of my life it would be this in a #14 with a black tungsten bead

Hi Davie, i never thought of tying this pattern as a wet fly but I do see how it could work on a nymph set up in our rivers. I will tie a few and try them out. Cheers mate. Harera

Thanks Davie, another great demo

Thanks Davie! Enjoyed that! ATB!

Nice Pattern, and beautiful tied 😊😊😊🥰👍

Lovely wee fly, I'm starting to like using pheasant tail.

I did enjoy it, Davie... thank you. Mike

Nice looking fly! Glad you are ok.

I've been waiting for this vid for a long time. Worth the wait. It made for a great Easter egg.

Great idea turning the pheasant tail nymph into a wet fly...

The bass carp and perch love these in the states. I'm sure the trout love them too but they're not native where I live.

Great fly, Tanks Davie👍

thats an easy one... I like the style..

Keep them coming Davie.I

Nice variation. Thank you.

Beautiful brother !!

Универсальная муха.👍

awesome as always

It is a good wee pattern.

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フェザントテイル素材大好き人間ばんざーいサンキュー😉👍🎶

Sir can you update on a video of making termites fly with white wings in light brown body as this one..it looks so simple and so clean.. #thankyou

Hi Davie,my wife and I are tying the E T Pritts north country flies to put in a shadow box.Can you tell us the names of his no 20 & 21 patterns.We watched your video of his 62 flies,but didn't see the names of of no 20 & 21. Thanks Davie.We really enjoy your videos.Cheers

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