Tying the Pheasant Tail with Kelly Galloup 

The way you take time to make sure that someone watching your videos will understand about the materials and the process of tying flies definitely makes you one of my all time favorite fly tying instructors! Thank you for what you do!!!

As a new tier, I truly appreciate your in-depth explanations of how and why you use each technique. Even more, it’s very refreshing to see that if you don’t like something you’re not afraid on camera to undo something and get it the way you want it or as in noticing the one herl wasn’t adequate you simply discarded it and got better materials. Too many videos just tell us the fish don’t really care and it’ll be fine. I always want to be proud of any task I’m performing and seeing a first class tier maintain my same values really helps to inspire me to keep striving to be the best I can be without rushing my tasks just to get something done. Mega Thx Kelly !!!

Kelly, thank you, I like the few adaptions that you made, especially clearly explaining the how and why you are doing things a certain way, it is clear that there is still so much that you can teach me, thank you, MSG Leum

I’m really enjoying these older simpler fly tying videos! Lots of great tips and just excellent videos. Thank you sir!

I am definitely a beginner level fly tier I have seen several people tie flies on RU-vid. Without a doubt you do the most thorough precise simple concept to building flies I have ever seen thank you for the videos I placed an order with your company last night thanks a lot for being out here.

tyvm KG Your genuine enthusiasm, inate desire to teach small , fundamental, important detail, ( ty for NonRotary Version here) and authenticity ... r TRULY , ALWAYS appreciated!! 🍻

Just starting Fly Tying, your video is so much better than reading the books I have Thanks a lot Kelly!

Wow. Never found any info on how to correctly set the hook in the vice. I figured it out on my own. Thanks for including that. People need to do more stuff on the basics

Thank you for stopping and taking material off when it's not right. That is so important, as you have to fight the urge of just trying to "deal with it."

Just learned you grew up in TC!!!! I knew I liked you for some reason but couldn't put my finger on it. Once I learned you were also a Michigander I knew why!!!!

Thank you Kelly, you are one cool dude.

Great beginner ty. Thanks! Tight lines🦗🐜🪰!!!!!

I'm about two months into learning the art and craft of fly tying and this is the next pattern I'm tying. On several similar patterns, I've put in two half hitches to keep the thread from unwinding and then wrapped the body and the wire using the full capabilities of the rotary vice (Renzetti Presentation 2004). It seems to give me a bit better control and is working for me.

Awesome! Thank you.

Awesome vid! When I first started tying my train of thought was big flies big fish. Know my PB is a 30in 10lb on a size 16 pheasant tail. I love it all right lines guys !

Hello Kelly, love your shop. Only place I have been where fisherman will answer your questions and not a salesman. Learned so much from your videos and love your patterns but I would love to see Johnny in front in front of the camera and tie his Kill Whitey pattern. One of my top big fish confidence flies (Browns, Bull trout, shit even pike in some occasions). Thanks for all the knowledge and effort you guys put into these things. -Adam

Thanks for the tutorial Kelly!

Another great lesson. Thanks!

Even though I’ve tied for over 30 years, I always learn (or re-learn!) something from all your videos. Same goes for Davie Mcphail but for his I have to rewatch until I catch the details; with yours you explicitly explain the subtle details. Thanks so much for taking the time to do that for all of us! Two questions: When you wrap the peacock herl, do you twist them? And who the heck is Johnny??

Tim with Tightline video has a great method for tying in peacock herl where he leaves the thread hang next to the herl tie in point. As you wind the herl forward the thread moves with the herl and keeps it from separating.

Great video and instruction as always. I tie and fish tons of pheasant tails. I tie most of mine simply with a bead head on jig hooks with no wing case or legs. My unweighted PTNs always look like garbage for some reason. I am going to take this video as a excuse/inspiration to get back to them and tie some good ones.

thank you for making all the good videos i have watched a number of yours now this one is the one that i decided this to be the fly to learn on omg its hard to tie a pattern compaired to my normal way i just tie some stuff to a hook and see if works

Happy Valentine's Day Johnnie!

GREAT COMMENTARY............

Thanks again, Kelly. Videos are always helpful and I love the history lessons that sneak in. Was curious if you guys ever considered doing your favorite stone fly pattern? I live in Missoula and skwala season is around the corner- I know salmon flies are a big deal around here and on the Madison. Just curious- thanks!

Awesome!

Yes!!

You're right, the herl did look longer and thicker when we were younger. But back then, for me anyway... I had better eyesight.

love your vids.. what kind of vice are you using?

You should make a video on ONLY rotary vise tricks, tips techniques, etc.

Davie McPhail is an amazing fly tyer, tier not sure of spelling ;-/

An even more basic version for the newbies would be a pheasent tail jig nymph without the wing case and legs. Tungsten bead to drop it down... deadly.

When I lived in Minnesota, I would go to the Cabela's store in Owatonna and they would have "grab bags" of different fly-tying materials, to include furs, feathers, wire, threads and hooks. I don't know if they still do that.

Nice, I'm always losing my strands or coming up short w pt..

Where do you get such massive feathers?

I forgot to mention that I tried my hand at tying on a size 20 dry fly hook and it actually came out looking good!

I've done this fly but substituted pheasant tail for chicken or bird feathers.

Hey man i have been watching you for a while now .. i have learned a lot.. since you touched on materials.. have you read "The Feather Thief" by Kirk Wallace Johnson... absolute required reading.. Whoa that wire trick is awesome.

Kelly, aren't you afraid of losing fish with that hook? I used to tie with the U series and with it being so light I kept bending it with no effort when tying which started making me think if I hooked into a fish that was a real fighter, the fish would straighten that hook right out. I even see when you're about to attach the material for the wing case, the hook shaft is already getting closer to the point of the hook, and the point of the hook had not moved at all which tells me the hook is already bending.

I would just tell folks if you want to fly tie just by a rotary vise. You buy a cheap one and they cause more issues than they're worth you get mad you quit tying. Or you spend a little extra for a good vise buy some quality materials for one or two Flys tie a 100 of each to get process down and you keep tying.

Is white rabbit 🐇 hair good wild jack rabbit

Can someone please make this man a intro song HAhah

I'm sure you get this comment a million times for this question I should say what is The hair stacker you use and where can I find 1 or 2

Pheasant tail is magic! I like mine wth soft hackle. You can fish these in a dead drift or swing them. Swing at 90 degrees to the current and let your line pull the fly or 45 degrees and let the fly swing. Pause at the end of the swing allowing the fly to rise. Or you can slowly strip the fly. All methods are great ways to catch fish with a pheasant tail.

Omg it is like a 2 min fly and he can't make it happen lmfao

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