Pheasant Tail Perdigon - RiverKeeper Flies

Here is the fly pattern sheet for the Pheasant Tail Perdigon.

Pheasant Tail Perdigon - Variant | www.johnkreft.com — Using Veevus Body Quill as body material

Pheasant Tail Perdigon | www.johnkreft.com — Using pheasant tail for body

Materials

Hook:

MFC 7204 wide gape jig hook, size 14 – 18

Bead:

Tungsten – copper 3.8 mm

Thread:

70 denier or 8/0 white or black

Tail:

Coq de leon

Rib:

Small silver wire

Body:

Pheasant tail

Thorax hotspot

Veevus Body Quill – fluorescent orange (BQ14)

Wing pad:

Black resin or fingernail polish

Optional: Use Veevus Body Quill – brown (BQ 8) for body rather than pheasant tail.

This fly pattern was taught by Jeff Perin of The Fly Fisher’s Place in Sisters, OR at the Central Oregon Flyfishers Winter Fly Tying Class. This is one of several fly patterns Jeff highlighted in his blog about Euro Nymphing.

Here is a link to my RiverKeeper Flies YouTube channel:

Personal tying notes:

Currently using Solarez Bone Dry for body and Gulff Black Magic for wing pad
Here is a Hook/Bead chart I’m using.

Hook

Bead*

MFC 7204 #14

3.8 mm

MFC 7204 #16

3.3 mm

MFC 7204 #18

2.8 mm

*Hareline Slotted Tungsten Beads