Pheasant Tail Perdigon

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

Materials

Hook:

MFC 7204 wide gape jig hook, #14 – 18

Thread:

70 denier or 8/0 white or black

Tail:

Coq de Leon

Rib:

Small silver wire

Body:

Pheasant tail

Thorax hot spot:

Veevus Body Quill – fluorescent orange (BQ14 – Hareline code BQ137)

Wing pad:

Black UV resin or fingernail polish

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:

• Updated 5/24: Currently using Solarez Bone Dry for body and Solarez UV Cure Color Resin black for the wing pad. Originally, I used Gulff Black Magic for wing pad. (John Kreft is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com.)
• Here is a Hook/Bead chart I’m using.

*Hareline Slotted Tungsten Beads