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Pheasant Tail Nymph (PNW)Nymphbeginner

Pacific Northwest

Pheasant Tail Nymph (PNW)

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Available Sizes#12 - #18
Color Variations
NaturalFlashbackOlive

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Pacific Fly Fishers

Matched on Pacific Northwest, nymph flies, trout. Pacific Northwest shop with a large online catalog and steelhead/trout regional relevance.

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Matched on nymph flies, trout, mayfly. Strong technical tying and trout catalog coverage, especially nymphs, dries, and stillwater flies.

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Matched on nymph flies, trout, nymph. Broad by-type catalog useful for common benchmark patterns and inexpensive backups.

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Dette Flies

Matched on nymph flies, trout, mayfly. Catskill lineage fly shop with deep dry-fly, wet-fly, and Northeast trout relevance.

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The Pheasant Tail needs no introduction -- it is the most universal nymph pattern on the planet. The PNW variant is tied heavier, on sturdier hooks, because the trout in Northwest rivers are not the delicate spring creek sippers of the East. They are freestone bruisers that eat mayfly nymphs with the same aggression they apply to everything else. The tungsten bead gets the fly down fast in the powerful currents of the Deschutes and Yakima, and the natural pheasant tail fibers do what they have always done -- look exactly like a mayfly nymph to everything swimming below the surface.

Quick Facts

TypeNymph
Difficultybeginner
SeasonsSpring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Target SpeciesRainbow Trout, Steelhead, Sea-Run Cutthroat
Sizes#12 - #18
Best LocationsDeschutes River, OR; Yakima River, WA; Rogue River, OR

Where to Fish It

Deschutes River

OR · Freestone River

Yakima River

WA · Freestone River

Rogue River

OR · Freestone River

Map unavailable. Locations for Pheasant Tail Nymph (PNW): Deschutes River, OR; Yakima River, WA; Rogue River, OR

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