Feather ?

[Rick Z]

What do you use those small feahters on the side of a pheasant tail for?
They are much softer than the barbs off the center tail peicesx.

Rick

[Cold]

Nymph tails & legs, for me.

[FishnDave]

larger soft-hackle patterns

[SteveP]

Really, really small PTNs. Beacuse they are much softer and smaller in diameter I use them when I tie PTNs in 20,22,24 and so on down the line. Also as mentioned before they are great for legs on other nymphs as well.

Steve

[dixieangler]

Rick, try the Gimp. It uses those aftershafts or Lady Amherst pheasant undercoverts as wet fly or sometimes nymph.

http://www.flyanglersonline.com/feat...nada/can87.php

From fly tying terms.
After-Shaft:
The soft, small feather normally found at the base of bird's feathers. Some times called "philoplume" or "filo-plume."

[iaflyfisher]

Rick these aftershaft feathers can be used in Jack Gartside's Sparrow. The sparrow (nymph) uses other feathers from a pheasant.