Oldster,

There are certain numbers that cause a link to something else like your 18.

I don't take the American Angler but I just wanted to mention that the original Pheasant Tail Nymph was made up of only three items: The hook, a few pieces of pheasant tail and a copper wire which was used to secure the pheasant tail and was wrapped up to form the thorax. No thread, nothing else. Maybe that is what the fly is then?

Larry ---sagefisher---