Lawson's PT Emerger SBS

[ScottP]

Getting to be baetis time again; definitely a hint of Fall up here in NW MT.


hook - Dai Riki 320 #18
thread - Uni 8/0 olive dun
shuck/shellback - Congo Hair brown
rib - x-small wire copper
abdomen - pheasant tail
thorax - dubbing olive/grey
underwing - Congo Hair dun
overwing - CDC dun
legs - partridge
head - dubbing olive/grey


Part 1

Mash down barb, start thread, tie in rib and a few pheasant tail fibers; wrap back to bend






wrap pheasant forward to 60% mark; tie off and trim




tie in CH; pull to the back and capture with wire rib






continue rib forward; tie off, helicopter end and trim shuck (abdomen length)




dub thread, dub thorax

[ScottP]

Part 2

tie in underwing; trim (abdomen length)






tie in CDC, tips even with underwing; trim butts




prep partridge feather; tie in a bit long and adjust length of legs (extend to hook point) by slowly pulling back feather






a little more dubbing




dub head, half hitch x 2, SHHAN






Regards,
Scott

[Allan]

Scott,

Your typically well tied fly pattern. I have a question for you and maybe you've tried this and not been satisfied? Why not tie in the wire, bring thread toward the thorax, tie in the pheasant tail. Then wind the pheasant back to the wire, tie down with a turn of wire and wind the wire to the thorax tie in point? The pheasant is secured. The wire doesn't need to be 'countered' and it locks in the body throughout. Just asking. Value your opinion.

Allan

[ScottP]

Allan,

Interesting idea. Reasons I do it the way I do:

1. tying in rib and PT at the same time saves time and I'm always looking for ways to do that; there's only one wrap between securing the wire and then the PT fibers (I usually tie them both in at the same time but separated the sequence into 2 steps for visual clarity)

2. as I wrap the PT back to front, the fibers get a bit thicker (since they were tied in by the tips), creating a slightly tapered body (that the fish probably don't care about).




If I were to tie the PT in at the front of the abdomen/back of thorax and wind it back, then capture with the wire, I wouldn't get that taper and I'd also be left with a bit of a ragged butt end of PT fibers. The wire's doing double duty here, securing shuck and re-enforcing the PT (I could have twisted the pheasant around the tying thread and wrapped that forward, but for some reason, it kept breaking - old pheasant?).

Regards,
Scott

[Allan]

Scott,

I wasn't paying attention and missed that the fly had a shuck. Just to let you know that, when I tie from the front to back and use a rib from back to front, the taper is easily gotten and I have no problem with any ragged butt. That sounds funny, lol. Whichever method, if the fish hit the fly, it's good.

[NJTroutbum]

Great pattern once again. Like the partridge alot.