Neat variation on Jack Gartside's Sparrow, for those spawners coming up from Hebgen Lake. Name came from a pheasant that came out on the wrong end of an encounter with a coyote.


hook - Dai Riki 280 #8
thread - UTC 140 burnt orange
rib - small wire copper
undertail - Congo Hair tan
tail - pheasant tail
abdomen - dubbing rusty orange
underwing/shroud - Congo Hair tan
thorax/head - pheasant aftershaft
hackle - pheasant rump


Part 1

mash barb, start thread; tie in rib, wrap to point above point




measure (tips to bend) a clump of CH; tie in/wrap to 2/3 mark






measure (hook length) some PT fibers; tie in/trim butts






dub thread/dub abdomen






counterwrap rib; helicopter end, cover with thread