Mike,

The Frank Sawyer tying steps:

- Attach wire at eye and run down to bend, back to eye, and back again to the bend.
- Tie in the pheasant fibers, keep tail quite short. Baetis nymphs have a pretty short tail, maybe 1/4-1/3 of body.
- Twist pheasant fiber butts and wire together into a rope and wrap touching turns to the eye.
- Untwist the copper/pheasant fibers and tie down teh fibers with the wire at the hook eye.
- Make a diagonal wrap with the wire back over the top of the thorax area.
- Pull pheasant fibers over the thorax as the first layer of the wing case.
- Trap pheasant fibers with wire, then make another diagonal turn with the wire back to the hook eye.
Pull the pheasant fibers forward to form the second layer of the wing case.
- Tie the fibers off at the eye, trim, and finish the fly with a couple half hitches with the wire.

My technique to tie the fly is a bit different, as you know. I think my method yields the same functional and visual result, but is more durable.

You try both and draw your own conclusions

Cheers,
Hans W


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