{"id":1286,"date":"2020-01-20T15:00:07","date_gmt":"2020-01-20T23:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.valleyfishing.com\/?p=1286"},"modified":"2020-08-06T08:36:10","modified_gmt":"2020-08-06T15:36:10","slug":"how-to-tie-a-pheasant-tail-nymph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.valleyfishing.com\/how-to-tie-a-pheasant-tail-nymph\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Tie A Pheasant Tail Nymph for BC Rivers"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>How to Tie a Pheasant Tail Nymph for BC Rivers &#8211; The 511 Turbo Nymph<\/h1>\n<div class=\"x-resp-embed x-is-video x-is-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fly Tying Demonstration - &quot;511 Turbo&quot; A BC Pheasant Tail Nymph\" width=\"846\" height=\"476\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sinyXqfKxQo?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/www.valleyfishing.com\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The 511 Turbo Nymph is a simple and effective variation on the classic Frenchie fly. This is fly designed to sink fast (in BC we can only use one fly) and it represents many food items! When Czech Nymphing or &#8220;Tight Line&#8221; or &#8220;Contact Nymphing&#8221; with a single fly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.valleyfishing.com\/rewards-from-learning-to-czech-nymph\/\">Euro nymphing<\/a> set up, this fly will get into the zone quickly.<\/p>\n<p>Fish take this fly as a mayfly nymph, a stonefly, or a small salmon fry, as it seems to work year round! The name comes from the 11 wraps of lead-free round wire followed by 5 wraps. Applying the wire that way builds a nice tapered body on the hook. I suggest having at least 5 in your box because when it\u2019s on&#8230;.it\u2019s on!\u00a0 The 511 Turbo fly will work for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.valleyfishing.com\/whistler-fly-fishing-trips\/\">rainbow trout<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.valleyfishing.com\/squamish-fly-fishing\/\">bull trout<\/a>, cutthroat trout, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.valleyfishing.com\/galleries\/squamish-steelhead\/\">steelhead<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Fly Tying Material List:<\/h2>\n<p>Hook: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hanak.eu\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hanak Competition<\/a> H450BL #14<br \/>\nBead: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tacticalflyfisher.com\/tactical-fly-fisher-slotted-tungsten-beads-50-pack-silver-gold-copper-black-nickel-and-unfinished-tungsten\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">3.8 mm slotted tungsten gold bead<\/a><br \/>\nThread: UTC 70 Fl. Fire Orange<br \/>\nUnderbody: .015 lead free round wire<br \/>\nBody: Natural Pheasant Tail<br \/>\nWire: UTC Ultra Wire X-Sm Copper<br \/>\nWing: Natural CDC<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Fly Fishing the 511 Turbo Pheasant Tail Nymph<\/h2>\n<p>When fly fishing with the 511 Turbo I suggest that you <strong>use short, medium, and long distance euro-nymphing techniques<\/strong>.\u00a0 Trout seem to take this fly drifted vertically as well as swung in the current.\u00a0 The BC rivers we <a href=\"https:\/\/www.valleyfishing.com\/galleries\/squamish-fly-fishing\/\">fly fish in Squamish<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/www.valleyfishing.com\/galleries\/whistler-fly-fishing\/\">Whistler<\/a>, and Pemberton including the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.valleyfishing.com\/squamish-fly-fishing\/\">Squamish River<\/a>, the Mamquam River, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.valleyfishing.com\/galleries\/valley-fishing-guides\/\">Cheakamus River<\/a>, and the Birkenhead River are fast and deep.\u00a0 It is not uncommon to fly fish in up to 6 ft of water.\u00a0 Because this fly is so heavy and slender, the 511 Turbo fly can <strong>get down to the bottom quickly<\/strong>, <strong>cover all zones<\/strong> of the river, and most importantly it will help <strong>keep your line tight<\/strong>!!\u00a0 The added CDC (you should be adding CDC to most of your nymphs) makes this fly really come to life subsurface! To learn more about how to fish this fly try booking a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.valleyfishing.com\/fly-fishing-trips\/\">half day<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.valleyfishing.com\/fly-fishing-trips\/\">full day fly fishing trip<\/a> with one of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.valleyfishing.com\/our-guides\/\">our guides<\/a>!\u00a0 Better yet take my <a href=\"https:\/\/courses.anchoredoutdoors.com\/courses\/czech-nymphing-with-clint-goyette\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">online Czech Nymphing Course<\/a> Now!<\/p>\n<p>Tight lines and fast tying,<\/p>\n<p>Clint Goyette<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to Tie a Pheasant Tail Nymph for BC Rivers &#8211; The 511 Turbo Nymph &nbsp; &nbsp; The 511 Turbo Nymph is a simple and effective variation on the classic Frenchie fly. This is fly designed to sink fast (in BC we can only use one fly) and it represents many food items! When Czech Nymphing or &#8220;Tight Line&#8221; or &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.valleyfishing.com\/how-to-tie-a-pheasant-tail-nymph\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14,28,19,46,45,37,33,26,5],"tags":[75,1114,1116,1112,399,1113,1115,73],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.1 (Yoast SEO v21.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to Tie A Pheasant Tail Nymph for BC Rivers - Valley Fishing Guides<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A fly tying demonstration on how to tie a version of the classic Frenchie pheasant tail nymph for use in the rivers of BC; Learn to fish a 511 Turbo Nymph.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.valleyfishing.com\/how-to-tie-a-pheasant-tail-nymph\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to Tie A Pheasant Tail Nymph for BC Rivers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A fly tying demonstration on how to tie a version of the classic Frenchie pheasant tail nymph for use in the rivers of BC; 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