RIO's Morrish Level Headed Bugger YGroup_R8Core And his signature pattern

And his signature pattern

The original Pheasant Tail is a no-frills recipe because it works

Powerful front taper to easily cast typical bass flies

With its dead-ringer profile

I've caught world class smallmouth bass

RIO's Morrish Level Headed Bugger YGroup_R8Core And his signature patternThere is no questioning the effectiveness of balanced flies, especially for stillwater anglers. Yet in tying them there are some design limitations to the conventional cut pin and bead engineering. The pins tend to be too thick to enable well proportioned smaller flies, awkward to tie with, and not particularly good looking on the finished product. Accordingly, balanced leeches and damsels all tend to be about the same weight, and most are a good deal