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Frank Sawyer Tying a Pheasant Tail Nymph

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Uploaded by on Feb 6, 2008

Frank Sawyer, the inventor of the Sawyer Pheasant Tail Nymph, gives a demonstration in the 1950s on how to tie the nymph and a dry fly. This is the only known surviving footage of Frank Sawyer actually tying a nymph.

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  • Many thanks for posting. I think I remember this programme from when I was very young watching it on a 12 inch screen. May have been Anglia's "Survival" series or one called "Off the beaten track". Anyway, thanks again.

  • awsum,great to see frank at work.well done.

  • awesome video.  Thanks for posting it

  • @JOBAHT You're right - I had forgotten that!

  • @Netdrmetal

    For nimph he didn't used thread, only copper wire :-)

  • Amazing to watch a master at work. No bobbin - just thread, feathers and hook. What a shame there was no audio of what he said. Still - thanks for putting this on YouTube.

  • glad he hasnt cooked any of my meals

  • Nice archive footage, thank you! Thats a dainty little vice he is using.

  • Because the man was a worker not pen pusher or toss pot or Hooray Henry

  • DSK Harvard Lodge flies

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