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Partridge and .....

Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2022 8:28 pm
by nfrechet
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Partridge and Yellow or Yellow Partridge

Hook - Wet fly style
Thread - Yellow silk
Hackle - Hungarian partridge

I do not own silk threads. I just substituted yellow uni stretch.

Reference

Yorkshire Trout Flies by T. E. Pritt (1885) Note – The following book is the same text, only the title was changed.

No. 28. Yellow Partridge (Grey Gnat).
Hook 1
Wings. — Hackled with a light feather from the back of a Partridge.
Body. — Yellow silk.
A good killer almost any time during April.

North Country Flies by T.E. Pritt (1886) – Note: only the title was changed from Pritt’s Yorkshire Trout Flies published the previous year.

No. 28. Yellow Partridge (Grey Gnat).
Hook 1.
Wings. — Hackled with a light feather from the back of a Partridge.
Body. — Yellow silk.
A good killer almost any time during April.

Brook and River Trouting by Harfield H. Edmonds and Norman N. Lee (1916)

No. 14.
Yellow Partridge.
PERLIDIAE and Diptera (Crane-fly).
Hook 1.
Wings. — Hackled with a greyish feather barely tinged with brown, from a Partridge's back.
Body. — Yellow silk, No. 4.
Head. — Yellow silk.
May to middle of June.


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Partridge and Orange or Orange Partridge

Hook - Wet fly style
Thread - Orange silk
Hackle - Hungarian partridge

I do not own silk threads. I just substituted orange uni stretch.

Reference

Yorkshire Trout Flies by T. E. Pritt (1885) Note – The following book is the same text, only the title was changed.

No. 32. Orange Partridge.
Hook 1
Wings. — Hackled with a well dappled feather from a Partridge's back
Body. — Orange silk.

North Country Flies by T.E. Pritt (1886) – Note: only the title was changed from Pritt’s Yorkshire Trout Flies published the previous year.

No. 32. Orange Partridge.
Hook 1.
Wings. — Hackled with a well dappled feather from a Partridge's back
Body. — Orange silk.

Brook and River Trouting by Harfield H. Edmonds and Norman N. Lee (1916)

No. 6.
Orange Partridge.
Perlidae; and Ephemeridae.
Hook 1.
Wings. — Hackled with a brown mottled (not barred) feather from a Partridge's neck, or back.
Body. — Orange silk

Re: Partridge and .....

Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2022 9:30 pm
by DOUGSDEN
Wow Norm.....on all points....patterns, photography of same, history and subsequent text! We are blessed to know you!
Doug