Partridge and .....
Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2022 8:28 pm
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.
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