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Partridge and Orange +

Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2022 12:19 pm
by Roadkill
Adding a thorax to my favorite P&O

Hook-Dry Fly #16
Thread-Kimono Silk Orenji
Rib-S Copper Ultra Wire
Thorax-Kenkame orange silk thread dubbing blended with Clear Trilobal Nylon
Hackle-Partridge

ImageRIMG2588 by William Lovelace, on Flickr

I will also tie it without the weight of the wire rib.

ImageRIMG2595 by William Lovelace, on Flickr
Ribbed by tying silk.

Next up will be the P&Y+ variations.

Re: Partridge and Orange +

Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2022 6:53 pm
by letumgo
I like the look of the metal rib. It adds a nice 3D segmentation.