Silver Partridge

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Silver Partridge

Post by Old Hat » Wed Feb 18, 2015 10:05 pm

Pretty straight forward like most spiders.

Hook: TMC 2469 #16
Thread: black
Hackle: partridge dyed light dun
Body: silver tinsel

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Re: Silver Partridge

Post by letumgo » Wed Feb 18, 2015 11:29 pm

Elegant simplicity.
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Re: Silver Partridge

Post by Smuggler » Thu Feb 19, 2015 8:13 am

Excellent tinsel body on this one! Attention to detail shows on this one Carl. Good stuff.
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Re: Silver Partridge

Post by DOUGSDEN » Thu Feb 26, 2015 9:17 pm

Carl,
What everyone ahead of me has said....times ten! This one is shear elegance and so well crafted! You are continuing the fine tradition and that's pretty cool!
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Re: Silver Partridge

Post by Old Hat » Fri Feb 27, 2015 12:49 pm

Thanks gentlemen.
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Re: Silver Partridge

Post by William Anderson » Fri Feb 27, 2015 5:36 pm

Carl, I must have missed this earlier. It's a nice compliment with the very light partridge. I had the opportunity to fish one of Bill Lovelace's tinsel bodied soft hackles in Montana this past summer and was thrilled that they connected as I had hoped. I always thought they were just too much, but Bill came in the cabin one evening swearing by this fly and he wasn't wrong. I love your pattern and can see how the delicate pattern could easily attract a strike and imitate an emerging caddis. Nice one.

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