Partridge and .....
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Partridge and .....
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
Flytiers sure have a way at making things difficult
Re: Partridge and .....
Wow Norm.....on all points....patterns, photography of same, history and subsequent text! We are blessed to know you!
Doug
Doug
Fish when you can, not when you should! Anything short of this is just a disaster.