A found a nice hen neck hidden away under all the dry fly necks.What are you using for wing material? Nice flies!!
A found a nice hen neck hidden away under all the dry fly necks.What are you using for wing material? Nice flies!!
Thanks for those kind words.What are you using for wing material? Nice flies!!
Gorgeous! A perfect example of less is more.![]()
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 i.
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 i.
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 or 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.
Very nice stoneflies. Better than any I've ever seen in fly shops.A fist full of nymphs waiting for spring. . .
WHAT IS THAT HOOK DAVE?A fist full of nymphs waiting for spring. . .
Thanks wbranch.WHAT IS THAT HOOK DAVE?
THIS WAS BASICALLY WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR, THANKS. I LIKE THESE. I MAY HAVE TO TRY SOME TOMORROW. CRAPPY WX SATURDAYS HAVE BEEN GOOD FOR UPDATING MY BOXES THIS YEAR.roughly #14, with a longish, lightly curved shank
ARE THOSE QUILLS REAL OR SYNTHETIC?
Peccary And Hare's Ear
Nymph Fly Pattern
Hook - Mustad 3399, 3906 or equivalent
Thread - Black
Tail - Hare's mask
Body - Peccary hair
Wing case - Turkey tail fibers
Thorax - Hare's ear dubbing
Apply crazy glue to the hook shank prior to wrapping the peccary hair forward or coat the body with uv resin for durability