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Partridge

Wet Fly · Trout · Grayling · Intermediate · 3 versions

Reference Recipe

• Hook Standard wet-fly / spider hook, 1X short to standard, 12-16
• Thread Orange 8/0

Materials

• Silk or thread body Orange floss (underbody only)
• Hungarian partridge hackle Natural grey/brown speckled hungarian partridge hackle (1 feather)
• Hare's mask dubbing Natural hare s ear dubbing (pinch)

How to tie it

1. Start the thread behind the eye and lay a smooth touching-turn base all the way to the bend, then back to the 80% mark; silk goes translucent when wet, so keep this body slim.
2. Select a soft, well-marked partridge feather, strip the fluffy base fibers, and expose the tip.
3. Tie the feather in by its tip at the 80% mark, good (shiny) side facing you, then stroke the fibers out of the way.
4. Twist a wisp of hare's dubbing onto the thread and make two turns to build a small thorax bump right in front of the tie-in; this props the hackle up.
5. Wind the partridge only 2 turns, stroking the fibers rearward after each turn so they sweep back over the body no longer than the hook shank.
6. Bind the stem, snip the waste, form a small head, whip finish and add one drop of cement.

Other versions

2 more in the app: Fly Fish Food Tie, variant 1, Fly Fish Food Tie, variant 2.

Tying videos

• Partridge — Loon Outdoors (YouTube)
• Partridge — Trident Fly Fishing (YouTube)
• Partridge — Fly Fish Food (YouTube)
• Partridge — Fly Fish Food (Fly Fish Food (tutorial))

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