Partridge and Green
Description
Partridge and Green is a traditional soft-hackle wet fly in the North Country spider family. The green silk body and sparse partridge hackle suggest small caddis, drowned olives, and other slim-bodied insects drifting just below the surface. Fish it on trout streams in spring through fall, especially on a slow swing or lifted at the end of the drift.
Materials
- thread and body: Green Silk Thread
- hackle: Hungarian Partridge Hackle
- hook: Standard Wet Fly Hook
Tying Instructions
- 1.
Secure a Standard Wet Fly Hook in the vise and start the green silk one eye-length behind the eye.
- 2.
Wrap the silk rearward in touching turns to the start of the bend.
- 3.
Wrap the silk forward in smooth, touching turns to form a slim green body.
- 4.
Stop the body one eye-length behind the eye and leave the silk hanging there.
- 5.
Strip the fluff from a Hungarian Partridge Hackle and select fibers about one hook-gap long.
- 6.
Tie in the partridge feather by the tip with the dull side facing you.
- 7.
Make one or two sparse turns of hackle and stroke the fibers rearward as you wrap.
- 8.
Secure the hackle stem, trim the waste, and build a small neat head.
- 9.
Whip finish and apply head cement.