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Partridge Heritage Streamer CS15: White Ghost

Partridge Heritage Streamer CS15-10X #4 Tag: Flat silver tinsel Body: Orange floss Rib: Flat silver tinsel Belly: 4-6 Peacock herls with a sparse bunch of white bucktail extending beyond the bend of the hook under Underwing: Golden pheasant crest extending beyond...

SLP Grab Pupa: Heavyweight Pheasant Tail Nymphs

Written by Allan Liddle Sometimes you need to get down to the riverbed and quickly and when I need to do this, I tend to reach for a double tungsten beaded PTN as this certainly sinks like a stone. Pheasant Tails are a ‘Go To’ pattern especially for Spring for me on...

Pete Windrush Special

Hook: Partridge Heritage Streamer CS5-9X #2-4 Body: Flat silver tinsel Belly: Small bunch of purple bucktail under which is a slightly larger bunch of white bucktail extending beyond the bend of the hook Underwing: 4-6 Peacock herls Wing: 2 purple Ewing hackles...

Small but Mighty

Hooks and patterns for summer stream fishing in the Colorado Rockies. The early summer of 2021 allowed a return to Vail and almost 3 weeks of proper fishing exploring the free-stone Eagle River and its tributaries. The weather was warm and rivers low and clear, and...

Partridge Grab Pupa

Photos and text from Ben Beckwith Why use A Caddis fly for catching trout? Caddis are a huge meal for trout providing an excellent source of nutritional protein and an important part of the food chain and consequently a crucial fly for the fly angler to use. Partridge...

Paul Little Dressing the Red Tag Spider

Hook: Partridge L3AS size 12 Thread: Brown thread of choice Tail: Red floss Body: Peacock herl (from the eye) Hackle: Red game Paul Little has been a Partridge Ambassador for many years his skills in...

Purple Smelt

Tied by Scott Biron. Words, video and images from Scott Biron Purple smelt: materials list Partridge Heritage Streamer 2-6, 7 or 9x Tag: Silver tinsel Body: Fluorescent red floss, silver tinsel ribbing Beads: On tandems flies place small cylindrical silver beads on...

Darryl Mooney Fly Tying Patterns

KELLY’S CRIPPLE (Kelly Galloup) Hook: L5A/L5AY Size 16/18. Bent in vise in thirds to give a radius on hook. Tail: Microfibbets Olive. Body: Superfine in Brown Olive layered (not mixed) with Rusty Brown for segmentation or colours of your choice. Hackle: Grizzle dyed...

The Hawthorn fly

Photos and text from Chris ReevesBibio marci or St. Mark's fly or more usually the hawthorn fly, is a species of fly from the family Bibionidae. It is found across much of Europe. Their name comes from the fact that the adults usually emerge around St Mark's Day, 25...

The Carson from Chris Reeves

Photos and text from Chris Reeves An Irish Mayfly pattern. Step by step instructions The Carson is a pattern designed for fishing on the loughs of Ireland. The usual method of fishing is “Short lining” from a drifting boat and this requires a heavily dressed fly that...

Elkins Special Streamer

Hook: Partridge Heritage Streamer Hook #2-6 7x Tail: Ewing olive hen Body: Uni-yarn burnt orange Rib: Flat copper tinsel Belly: White bucktail Throat: Ewing olive hen Wing: Ewing signature series burnt orange saddles 2 per side Shoulder: Lemon woodduck Topping:...

Revealing the history of The Waddington Shank

Written by Mark Hamnett History of the Waddington Shank Salmon fishing in the early 1800’s was done exclusively using blind-eyed hooks where the cast (of plaited horsehair or gut) was whipped onto the shank of the hook and later would have been attached with a gut...