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Allagash Lake Streamer Fly

Partridge CS17-7X #4 Heritage Streamer Hook Tag: Copper flat tinsel 3 turns will doBody: Hot orange flossRib: Silver flat tinsel (medium)Belly: Hot orange calf tail to the bend of the hook with sparse white bucktail slightly longer than the hook below the calf...

Mollidgewock Brook

Partridge CS17-9X #4 Heritage Streamer Hook can be tied in smaller sizes also Tag: Copper flat tinsel Butt: Three turns of ostrich herl Body: Copper flat tinsel Rib: Copper oval tinsel (leading edge) Black ultra-wire small (trailing edge) Belly: Sparse white bucktail...

10 Feather Emerald Shiner Streamer

Partridge CS17-9X #2 Heritage Streamer Hook Body:Silver Mylar double wrapped (I varnish over the body for durability) Wing: Sparse white bucktail 3 white saddles 1 dun saddle 2 blue dun saddles 2 natural grizzly saddles 2 olive green saddles Head: Black with painted...

Claret Hopper

Hook: Partridge Patriot SLD2 barbless (excellent hook) Thread: Semperfli 8/0 red waxed thread Tag: Semperfli 8/0 hot orange florescent thread Body: Claret rabbit fur dubbing Rib: Tying thread Legs: Red or claret pre-knotted pheasant tail Wing: Pinch of natural deer...

Rapid River Streamer Pattern

Partridge CS17-9X #2 Heritage Streamer Hook Thread: White 6/0 Tag: Silver flat tinsel  Body: Orange floss  Rib: Silver flat tinsel  Throat: Bright green hackle fibers then pink hackle fibers then golden pheasant crest  Wing: Two bright green Ewing streamer hackles...

Grey Ghost Streamer Fly

Hook: Partridge CS17-9X #2 Heritage Streamer HookTag: Flat silver tinselBody: Orange flossRib: Flat silver tinselBelly: 4-6 strands of peacock herl followed by a small bunch of white bucktailThroat: Golden pheasant crestUnderwing: A long golden pheasant crest...

Orange Sprite Streamer Pattern

Hook: Partridge CS17-7X #4 Heritage Streamer Hook  Body: Flat silver tinsel  Belly: Sparse bunch of yellow bucktail under a larger bunch of white bucktail tied extending just beyond the hook  Wing: Light orange saddle hackles with a bright yellow over the outside, two...

Classic Fly Tying and Fishing For Brown Trout

Beginnings Traditional wet flies and streamers have been the mainstay for trout fishermen since the early days of fly fishing. Many of the classic fly patterns were colorful, flashy attractors, while others were tied to emulate insects and minnows, a trout’s natural...

Grizzly King wet fly

Hook: Partridge Hooks Sproat Wet #4 Thread: 6/0 Tail: Red hackle Tag: Silver tinsel Body: Green floss Ribbing: Gold tinsel Hackle: brown rooster Wing: Mallard flank (tied flat wing style) Fred Klien Fred's primary focus is on the art and history of fly tying, which...

Yellow Greenwell Spider

Hedgehogs, they are simply fantastic flies and I’ve waxed lyrical about the deadly attraction these flies have on our trout many times. This time I simply wanted to show off another little twist in a colour combination I love so much; the Olive Hog and this time using...

Natural CDC dry fly

Dry fly in very natural colours where the body has been made by interesting the Flat Quill tinsel. It is slightly transparent and I like it for years, I am using also this material for small nymphs. Squirrel's hackle has been twisted between two strands of very fine...

Olive Apps Bloodworm

Hook – PWW #10 Legs: Medium Olive Spanflex Beads: Olive Glass Seed Beads Tag: Fluorescent Red Danvilles Flymaster As the small Trout waters start to cool down after the summer this pattern really comes into its own. This worm pattern can be fished at any depth on...