Dotterel (Partridge variant)
Spiders
Tied By Christian Andrews
Hook: #8 – 12 (blind and snelled)
Thread: black (silk)
Body: yellow thread (silk)
Hackle: Dotterel inner wing or substitute Partridge
Head: black thread
Notes:
from the recipe in The Founding Flies by Mike Valla
Thaddeus Norris (1811-1878) brought this fly to the US and substituted Partridge for the Dotterel using what was available to him