FLY
Spiders
Dotterel (Partridge variant)
Tied by Christian Andrews
Dotterel (Partridge variant) recipe
| Hook | #8 - 12 (blind and snelled) |
|---|---|
| Thread | black (silk) |
| Body | yellow thread (silk) |
| Hackle | Dotterel inner wing or substitute Partridge |
| Head | black thread |
About this fly
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
What the Dotterel (Partridge variant) imitates
- Mayfly dun (adult dry)
In the old books
Original dressing as pictured in Edmonds & Lee, Brook and River Trouting (1916), Plate p42, No. 17. The photo above is a later tie, not the original.
Inside the vault every material on this fly opens to its own card, and you can save the fly to your own boxes.
