FLY
Partrigde & Quill Soft Hackle
Partrigde & Quill Soft Hackle recipe
| Hook | #16 - 14 nymph |
|---|---|
| Thread | black |
| Body | quill from peacock herl or other flexible feather (saddle) |
| Thorax | Peacock herl |
| Front Hackle | Partridge |
| Head | thread wrap |
About this fly
Strip the fibers from a flexible saddle feather or peacock herlPepare a partridge soft hackle feather by stripping off all but about 1/3 to 1/4 of the fibers at the tip of the feather; pinch the tip and stroke the remaining fibers toward the butt to create a tie in tipLay down a thread base beginning a good eye length behind the eye to the hook bend and backTie in the stripped feather quill by the tip wrapping to the hook bend and backTouching wraps the quill to the tie in point a good eye length behind the eye; tie off; snip extraTie in a Peacock herl; wrap three or four times to create the thorax; tie off; snip extraTie in the partridge hackle by the tip behind the eye with shiny side up; clip off tip; wrap hackle to the bare stem; tie off; clip stemWhip finish; head cement
What the Partrigde & Quill Soft Hackle imitates
- Soft hackle / North Country spider / flymph / wet fly
Inside the vault every material on this fly opens to its own card, and you can save the fly to your own boxes.
