All Partridge Spider

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All Partridge Spider

Post by Soft-hackle » Sun Feb 22, 2009 12:37 am

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All Partridge Spider

Hook: Mustad 3399A #14
Thread: 8/0 Yellow Uni Thread
Hackle: Partridge
Ribbing: Fine gold wire-counter-wrapped
Body: A good gathering of fibers taken from the brown tail feathers of the partridge. Wrapped as herl.
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Re: All Partridge Spider

Post by willowhead » Mon Nov 22, 2010 12:24 am

Beautiful tye......such a nice sparse dressing really makes that hook look ominus.....even scary........sometimes i wonder why a Trout would even mess with such a thing.....but they do. Must be that pea size brain..... :D :lol: :roll: :P
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Re: All Partridge Spider

Post by Ruard » Mon Nov 22, 2010 2:24 am

Mark,

Beautiful tying, thanks for sharing this one.

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Re: All Partridge Spider

Post by Ron Eagle Elk » Mon Nov 22, 2010 8:07 am

Lovely wee fly, Mark. Beautiful as always. Thanks for sharing that one.

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