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Partridge and Yellow
How do you tie a Partridge and Yellow?
Partridge and Yellow is a wet fly pattern for Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Brook Trout. Find its 5 materials and 9 tying steps below.
- Difficulty
- 1 of 5
- Target species
- Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Brook Trout
- Pattern designer
- Traditional (North Country Spider, pre-1800s)
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At the vise
Materials
- Wet Fly Hook, TMC 3761, sizes 12-16
- Thread (8/0), Yellow
- Body: Yellow Silk Floss or Yellow Thread
- Hackle: Hungarian Partridge Feather, Brown
- Head Cement
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Tying instructions
Secure the hook in the vise. Start yellow thread behind the eye.
Wrap thread rearward to the bend of the hook.
If using silk floss, tie in at the bend. Otherwise, use the yellow tying thread as the body.
Wrap the yellow silk or thread forward in smooth, touching turns to the 1/4 point behind the eye. Tie off if using floss.
Select a Hungarian partridge feather with fibers just longer than the hook gap.
Strip the fibers from one side of the stem or fold the feather.
Tie in the partridge feather by the tip. Wrap 1.5-2 turns of sparse hackle.
Tie off the feather and trim the excess stem.
Build a small thread head. Whip finish and apply head cement.