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Medium or light wire hook in the vice - I prefer a standard shank. Size 10 or 12 - partridge hackles are a bit big for smaller hooks.
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This pattern uses brown partridge hackle - from a grey partridge! Yellow thread works well but any thread colour is fine. Sort a small bunch of barbs for a tail.
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Tie in the tail on top of the shank. Tail should be about the length of the shank.
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Tie in a rib on the side of the hook, oval gold or gold wire is fine.
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Wrap a smooth underbody, tying down the tail and rib.
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With the thread at rear of the shank. Dub the thread with hare's ear dubbing or similar - I prefer natural squirrel which dubs on more easily.
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Cover the body in touching turns. I prefer to keep the body slim and more or less level.
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Follow the dubbing with the gold rib, in open even turns. On a wet fly, five turns of rib is traditional.
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Choose a well marked brown partridge feather. Strip away the fluff at the base of the feather and the longest barbs. I try to measure the longest barbs so they come to the rear of the hook or just longer than the bend.
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Tie in the hackle by the tip. The good side of the feather should be facing out.
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Wrap the hackle. I fold the barbs back and wrap about 2 turns.
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Wrap a small head, I like to fold the stem back and form the head over the stem. Whip finish , trim the waste and thread, varnish the head.
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Fish as an emerger, just under the water surface. Works well early season when March Browns and similar upwing flies are hatching mid-stream.