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Hook: Standard wet/dry fly hook size 12 Partridge Patriot Ideal Dry, Barbless Partridge Patriot Standard Dry, Barbless Thread: Brown 6/0 Uni 6/0 Superfly 6/0 Wing: Brown Deer Body Hair Comparadun Deer Hair Tail: Pheasant Tail Body: A mixture of Natural Possum, Brown Fox and Ice Dub (Pearl) Australian Possum Fur Ice Dub Legs: Hungarian Partridge     Begin by securing your hook in the vise, then take 5 or 6 touching thread wraps about one hook eye space behind the eye. Select a clump of brown deer body hair, and align the tips using a hair stacker.   Place your clump of...

The Renegade Dry is an attractor pattern that has been around since the late 1920’s and works great in smaller sizes to imitate a mating ball of midges, or as a searching pattern in the larger sizes. When tying this fly keep in mind that the body is split up into 3 main sections; Two sections of hackle and one of herl. I find the best way to keep track of how far you should extend the next material, is to lay touching thread wraps towards the hook eye, stopping at the same location you want to stop the material....

The circus peanut is an excellent pattern and a great fly to have in your box. It is a very simple and is quick and easy tie. This pattern is essentially a super woolly bugger, being that its basically 2 tandem woolly buggers with legs and a dumbell eye. If you can tie a woolly bugger, than you can definitely tie this fly!   Hook: Partridge Sea Streamer – Size 2 Thread: Superfly Super Thread 3/0 – Dark Olive Tail: Fluffy Marabou – Dark Olive Body: Schlappen – Olive Body: Estaz – Olive Body: UTC Wire – Olive, Brassie Body:...

  Hook: Partridge Czech Nymph Thread: Benecchi's 12/0 Ultra Fine Thread – Tan (Sandy) Dubbing: Fly-Rite Extra Fine Poly Dubbing Post: Poly Yarn – White Hackle: Brown Hackle Shuck: Darlon – Olive Under-Wing: CDC - Natural Dun Wing: Reel Wings - Sedge, Small   The Reel Wings Sedge wings take marker very well allowing you to match the various wing colors found on the caddis in your area. Here I am using prisma color markers in light amber and black to achieve a dark mottled brown color.   When you have finished coloring the wing, you will now fold the...

  Hook: Partridge Patriot Ideal Dry Barbless Thread: Benecchi's 12/0 Ultra Fine Thread – Tan (Sandy) Dubbing: Super Fine - Hendrickson However, I use a light tannish pink red fox dubbing Wing: Reel Wings - Dun Wings, Small Tail: Medium Dun Hackle Hackle: Medium Dun Hackle   Place a hook in the vise and attach your thread to the hook leaving a small space behind the eye.   Take a size small Reel Wings Dun Wings and cut a small triangle shaped notch in the center of the wings as seen in the photo. Now place the wings 1/3 of...