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Partridge & Orange Spider

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Fulling Mill Equivalent:  213
Part No:  EF-6470
Manufacturer:  The Essential Fly
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Partridge & Orange - Wet & Nymphs


Partridge & Orange

The Partridge & Orange is one of the classic English North Country spider style flies used all over the world in fly fishing. The Partridge & Orange is an effective imitation of early stoneflies (Plecoptera)


Use The Partridge & Orange To Catch:


The Partridge & Orange can be used to catch Rainbow Trout

The Partridge & Orange can be used to catch Brown Trout



Trout Wet Fly - Partridge & Orange

wet flies like Partridge & Orange are are range of flies that imitate larva, pupa, drowned adults and Lures

The trout finds most of its food beneath the surface of the water, sometimes by grubbing around the weed-beds, at other times by rising in water to take nymphs and pupae on their way to the surface 

The wet flies which include Partridge & Orange fall into various categories: larval and pupal forms of various aquatic insects; drowned adults or even swamped stillborn flies; and drowned terrestrials such as beetles. Many do not represent anything in nature, but are classed as attractor flies or lures, designed to tempt the fish to take out of curiosity. A number of the silver-bodied flies can emulate small fry or minnows. Most of the dry flies have a wet-fly equivalents. The use of heavier hooks, softer hen hackles instead of cock, and in the case of winged flies a backward-sloping wing, changes the dry fly into a wet one which sinks below the sufrace of the water. Cock hackles are used for these patterns but they are taken from the very young bird where the individual fibres are very soft.

There are two main areas of wet-fly fishing. Firstly, there are the wild rain-fed rivers and streams where it is difficult to see a fish rise let alone see a minute dry fly on the surface. On such waters, wet flies are used almost exclusively upstream and down, as necessity or terrain dictates. The second main area of wet-fly fishing is on atill waters like lakes, lochs and reservoirs, where the angler uses a team of wet flies just below the surface. 

On wild streams while searching for the natural Brownie, soft-hackled wet flies like the Partridge and Orange, the Snipe and Purple, the Black Spider, a wet Coch-y-Bonddu, and many others are used.

'When do you fish a wet fly, and when a dry?' 

Always fish a dry-fly pattern when you see a trout rising during a hatch of natural insects. However, when the trout refuses to rise to a dry fly, fishing just below the surface with a wet fly can often work. When no activity is obvious, it is a case for the wet fly, pure and simple.

The soft, game-bird hackles of many wet flies have the necessary mobility in the water. They pulsate and 'kick' in the current, attracting the fish by their very movement. They look alive and edible; the two key properties for a successful fly.

Wet Fly Partridge & Orange fishing techniques

a technique that has stood the test of time, where the fly (e.g. the Partridge & Orange) is fished sub-surface and is retrieved slowly using a 'Figure-of-Eight' manipulation of the line in the hand. A floating or intermediate line can be used to retrieve the Partridge & Orange


Partridge & Orange - Fly Tying Dressing

For the more adventurous among you we have provided tying specifications for the Partridge & Orange. Remember at The Essential Fly we sell the Partridge & Orange at incredible prices with a top quality fly and service to back it up. It is certainly worth tying the Partridge & Orange yourself to understand the pleasure of catching a fish with your own tied fly, however at the price we sell flies it is only worth tying one or two Partridge & Orange as your can spend more time fishing instead of tying flies - buy volume online with us.


Hook Sizes

12 to 16

Silk Thread

Orange

Body

Orange silk

Hackle

Brown partridge



Partridge & Orange Product Keywords:

Partridge & Orange, Partridge & Orange Wet & Nymphs, Partridge & Orange Rainbow Trout Fly, Partridge & Orange Brown Trout Fly


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Monday, 18 August 2008  -  Phil
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Purchased various spiders, all pretty good, a little disappointed with the Partridge an Orange though, fat body and too over dressed with the Partridge hackle for my liking however other spiders were tip top. Great service, fast delivery - even included a free gift - didn't really think the gift was necessary bearing in mind the super fast delivery - nice touch nonetheless.

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Hackled Wet Flies

WET FLIES

A wet fly is designed to be fished below the water's surface. Wet flies vary from traditional wet flies used for over a hundred years to modern using flashabou type and other bright modern materials. The success of the wet fly often depends far more on its action than it resembling a specific insect and matching a hatch / nymph. When fish are on the feed the actual pattern is generally not important, but when the fish are preoccupied or need tempting the angler must use ingenuity to discover what the fish are feeding on and what color they are taking. When fishing wet flies, it is important to remember that the higher the wave on the water the higher the fly hook size can be, but still take into account the brightness and clarity of the water.

Trout do see subsurface insects with wings. Some flies begin to hatch below the water surface. Some up-winged flies swim or crawl beneath the surface as adult spinners in order to lay egg. Often duns & spinners are swamped by the current and forced under the water surface. Emerging duns that have been unable to get rid of their nymphal case or at the time of emerging are drowned when they float under rough water that is flowing over a large rock or ledge are also hunted by the fish. The trout on purpose lurk in slack water near eddies and small plunge pools to look out for these type of snacks. Clearly a trout does see winged insects under the surface at certain times of the year so be prepared with a selection of different colored wet flies for when the fish are not taking from the surface.

Fishing the Soft-Hackle Wet Fly

Probably the most common way to fish a soft-hackle wet fly is to cast it across and slightly downstream, letting it sink and then swing in the current, rising with the tightening line much as a natural rises to the surface before hatching. It's on this rise that fish usually strike. Another productive method is to cast the fly upstream on a short cast and then let it dead-drift back to you just under the surface (or, if tied on a light-wire hook, in the surface film). On lakes and ponds a soft hackle fly cast in front of a cruising trout and then twitched slightly can be absolutely deadly. Many soft-hackle fly anglers, especially in Europe, favor fishing two or three of these flies (of different colors and sizes) at a time.

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