Pritt's No.11 March Brown

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Pritt's No.11 March Brown

Post by Old Hat » Tue Mar 17, 2015 8:45 am

I was tying up some March Brown's and thought I would filter through some of Pritt's patterns. Here is Pritt's No.11 pattern. I took creative license with the hook and the winging method. Wing is rolled and slightly split.

Hook: Owner Mainstream Hook #4. Often used for tenkara, about a #14 with extra large gap
Thread: Pearsall's silk thread, antique gold
Wing: partridge tail fibers, particularly the fibers with the banding pattern
Hackle: from the back of a partridge
Tail: from the tail of a partridge, very sparse
Rib: yellow silk thread
Body: hare mixed with yellow mohair, lightly dubbed as to allow the thread to come through

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Re: Pritt's No.11 March Brown

Post by tie2fish » Tue Mar 17, 2015 9:08 am

A lovely take, Carl.
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Re: Pritt's No.11 March Brown

Post by Smuggler » Tue Mar 17, 2015 9:37 am

That's very nice Carl, you tie a mean fly.
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Re: Pritt's No.11 March Brown

Post by letumgo » Tue Mar 17, 2015 11:31 am

Carl - You do nice work. Taking a simple fishing fly and elevating it to an art form. I'd fish this pattern in a heartbeat, but also be tempted to put a copy in a frame. I may just print out one of your photos and then try to replicate the fly for fishing.

Makes me think "Is it spring yet? Hurry up already!" :D
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Re: Pritt's No.11 March Brown

Post by Donald Nicolson » Wed Mar 18, 2015 4:00 am

Very nicely dressed Carl.I am very fond of the March Brown in its many variations, some of them
very regional.Courtney Williams "Dictionary of Trout Flies," 1950, has a large section devoted to the March Brown.
I used it for a lot of the info on my site. a very, very useful book.
The March Brown section on my site
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