Pritt's Little Winter Brown 1885

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Roadkill
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Pritt's Little Winter Brown 1885

Post by Roadkill » Sat Aug 13, 2022 3:58 pm

Thanks again Norm!

A few days after tying my Woodcock and Orange viewtopic.php?f=6&t=10593 I went back to reading The Art of the Wet Fly and came across this fly. All I had to do was skip the tail and add some "very light dubbing of Hare's Ear fur". 8-)

Hook-Dai Riki 070 #14
Thread-Orange Kimono Silk
Body-Touch Dubbed Natural Hare's Ear
Hackle-Woodcock feather from the outside of the wing

ImageRIMG7307 by William Lovelace, on Flickr

Fogg described the hackle as coming from the inside of the wing while Pritt used the outside of the wing in North Country Flies. I had used the outside on my Woodcock and Orange, but I think the lighter brown inside feather would work quite well. As Fogg noted "...the Partridge and Orange is always a good standby."
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Re: Pritt's Little Winter Brown

Post by Fishnkilts » Sat Aug 13, 2022 8:33 pm

I agree about the Partridge & Orange being a good standby.

The fly looks great and I think the inside wing was a great choice.
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Re: Pritt's Little Winter Brown

Post by DOUGSDEN » Sun Aug 14, 2022 2:22 pm

Quite lovely Bill! You are a high master at the touch dubbing technique! It looks very buggy and, at the same time, is pleasing to the eye!
Dougsden
Fish when you can, not when you should! Anything short of this is just a disaster.
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