Partridge & Olive, Just Messin' Around

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Partridge & Olive, Just Messin' Around

Post by Eric Peper » Tue Feb 24, 2009 3:52 pm

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Hook: Grip 14723 BL, #12
Thread: Pearsall's Gossamer, olive
Abdomen: Tying thread
Rib: Tying thread
Thorax: peacock herl
Hackle: Partridge neck feather
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Re: Partridge & Olive, Just Messin' Around

Post by Soft-hackle » Tue Feb 24, 2009 4:12 pm

Keep messing, the fish will eat them!

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Re: Partridge & Olive, Just Messin' Around

Post by Eric Peper » Tue Feb 24, 2009 4:18 pm

Soft-hackle wrote:Keep messing, the fish will eat them!

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Oh, I know that. Most of what I fish doesn't look near this good, but the fish have been eating them for years. :D

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Re: Partridge & Olive, Just Messin' Around

Post by William Anderson » Tue Feb 24, 2009 4:23 pm

Eric,

I have yet to get any of the Grip hooks, but they really make a nice pattern shine. This is a nice pattern.

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Re: Partridge & Olive, Just Messin' Around

Post by Eric Peper » Tue Feb 24, 2009 4:48 pm

William Anderson wrote:Eric,

I have yet to get any of the Grip hooks, but they really make a nice pattern shine. This is a nice pattern.

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Thanks. I really like the Grip designs as well as the spear on their barbless models. Using them can be problematical because they are so sharp reaching into the ittle box usually leaves 2-3 hooks stuck in your skin. This 14723 model just seemed to beg for this kind of fly.

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Re: Partridge & Olive, Just Messin' Around

Post by William Anderson » Tue Feb 24, 2009 5:28 pm

it certainly does.

nice tie.

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Re: Partridge & Olive, Just Messin' Around

Post by willowhead » Mon Nov 22, 2010 9:11 pm

Beautiful tye.....and those Grip hooks ARE very nice looking.....i really like that spear point look. Nice fly Eric. ;)
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