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Purple. Partridge

Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2018 12:40 pm
by upstatetrout
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As per John Willie Binns

Re: Purple. Partridge

Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2018 1:04 pm
by tie2fish
Beautifully crafted. What brand is the silk?

Re: Purple. Partridge

Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2018 2:07 pm
by upstatetrout
Pearsalls Gossamer

Re: Purple. Partridge

Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2018 3:36 pm
by William Anderson
That’s a devastating little spider. Beautiful job with the heel head.

Re: Purple. Partridge

Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2018 3:38 pm
by Old Hat
VWell done Tom. Those herl heads are bit tricky. That partridge is very nicely marked too. Top notch tying!

Re: Purple. Partridge

Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2018 5:29 pm
by tie2fish
tie2fish wrote: Wed Sep 19, 2018 1:04 pm Beautifully crafted. What brand is the silk?
How did you get it to shine?

Re: Purple. Partridge

Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2018 6:21 pm
by upstatetrout
I have a very sophistacated photography set up. It consists of my tablet (camera) The booklet the tablet came with.(background)
And a flashlight for special effects.

Re: Purple. Partridge

Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2018 9:29 am
by upstatetrout
I believe the answer is a wingless wet emerger. :lol:
Oh,and by the way John this was my most successful pattern on the Henrys Fork.

Tom

Re: Purple. Partridge

Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2018 12:11 pm
by redsedge
Old Hat wrote: Wed Sep 19, 2018 3:38 pm Those herl heads are bit tricky.
An understatement if I've ever heard one!

Re: Purple. Partridge

Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2018 5:54 am
by Theroe
Very nice-I just never seem to catch fish on the “purple and” series of flies!