Tying a Partridge & Orange (Using Up your Large Hackles) by Davie McPhail

How to use up your large hackles/feathers on small flies..
Partridge & Orange
Materials Used;
Hook, Fulling Mill All-Purpose Medium size 14
Body, Orange Pearsalls Silk or Orange Thread
Hackle, Long Brown Fibres from a Partridge Skin

[@kentw.897]

Good tip Davie. Thankyou for sharing it with us. Aloha🌴🎣🏄‍♂️

[@tylerpaquette9376]

Davie mcphail the hackle hair dresser brilliant use of a hair drier

[@MosqueirosdoRio]

As always a spectacular technique. Greetings from Brazil. (Fausto) 🇧🇷

[@steveg8322]

Davy providing some comfort and necessary diversion to shattered nerves to one in the US.Thanks

[@hobartnickell9959]

Same here, thank you ,I needed that.

[@keithcorodimas8093]

@@hobartnickell9959 Add me to that list;

[@comesahorseman]

Aha! Many thanks, Davie! 👍

[@MyPancho1]

These spiders are so beautiful. So slim of body and the hackles full of life in the water. Thanks again, Davie

[@bentpolski]

Outstanding Davie! Thanks!

[@Mclaughlin088]

Using a hair dryer and fibers that may go years unused. Ingenious. Well Done Davie.

[@ratzilla59]

Perfect technique for Sakasa Kerbari Tenkara patterns!!

[@kezeve5046]

Thank you for this video really has helped much appreciated

[@TheStuartYork]

The first ever fly a was taught to tie. A lovely old northern spider. Thanks David.

[@brendanconneely4293]

Absolutely brilliant, thanks a million

[@possumkingproductionsmike8089]

A far better way of using those large hackles. Beautifully done. Thank you. NC spiders are so good and underused on our Appalachian mountain streams.

[@jeffcowles5328]

If you stop at 3:36 you get a nice tenkara fly 😎 Thanks for another good one. Cheers Davie.

[@duderoony]

My all-time favourite fly..... The Partridge and Orange! Excellent! Thank you for a top tie Davie.

[@mikeking453]

One of the best tips in fly tying from one of the world's best!

[@Fischer67]

Hi Davie, besides the idea of using up your long hackles it is nice to see, ...."always go back".... it looks a bit fiddly but you can.... that's brilliant. Thanks a lot for this very useful advice too that I have heard from you several times. All the best Peter

[@dannymcg8300]

Very nice fly Davie. Many thanks for the great tip on using larger feather fibres on small flies. Many thanks.

[@hankvana2149]

I enjoyed that Davie! A classic beautifully tied - love simple flies, they are so effective! I had to smile the way the partridge fibers obediently made their way around the hook shank - you are such a master of your materials :) I use a lot of my large feathers in dubbing brushes where I can trim the bases to get the length of fibers I want. A Wooly Bugger body tied with a squirrel and partridge dubbing brush body will out fish the standard chenille and hackle body every time. ATB!

[@gregorholtzer7044]

Thank you for this additional tip

[@vttony]

I've been fishing soft hackles/spiders for 50 years. Now I now how to get twice as many flies out of partridge capes.

[@jaxalec2362]

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[@adrienrudy8004]

@Jax Alec Instablaster :)

[@frankmonroe8320]

Thank you Davie. A great yet simple fly. Stay well keep tying. Frank in Mass US

[@PeeHaa1]

Nice tip with the hairdryer! Very good👏

[@kenelliott6458]

Great looking spider mate. Thanks for sharing that with us all. Best Regards from West Virginia, Ken

[@wingman8447]

One of my favorite flies. But this is a genius way of tying it, using up my long partridge. Thank you.

[@csmart287]

The hair dryer tip is really useful, Thanks.

[@randellgribben9772]

thanks for this video.. was having a wee bit or trouble tying spiders.. that look like your

[@dongil123]

Great advice right there! thanks again Davie👌

[@leemowers9395]

Brilliant use of large feathers. I loved the hair dryer.

[@simonsmith9363]

Genius!! Thank you for some great advice.

[@AllanMHutton]

Very useful and wonderful advice! Thanks! 👍

[@andersklasson1226]

Nice and simple, love it. Tanks Davie👍

[@mauriziobenazzi7111]

Thank you so much Davie to exist !

[@freddysflyz]

That is something I will surely try to do soon! Thanks for sharing this!

[@christopherkarpacz2119]

That's brilliant Davie, absolutely hate waste👍👍

[@mikeney5113]

Great tip! Thank you very much Davie for sharing.👍

[@mazman8343]

Happy new year davie class . The old dog for the road and the pup for the ditch👍

[@GHuber-xh5vv]

This is a smart solution to use larger hackles. Very helpfull.

[@JLee-bd9kj]

Great technique with the partridge hackle. Love it 👍

[@101mossie]

Very nice, enjoyed that 👍🏻

[@crs1321]

What a great way to use up the large feathers. Brilliant Davie. Thanks for the tips 🎣

[@davidfraser4083]

Thanks Davie I'll certainly get some. Thanks, stay safe

[@davidbriggs5778]

Inventive Genius! Brilliant variation for one of the most effective flies ever tied. Thank you

[@nlcirque]

Great tip. Thanks for this video.

[@billoder5365]

It's good to find a use for those larger hackles. I didn't know what you just did could be done. Thanks for the information.

[@twanx1]

Great idea, thanks for sharing.

[@gregb8824]

Good timing, thanks for this one!!!

[@ChusGonzalez]

Thank you Master, I am sure of its effectiveness ... The simpler ... always the better..from de North Spain..Cantabric Sea/Rivers👍👍🖖🎄

[@harryjoesather6539]

VERY COOL NEVER SEEN A HAIR DRYER USED BEFORE...

[@bobbyk3937]

Thank you for the great tip!

[@martinstewart688]

that was genious, thankyou for sharing !

[@jkdurden]

Thanks Davie!

[@TheXeniaman]

This is good to know, Davie. I agree there are nice well marked big feathers on the skins.

[@FlickyFlies]

Man that's awesome!

[@ibelieve1468]

Great tip, thanks

[@mloaizasaez]

Excellent tip. The only problem was my wife's face when she saw me working with the hair dryer ...

[@WeeManSham]

This is the greatest river Trout fly ever invented!

[@philipvankampen3394]

It's also a good technique if you need to clean your desk but you only have 10 seconds

[@quincym-e4680]

This is my main dropper fly ,i stick some peacock herl behind the hackle works well with orange beed aswell . I got my PB brown trout of the river carron(falkirk)

[@user-ji5rd5ml6k]

Здравствуйте Davie McPhail. Поздравляю Вас с Новым Годом, и с Рождеством! Желаю крепкого здоровья, больших успехов в рыбалке и в вашем творчестве по вязанию мушек. С уважением Сергей Н.

[@DavieMcPhail]

Happy New Year Sergei and all the very best for 2021...ATB Davie

[@luisrivas2040]

Saludos. Feliz año nuevo 2021

[@garynoonan7373]

That is a great tip. Thanks. I would love to see you tie a married wing salmon fly at some point or a mixed wing classic (Rogan style).

[@tomharvey7436]

Thank you for sharing that tip Davie definitely one I will be using a lot better than throwing them out and a saving of money too we Scots don’t like waste do we 😆

[@alfonsagelwei5280]

Never saw it done this way before, but can't argue with the results. Thankyou from the states Davy. Of course now I have to go buy a blow dryer. Whats one more tool anyway.

[@luisrivas2040]

👍

[@seanclemens5474]

Aaaah, the many uses of a hairdryer. Can I tie them in different colors? Also your multi colored spider flies, bluebottle and the peacock and orange, would they work on streams here in the us? Sean from NJ USA

[@davidfraser4083]

Love it Davie. Great fly for the upper Clyde and most rivers. I still prefer the silk threads for my tyings can you reccomend a modern equivalent?

[@minimal_enthusiasm5971]

Have a wee look at the 'North Country Silks' on Flyonlyonline.co.uk, I use them and highly recommend!

[@DavieMcPhail]

Hi David, I'm lucky enough to have a few spools of the gossamer threads, I have attached links to the silk threads for you to see...The Ali threads are very good as well and are great value for the money..I'm glad you liked the fly... All the very best Davie morus-silk.com/shop/?v=79cba1185463 www.broadlypatchwork.co.uk/yli-silk-thread

[@dsheerin1]

Great Stuff Davie. I always learn something new from your videos! Question.... Would this technique be possible on a bead head soft hackle?

[@DavieMcPhail]

Hi David, I'm glad you liked the fly and yes it would work ok as I've done some in the past... All the very best Davie

[@navydonald]

When you see it like that it seems so obvious!

[@richardc6932]

The FM all purpose hook you are using, is it a FM5050 and do use it for both wet and dry?

[@brainmed]

A hair dryer.... genius.

[@justexactlyperfectbrothersband]

Oh man, just when i thought i had everything i could ever need for tying flies, now i'm going to have to buy a hair dryer! thanks Davie, any other grooming products i may need?!

[@callumclark3358]

If I used a hairdryer at my bench I’d be enveloped in a cloud of bits and pieces of feather, hair, tinsel, the lot. How to keep your bench tidy might be a useful subject for a video. I just can’t throw away anything that looks as if it might conceivably have a use😳. It’s great watching Davie spin stuff round a hook like that, perfect first time, every time. Can’t recall seeing anyone else with that control of materials.

[@S1CKTR1CKY]

@@callumclark3358 what I do is put all of my bits in little zip lock bags, like what some dubbing comes in. Keeps it tidy, organized and eliminates stuff going flying.

[@justexactlyperfectbrothersband]

@@callumclark3358 yeah thats me too! most of the time i daren't breath when tying or bits fly off everywhere, a sneeze is devastating!

[@yvessultan6286]

Hello, So there, bravo! I still learned a great trick to use these feathers that we do not really know what to do, except to be used on streamers or salmon flies. In addition, the fly that you present is of a simplicity that I love. In your opinion, could we do the same with fibers from large rooster hackles? Thank you again for all the tips you teach us, I think that in one year, watching your videos, I made more progress than in 40 years of fishing and fly tying! All the best Y. Sultan

[@DavieMcPhail]

Hi Yves Sultan, I've done this with many fibres over the years with great success and at times I feel it works just as well as if you had wound the hackle on..I'm glad you liked it and please let me know how you get on.. All the very best Davie

[@yvessultan6286]

@@DavieMcPhail Hello Davie, Thank you for your reply. The amateur fly tyier that I am would be happy to show you some flies out of his vise. Just tell me how to send you pictures and possibly my assembly sheets in case you want to mount one of my flies Have a nice week end. All the best. Yves sultan

[@simongroom974]

Hi Davie Could you use this technique to use up big French Partridge feathers on a French Partridge May fly which I love in May fly season?

[@DavieMcPhail]

Hi Simon, It will work on French partridge as well as most fibres like this, even bronze mallard as I was tying a few today just like this.. All the very best Davie..

[@tonythomas5978]

Just brilliant! What an awesome way of using up those longer feathers. I currently use the longer partridge hackles for shrimp legs or tails but now have the added bonus of continuing to tie spiders when you think that all the correct hackles have been used up on the skin. Thank you for sharing Davie, I'm always interested to learn of adaptations for use of longer or less used feathers on a skin. Do you have any recommendations for using the longer fibre feathers on a waterhen skin?

[@DavieMcPhail]

Hi Tony, I've used this method on many fibres even waterhen in the past so I would certainly give it ago, they work really well..I'm glad you enjoyed the video.. All the very best Davie

[@tonythomas5978]

@@DavieMcPhail I will definitely give this a try. Thanks for the reply Davie, all the best. Tony

[@dahutful]

The hair dryer is a nice trick, Davie. I've been using large feathers this way for a long time, but some "hot air" is a sweet change. Thanks! David Palmetto Fly n Fish S Carolina

[@user-yk7fm9xf7t]

👍🥂🤝

[@davidlarkey276]

Davie, I have just bought the book "north country flie,s".In it they use size,s 0,size 1 even size,s 2+3, You use mostly 16s and 14s, Is this your reasoning or do you have other info. I am using 18s ,16 s and 14 s barbless, to me this sounds about right and I must say some of the flies do look good, but there again I,m not a fish. Please keep tying,you make it look so easy every-one want,s to tie like you,,stay safe,god bless

[@DavieMcPhail]

Hi David, I have attached a link of a thread on a website which has a photo of the old and new size hooks which shows the sizes these old patterns were tyed on...0 size is a 16 and a 1 is between a size 16 and 14. .www.theflyfishingforum.com/forums/index.php?threads/fly-size-guide-or-what-size-fly-is-this.598383/ I hope this is of some help to you and thank you for the kind wishes.. All the very best Davie

[@davidlarkey276]

Davie, I would like to say thank you for your speedy answer to my question, unbelievable, it was so quick, thank you very much, you are the top man..

[@davidlarkey276]

Davie ,can I ask you another question, have you any idea what a "felfor " is, the tying for a "bloa harle " wing/leg,s is a felfor,s wing, help,,even google could,nt help, I know you will be able to point me in the right direction, Am I a pest ??

[@DavieMcPhail]

Hi David, It may be a misprint as I have never heard of it. I think it may be a Fieldfare which was used a lot in tying wets as I have used it myself many years ago...The Fieldfare Bloa is a well know wet fly and can be found in a few books, I tyed at many a show with Oliver Edwards and it was one of his favourite flies..You are not a pest as I love to help if I can... All the very best Davie

[@duncancourtney991]

Hi, Felfor is indeed Fieldfare. Have a look at Robert Smith’s blog and book - www.theslidingstream.net/robertsmith/

[@michaelforde4373]

My most successful fly this

[@user-ti3ui1px6h]

А можно шёлк обрабатывать ваксой?

[@joemcnicholl4361]

Can u tie a garry dog please

[@DavieMcPhail]

Hi Joe, I have it written down so I'll get to it as soon as I can...ATB Davie

[@joemcnicholl4361]

@@DavieMcPhail ok thanks ill be patient:)