Spider

Partridge and Olive

Olive soft-hackle variant

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Partridge hackle over olive silk — the North Country classic for olive hatches. Dead-drift it through the head of a pool or swing it gently across the stream; the partridge fibres open and close with the current like an emerger struggling to escape its shuck. On northern rivers during a hatch, it is the only fly you need.

Naturals it imitates

olive emerger or ascending nymph