Tied to simulate Large Dark Olives and march browns this is quite possibly the best early season dry fly a river angler in the UK can have in their box. This fly looks strange in the hand but on the water is the perfect imitation. The flimsy partridge hackle looks just like the legs of a trapped fly and on a windy spring day this fly.
Hook- Barbless Dry Fly Size 12
Front Hackle- Brown English Partridge
Second hackle- Grizzle coachman Brown Cock hackle
Body- Stripped Quill- (Varnished to protect from Trouts teeth!)
Tail- Brown Coq De Leon Fibres