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What are Partridge Fibers, beard style?

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Hi all... I'm gonna attempt to tie an Olive Peeking Caddis fly, which is calling for Brown Partridge Fibers, Beard Style for the legs. In my two years of fly tying, I have never heard of Beard Style... I have a full body English Partridge which I got from Chookshill Fly Tying, so I think I have the needed materials, just don't know what to pick off of it. Would appreciate any help on decoding this.. :-}

 

SD

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Partridge usually means feathers taken from the European Partridge , which you have.

 

If you look at the fly in your link you will see a clump of feather fibers tied in near the hook eye on the underside (gape side) that resemble a beard. That is it; strip a few fibers from the stem of a partridge feather and tie them under the hook. This is sometimes called the throat.

 

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Have been looking for a hardcover copy of that book that's not $100 or more. Unsuccessful so far...

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B&N not available, and I saw the 1st one but not much info was available so I couldn't tell if it was a CD-ROM with a digital version of the book or the actual book. I tried the ebook thing and it's just not for me.

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Sarah at abebooks responded to my email, unfortunately it's only a disc

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Have been looking for a hardcover copy of that book that's not $100 or more. Unsuccessful so far...

 

Here's a used hardcover that's supposedly in good shape for $58.50 plus $3.99 shipping. It's a great book that I go to all the time.

 

Regards,

Mark

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Maybe someone else snagged it, thanks for looking around for me

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I bought mine new on Amazon for $68 in July, but they don't show it available any more...

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