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Yorkshire Greenwell

Flytying a traditional trout fly and Yorkshire's version of the famous Greenwell Glory. Featuring a wing of paired vertical Woodcock secondary slips.

Dark Spanish Needle

Fly tying the Dark Spanish Needle north country spider pattern. With a brief explanation of the fly pattern's history involving many historic private north country fishing manuscripts.

Stone Midge

Fltying the traditional north country spider pattern the Stone Midge.

Brown Dun Spider

Learn how to tie a traditional classic north country spider with the original materials and techniques.

Fly Fishing The River Twiss

Dry fly fishing on the River Twiss in the Yorkshire Dales using an 8ft Garrison 206 split cane rod

North Country Hackles Part 2

North Country spider and soft hackle expert Robert L Smith in the second of his Partridge fly-tying videos showcases some of the rare and traditional soft hackle material used in the dressing of tr

North Country Hackles Part 1

North Country spider and soft hackle expert Robert L Smith in the first of his Partridge fly-tying videos showcases some of the rare and traditional soft hackle material used in the dressing of tra

Stone Midge

Pritt's No.40 Stone Midge North Country Spider.
Watch the tying of a classic North Country Spider, featuring the No.40 Stone Midge from T.E. Pritt’s classic book North Country Flies. Learn about how ...

Old Master

Pritt's No.39 Old Master
Watch the tying of a classic North Country Spider, featuring the No.39 Old Master from T.E. Pritt’s classic book North Country Flies. Learn about the many anomalies that sur...

Greentail North Country Spider

Pritt's No.33 Greentail
Watch the tying of a classic North Country Spider, featuring the No.33 Greentail from Pritt’s classic book North Country Flies. Pritt’s stated dressing of this pattern is at o...

Pritt's No.16 Red Clock

Watch the tying of a classic North Country Spider, featuring the No.16 Red Clock from Pritt’s classic book North Country Flies.

March Brown No.14

Pritt's March Brown No.14
Watch the tying of a classic North Country Spider, featuring the No.13 March Brown from Pritt’s classic book North Country Flies. The No. 14 March Brown is the fourth of fiv...

March Brown No.13

Pritt's March Brown No.13
Watch the tying of a classic North Country Spider, featuring the No.13 March Brown from Pritt’s classic book North Country Flies. The No. 12 March Brown is the third of five...

March Brown No.12

Pritt's March Brown No.12
Watch the tying of a classic North Country Spider, featuring the No.12 March Brown from Pritt’s classic book North Country Flies. The No. 11 March Brown is the second of fiv...

March Brown No.11

Fly Tying a North Country Spider – March Brown No.11
Watch the tying of a classic North Country Spider, featuring the No.11 March Brown from Pritt’s classic book North Country Flies. The No. 11 March...

Dark Snipe or Snipe and Purple

Fly Tying a Classic North Country Spider Dark Snipe from Pritt’s classic book North Country Flies.

Waterhen Bloa

Fly Tying a Classic North Country Spider Waterhen Bloa from Pritt’s classic book North Country Flies.

Dark MoorGame

Fly Tying – Learn to dress the Dark Moorgame from Pritt’s classic book North Country Flies.

Fieldfare Bloa

Fly Tying – Learn to dress the Fieldfare Bloa from Pritt’s classic book North Country Flies.

Brown Owl

Learn to dress this classic soft-hackled north country spider from Pritt’s famous book North Country Flies.

No.1 Water Cricket

The Water Cricket a traditional north country spider pattern taken from T.E. Pritt's North Country Flies. Hook: Size 14 Partridge SUD2 Body: Orange Silk Rib: Black Silk

Olive Bloa Spider

Traditional flytying. Learn to dress the Olive Bloa, a traditional north country wet fly pattern from the 1800s. This pattern was originally dressed to represent the male Blue Winged Olive.

Orl Fly

A soft hackle north country spider pattern called the Orl Fly or Alder Fly. This traditional north country spider flydressing is found in the 1870 manuscript of Pak Inman from Barden in Wharfedale.
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Greenwell's Glory

Greenwell Glory Dry Fly. Learn to dress the classic British dry fly the Greenwell's Glory with these step by step instructions from Partridge Hooks Pro-Team member Robert L Smith

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