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| This dressing applies partridge as a hackle rather dressing it as "wyngis." |
Hook:
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12-18
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Thread:
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Tan
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Abdomen:
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Natural dun wool, in this instance the raw fleece of the New Zealand Romney breed
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Hackle:
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Gray partridge from the shoulders or back
Dame Julianna Berners, the nun who published A
treatyse of fysshynge wyth an Angle
in 1496, originally described the Donne Flye as a universally effective
pattern or, at the very least, an early spring, pre-April fly. Berner’s dressing
calls for “the body of the donne woll & the wyngis of the
pertryche.”
The natural dun wool from the New Zealand Romney that I used here is currently available from The FibreMine, an online shop at Etsy. |
What I really like on these old patterns: the 'exotic' tying materials as there is 'New Zealand Romney breed'.
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