Comments on: The Partridge and Orange and The Greenwells Glory http://learnflytying.co.uk/the-partridge-and-orange-and-the-greenwells-glory.html Fly Tying Video Instructions with Information on Patterns and Materials Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:56:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Neil E http://learnflytying.co.uk/the-partridge-and-orange-and-the-greenwells-glory.html/comment-page-1#comment-3374 Neil E Fri, 03 Dec 2010 14:36:14 +0000 http://learnflytying.co.uk/2007/08/26/beginners-lesson-7/#comment-3374 Excellent site David. I've learned loads and now I'm going to take a few of the creations like the Greenwells spider and all the variations that I could think of up the River Browney near Croxdale and see if I can find a Grayling or two! Cheers for your help Neil Excellent site David. I’ve learned loads and now I’m going to take a few of the creations like the Greenwells spider and all the variations that I could think of up the River Browney near Croxdale and see if I can find a Grayling or two! Cheers for your help
Neil

]]> By: SJEP http://learnflytying.co.uk/the-partridge-and-orange-and-the-greenwells-glory.html/comment-page-1#comment-1260 SJEP Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:08:56 +0000 http://learnflytying.co.uk/2007/08/26/beginners-lesson-7/#comment-1260 We are fast approaching the time when Large Olives (upwinged flies), February red (Stoneflies) and various midges will start to make more of an appearance especially on warmer days in the afternoon. Fortunately for the fly fisher the humble Partridge and Orange imitates small brown stoneflies, upwinged fly spinners, and orange midges etc, the partridge and yellow will imitate small yellow midges and later in the year pale wateries. If like me you live in Derbyshire and the Derwent is full of snowmelt and its fast and deep you can add a rib of gold wire and even a small tungsten bead just behind the hackle as opposed to at the head of the fly, you may even be able to get an orange tungsten bead. This will help it get down where the fish are and act as a small thorax. As for the Greenwells Glory, the wet fly will imitate olive midges quite well and if you add some gray mallard wings sloping back over the body and a furnace cock tail it does an ok job of representing olive duns especially the stillwater" lake and pond olives", if you want a Dry Greenwell then add a tail of furnace cock and upright wings of starling or grey mallard with a furnace cock hackle wound 3 or 4 turns in front of the wing and 2 or 3 turns behind depending on the speed and ripple of the water you are fishing. lastly if you give the body of the dry greenwell a dark olive silk body and darker wing it will work as an iron blue instead of an olive. hope this is of some use in the coming months. Tight lines. We are fast approaching the time when Large Olives (upwinged flies), February red (Stoneflies) and various midges will start to make more of an appearance especially on warmer days in the afternoon. Fortunately for the fly fisher the humble Partridge and Orange imitates small brown stoneflies, upwinged fly spinners, and orange midges etc, the partridge and yellow will imitate small yellow midges and later in the year pale wateries.
If like me you live in Derbyshire and the Derwent is full of snowmelt and its fast and deep you can add a rib of gold wire and even a small tungsten bead just behind the hackle as opposed to at the head of the fly, you may even be able to get an orange tungsten bead. This will help it get down where the fish are and act as a small thorax. As for the Greenwells Glory, the wet fly will imitate olive midges quite well and if you add some gray mallard wings sloping back over the body and a furnace cock tail it does an ok job of representing olive duns especially the stillwater” lake and pond olives”, if you want a Dry Greenwell then add a tail of furnace cock and upright wings of starling or grey mallard with a furnace cock hackle wound 3 or 4 turns in front of the wing and 2 or 3 turns behind depending on the speed and ripple of the water you are fishing. lastly if you give the body of the dry greenwell a dark olive silk body and darker wing it will work as an iron blue instead of an olive. hope this is of some use in the coming months. Tight lines.

]]> By: Alex http://learnflytying.co.uk/the-partridge-and-orange-and-the-greenwells-glory.html/comment-page-1#comment-1070 Alex Thu, 10 Dec 2009 06:10:17 +0000 http://learnflytying.co.uk/2007/08/26/beginners-lesson-7/#comment-1070 Hey Dave, I was tying a greenwells glory and instead of black hackle, I used white cock hackle and got the same results as using the black hackle. Alex Hey Dave,
I was tying a greenwells glory and instead of black hackle, I used white cock hackle and got the same results as using the black hackle.
Alex

]]> By: topflyman http://learnflytying.co.uk/the-partridge-and-orange-and-the-greenwells-glory.html/comment-page-1#comment-187 topflyman Thu, 24 Jan 2008 10:30:57 +0000 http://learnflytying.co.uk/2007/08/26/beginners-lesson-7/#comment-187 Hi Rod Thanks for your comments....appreciated by all the team. We already have 2 lessons in the bag to put out whilst I am off to New Zealand for a few weeks...a lifetime ambition and at 71 yrs I feel I must make the effort now. We will make an effort next vid to do the double half hitch more slowly. Regards DaveC.and the Team Hi Rod
Thanks for your comments….appreciated by all the team.
We already have 2 lessons in the bag to put out whilst I am off to New Zealand for a few weeks…a lifetime ambition and at 71 yrs I feel I must make the effort now. We will make an effort next vid to do the double half hitch more slowly.
Regards
DaveC.and the Team

]]> By: Rod Hart http://learnflytying.co.uk/the-partridge-and-orange-and-the-greenwells-glory.html/comment-page-1#comment-188 Rod Hart Wed, 23 Jan 2008 23:13:43 +0000 http://learnflytying.co.uk/2007/08/26/beginners-lesson-7/#comment-188 David and Team, MANY THANKS TO YOU AND THE TEAM FOR THE WEBSITE. it is a great help to old chaps like me coming back to fly fishing. after a 30 year break. All aspects of your lessons are of excellent quality and easily understood. You have a novel way of Casting Of or Whip Finnishing with your fingers, can you do a short video of this in SLOW Time so us old chaps can keep up with you and get it right. All the Very Best and Thanks again. Rod Hart David and Team,

MANY THANKS TO YOU AND THE TEAM FOR THE WEBSITE. it is a great help to old chaps like me coming back to fly fishing. after a 30 year break. All aspects of your lessons are of excellent quality and easily understood. You have a novel way of Casting Of or Whip Finnishing with your fingers, can you do a short video of this in SLOW Time so us old chaps can keep up with you and get it right.

All the Very Best and Thanks again.

Rod Hart

]]> By: Chris Davis http://learnflytying.co.uk/the-partridge-and-orange-and-the-greenwells-glory.html/comment-page-1#comment-186 Chris Davis Tue, 08 Jan 2008 15:55:34 +0000 http://learnflytying.co.uk/2007/08/26/beginners-lesson-7/#comment-186 Fantastic site! I began flyfishing in April 07 and having been bitten by the bug, I had started to experiment with my own 'tyings' using my sons arts and crafts box, it would take a fair amount of imagination to accept these early experiments as proper fly tyings as without any equipment there was a lot of glue involved (managed to catch a few trout though!). Christmas saw a beginners flytying kit in my stocking, but without your invaluable advice I would still be churning out 'monsters' - the kit, despite being for beginners, assumes a knowledge of how to use the tools and when and where to use each weird and wonderful material. With the help of your videos I am now on my way to becoming a proper tyer! Thankyou. Fantastic site!

I began flyfishing in April 07 and having been bitten by the bug, I had started to experiment with my own ‘tyings’ using my sons arts and crafts box, it would take a fair amount of imagination to accept these early experiments as proper fly tyings as without any equipment there was a lot of glue involved (managed to catch a few trout though!).

Christmas saw a beginners flytying kit in my stocking, but without your invaluable advice I would still be churning out ‘monsters’ – the kit, despite being for beginners, assumes a knowledge of how to use the tools and when and where to use each weird and wonderful material.

With the help of your videos I am now on my way to becoming a proper tyer!

Thankyou.

]]> By: MIKE W http://learnflytying.co.uk/the-partridge-and-orange-and-the-greenwells-glory.html/comment-page-1#comment-185 MIKE W Wed, 19 Dec 2007 21:34:58 +0000 http://learnflytying.co.uk/2007/08/26/beginners-lesson-7/#comment-185 Hi David, I'd just like to say what an excellent site I have only recently stumbled upon it !!. I have just started flytying and was really struggling with the basics. i am now even dreaming up my own designs. Can you give us some dies and and some Klinkhamers please. keep up the brilliant site. Best Regards, Mike Hi David,
I’d just like to say what an excellent site I have only recently stumbled upon it !!. I have just started flytying and was really struggling with the basics. i am now even dreaming up my own designs. Can you give us some dies and and some Klinkhamers please. keep up the brilliant site.
Best Regards,
Mike

]]> By: topflyman http://learnflytying.co.uk/the-partridge-and-orange-and-the-greenwells-glory.html/comment-page-1#comment-184 topflyman Thu, 22 Nov 2007 21:58:13 +0000 http://learnflytying.co.uk/2007/08/26/beginners-lesson-7/#comment-184 Hi Graig Well done. We will try to keep you busy Regards DaveC. and Team Hi Graig
Well done. We will try to keep you busy
Regards
DaveC. and Team

]]> By: colton craig http://learnflytying.co.uk/the-partridge-and-orange-and-the-greenwells-glory.html/comment-page-1#comment-183 colton craig Thu, 22 Nov 2007 15:58:44 +0000 http://learnflytying.co.uk/2007/08/26/beginners-lesson-7/#comment-183 hello mr.cammis, thanks for the videos. thier great and i can tie all the flies on the video and im only 12! i cant wait for new ones. colton craig (US) hello mr.cammis,
thanks for the videos. thier great and i can tie all the flies on the video and im only 12! i cant wait for new ones.
colton craig (US)

]]> By: topflyman http://learnflytying.co.uk/the-partridge-and-orange-and-the-greenwells-glory.html/comment-page-1#comment-182 topflyman Sat, 10 Nov 2007 16:51:07 +0000 http://learnflytying.co.uk/2007/08/26/beginners-lesson-7/#comment-182 Hi Michael Thanks for your comments. There are more on the way......already videoed but have to be editted. My son Jon has limited time to do this. On the list Klinkhammer and crane fly (daddy long legs) Regards Dave C. Hi Michael
Thanks for your comments. There are more on the way……already videoed but have to be editted. My son Jon has limited time to do this. On the list Klinkhammer and crane fly (daddy long legs)
Regards
Dave C.

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