Soft Hackle Wet (Partridge & Orange)
Imitates caddis pupa/emerger
Classic Sylvester Nemes partridge and orange wet fly. Swung through caddis hatches.
wet fly · hook sizes
in orange, yellow
- Type
- wet fly
- Imitates
- Caddis pupa/emerger
- Difficulty
- intermediate
- Sizes
- #12, #14, #16
- Colors
- orange, yellow
- Technique
- swing
- Water
- freestone
When to fish it
Caddis hatches spring through fall. Swing through the current.
Where it works 96 waters
Recommended on 96 waters in 35 states. Pick a state to narrow the list.
- CAHat Creekspring
- NHAmmonoosuc Riverfall
- MTBitterroot Riverfall
- CORoaring Fork Riverspring · fall
- IDSouth Fork Coeur d'Alene Riversummer
- NMRio Grandespring
- IDBoise River (Lucky Peak to Boise)spring · fall
- CAClear Creek (Shasta County - below Whiskeytown Dam)fall
- WIKewaunee Riverspring
- IDLemhi Riverspring
- NJPequest Riverspring
- OHChagrin Riverspring · summer · fall
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