It is an impressionistic pattern fished successfully during caddis hatches and spinner falls.

[1] The Partridge and Orange is traditionally a trout and grayling pattern but may be used for other aquatic insect feeding species.

Soft-hackled flies as they are known today and in particular The Partridge and Orange originated in the north country of England and were first described by Joseph Wells in his 1842 publication THE CONTEMPLATIVE ANGLER.

32 myself, although one will kill as well as the other, and the angler may look upon one of them as indispensable on his cast from April to September, on warm days.

Soft-hackle nymphs based on the Partridge and Orange design are tied with a wide variety of quill, feather and dubbed bodies.