Hi All,
Just wondering if anyone has used Chinese Partridge very much? If so, could you give me a comparison between that and English or Hungarian Partridge. Maybe some pros and cons if there are any.
Thanks as always.
Hi All,
Just wondering if anyone has used Chinese Partridge very much? If so, could you give me a comparison between that and English or Hungarian Partridge. Maybe some pros and cons if there are any.
Thanks as always.
I do not like it nearly as well for a number of reasons… The skins run quite a bit smaller and the barring is greatly reduced from Hungarian. There is sone neat chestnut/reddish coloration on more of the breast feathers leading into the flank, but it has not done much for me when I used it.
I consider hun to be right at the very top of the pecking order as soft hackle and I would put the Chinese significantly below.
I did get to see them in the wild in Taiwan.
The smaller is the primary “pro” for Chinese partridges – they have smaller feathers. If you not looking for small, go with Hun.
Point taken on the smallest useable hackle. On the generally smaller feathers, however, I believe the head and neck of a typical hun produce more small hackles than a Chinese skin. The segmented look created by the Hun barring is the biggest shortcoming, IMO… There simply does not seem to be a lot of feather on one.
YMMV
art