Copper and Partridge - Soft Hackle. A tradition style pattern originally designed by George Emanuel, the Copper and Partridge is another Soft Hackle fly that produces the fantastic results that they now rely on. The Copper and Partridge can be fished on rivers such as the Grand River in South Western Ontario for the resident brown trout. Our team of fishermen have demonstrated time and again the deadly capabilities of this highly underestimated pattern.