Red Quill

Fly: Eric Austin, Photograph: Hans Weilenmann

Hook: Standard Dry Fly, #14
Thread: Olive 8/0
Tail: Dun Coq de Leon
Wing: Wood Duck Flank
Body: Reddish brown stripped hackle quill
Hackle: Dun

Note: Art Flick invented the stripped hackle quill body. A.K. Best has further popularized this style of body, and I find it very effective. I use quill bodies on most of my dry flies.

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