Quill Gordon

Fly: Jim Woolacott, Photograph: Hans Weilenmann

Hook: standard dry fly #14
Thread: dark dun or gray 8/0
Wing: woodduck, stem tip clipped out and fibers pulled together and up, mounted upright and figure eighted
Tail: dun hackle fibers
Body: stripped peacock herl
Hackle: dun

Note: For the quill body I use pencil eraser to strip the herl and take the widest herls I can find from the colored section of eye


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