Quill Gordon

Fly: Niklas Dahlin, Photograph: Hans Weilenmann

Hook: Partridge SLD #12
Thread: Unicord 8/0
Tail: Whiting dun cock fibers
Body: Stripped quill from peacock eye, sealed with superglue
Wing: Wood duck flank, divided
Hackle: Whiting dun cock hackle
Note: This fly is the one that started the Catskill dry fly traditions. Originated byTheodore Gordonaround 1880 to imitate the "Epeorus plueralis". The Quill Gordon looked from the beggining a little different, this oneis tied the Rueben Cross would have tied it around 1920.

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