Quill Gordon
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Fly: Niklas Dahlin, Photograph: Hans Weilenmann
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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 |
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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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