Blue Quill

[sandfly]

Since I have read where a lot of you don't like to do quill wings or quill bodies I decided to do one for you. wings are Rock dove and the body is Quill"Z" and the tail and hackle are dark dun. I tie this mainly for pressured water such as spring creek. thread is either tan or golden olive.

 

[beadhead2]

Nice Bob
Is the body a reddish color ?,or is it just the picture ?

 

[sandfly]

Reddish in color there henry. I do my own dying on the quill"Z" strips. won't take a water base dye though has to be a chemical cause its waterproof.

 

[gfen]

Quill wings are beautiful, but my issue is after a minute at the end of my hackneyed casts, it's just a blob of fibers anyways.

 

[sandfly]

After tying them in then coat lightly with a flexible adhesive at the base will not shred.

 

[gfen]

Just at the base?

That's another interesting tip I picked up out of that Wulff book, presumably from dealing with materials from an earlier time. He seems to put a drop of laquer at the base of his hackle tie-ins before wrapping to help set the feahters in tighter and with more durability.

 

[Alpabuck]

How do those wings hold up to being eaten? Pretty fly btw!

 

[sandfly]

wulff and flick used the lacquer, Alpo they hold up great if you do as above. Oh yeah forgot that is a size 16 dry..

henry do you need a few quill"Z"

 

[sundrunk]

Blue quill is my all time favorite dry fly pattern. Of course the old timers would reinforce quill bodied fly's with fine wire, in palmer fasion.