FLY
Dry Fly
Blue Quill
Tied by Christian Andrews
Blue Quill recipe
| Hook | #10 - 16 dry (fine wire) |
|---|---|
| Thread | beige |
| Wings | double-slipped mallard quill, upright and divided |
| Tail | light or medium blue dun hackle barbs |
| Body | stripped peacock eye herl quill |
| Hackle | light or medium blue dun rooster hackle, behind and in front of wing, sized to hook |
About this fly
a Walt and Winnie Dette fly using the recipe in The Founding Flies by Mike Valla
What the Blue Quill imitates
- American Blue Dun Paraleptophlebia adoptiva
- Blue Quill Paraleptophlebia mollis
- Mayfly dun (adult dry)
Inside the vault every material on this fly opens to its own card, and you can save the fly to your own boxes.
