FLY
Dry Fly
Quill Gordon
Tied by Christian Andrews
Quill Gordon recipe
| Hook | #12 - 16 fine wire |
|---|---|
| Thread | black |
| Wings | Wood duck flank, split |
| Tail | dun rooster barbs |
| Body | stripped Peacock eye herl (quill) |
| Hackle | dun, dry sized to hook |
About this fly
Quill Gordon: Theodore Gordon’s signature fly using the recipe in The Founding Flies by Mike Valla
What the Quill Gordon imitates
- Quill Gordon (adult) Epeorus pleuralis
Tied for: Trout (general)
Where the Quill Gordon came from
- Described by Theodore Gordon, 1906, Catskills, New York. States the pattern was first described in 1906.Source: Southern Wisconsin TU – Fly Tying: Quill Gordon
- Named by Theodore Gordon. Schwiebert says Gordon called it the Blue Quill Gordon; 'Quill Gordon' is later streamside shorthand.Source: Ernest Schwiebert, 'A Schwiebert Fly Box', The American Fly Fisher, Vol.27 No.1 (Winter 2001)
- Originated by Theodore Gordon, Catskills, New York. Created in the late 1800s for early Catskill mayfly hatches.Source: Fly Tyer – The Historic Quill Gordon
Where sources tell it differently, each account is listed with its own source.
Inside the vault every material on this fly opens to its own card, and you can save the fly to your own boxes.
