FLY
Dry Fly
Red Quill
Tied by Brent Jones
Red Quill recipe
| Hook | Lightning Strike DF1 size 12 |
|---|---|
| Thread | Semperfli Classic Waxed 12/0, Olive Brown |
| Wings | Lemon Barred Wood Duck Flank |
| Tail | Rooster Saddle Fibers, Black |
| Abdomen | A stripped stem from a long brown hackle |
| Hackle | Metz Cock Saddle, Dun |
| Head | Thread |
What the Red Quill imitates
- Hendrickson (adult) Ephemerella subvaria
Where the Red Quill came from
- Originated by Art Flick, 1933, Schoharie Creek, Catskills, New York. The American Red Quill imitating the male Hendrickson (Ephemerella subvaria) dun. Most sources credit Flick.Source: Streamside Guide to Naturals and Their Imitations (1947); Catskill consensus
- Described by Preston Jennings, 1935, Catskills, New York. Jennings published a Red Quill for the male Hendrickson; some sources credit him rather than Flick.Source: A Book of Trout Flies (1935); FlyVault dressing "Red Quill (Jennings, Schwiebert tie)", Flyfisher 2001
Where sources tell it differently, each account is listed with its own source.
In the old books
Original dressing as pictured in Marbury, Favorite Flies and Their Histories (1892), Plate V, No. 230. The photo above is a later tie, not the original.
Inside the vault every material on this fly opens to its own card, and you can save the fly to your own boxes.
