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Quill Gordon Dry Fly
How do you tie a Quill Gordon Dry Fly?
Quill Gordon Dry Fly is a dry fly pattern for trout. Find its 6 materials and 5 tying steps below.
A classic Quill Gordon dry fly with a slender quill body, wood duck wings, and dun hackle. It is a traditional trout pattern for matching early-season mayflies and fishing broken surface water.
- Difficulty
- 3 of 5
- Target species
- trout
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Materials
- Dry Fly Hook
- Thread (8/0)
- Thread (70 Denier)
- Dry Fly Hackle
- Peacock Herl
- Wood Duck Feather
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Tying instructions
Attach the thread to the hook and wrap a base layer.
Tie in medium-dun hackle fibers for the tail.
Wrap a stripped peacock quill for the body.
Attach lemon barred wood-duck feather for the wings.
Wrap medium dun hackle around the hook for the hackle.