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Quill Gordon
How do you tie a Quill Gordon?
Quill Gordon is a dry fly pattern for Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Brook Trout. Find its 6 materials and 7 tying steps below.
- Difficulty
- 3 of 5
- Target species
- Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Brook Trout
- Pattern designer
- Theodore Gordon
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Materials
- Dry Fly Hook, TMC 100, sizes 12-16
- Thread (6/0), Olive
- Dark Blue Dun Dry Fly Hackle
- Stripped Peacock Herl (body quill)
- Wood Duck Flank
- Blue Dun Hackle
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Tying instructions
Strip peacock herl by pulling between finger and thumbnail
Attach thread and tie in tail fibers
Tie in stripped peacock quill
Wrap quill body showing segmentation
Tie in wood duck wing upright and divided
Wrap blue dun hackle
Whip finish