Red Quill Variant

[David S.]

Hook: Mustad 94833 #14
Tail & Hackle: Ginger cock (should as I'm sure you all know be medium dun in the original)
Wing: Wood Duck

/David S.

[dennis]

Very nice just the way it looks Nice body. Dennis

[troutingintas]

Love that body.
Is the quill over claret dubbing finished with a coat of clear?
Or, did you use something like claret coloured T/shirt ink (wiped back with a damp cloth) to fill the gaps between the quill and then, when dry, finish with a coat of clear?

[David S.]

Love that body.
Is the quill over claret dubbing finished with a coat of clear?
Or, did you use something like claret coloured T/shirt ink (wiped back with a damp cloth) to fill the gaps between the quill and then, when dry, finish with a coat of clear?

Thank you troutingintas, glad you liked the body. The body was made with a dyed quill from D's Flyes in Denver. I made the body by making an under-body of orange tying thread, and then used the rotary function on my DK Barracuda to wrap the quill. I find using the rotary function very helpful for wrapping quills as it gives me a lot more control over the tension and keeps me from twisting the quill. The body was then varnished. No additional dying needed.

/David S.

[David S.]

I had another go at the Red Quill, this time trying to stay as true as possible to the original pattern. I think Flick was on to something here with the medium dun hackle.. Looks more distinguished somehow As I don't have access to Rhode Island red cock I had to use a dyed quill. For some reason the Quill body didn't turn out as pretty on this one, maybe because I used a thicker part of the quill, and also I think I let it soak to long which led to some color bleeding. Well, you live and you learn I guess..

/David S.

[dennis]

I had another go at the Red Quill, this time trying to stay as true as possible to the original pattern. I think Flick was on to something here with the medium dun hackle.. Looks more distinguished somehow As I don't have access to Rhode Island red cock I had to use a dyed quill. For some reason the Quill body didn't turn out as pretty on this one, maybe because I used a thicker part of the quill, and also I think I let it soak to long which led to some color bleeding. Well, you live and you learn I guess..

/David S.

David,
Don't know where your from but talk to Joe, he used to have some Rhode Island red cape's.
and yes the blue dun hackle looks great

Dennis

[David S.]

David,
Don't know where your from but talk to Joe, he used to have some Rhode Island red cape's.
and yes the blue dun hackle looks great

Dennis

Thank you Dennis, glad you liked it. I'm from Uppsala Sweden, a long way from Rhode Island . I had a look at detteflies.com and it seems they are out of stock, guess I'll just have to keep my eyes open..
/David S.

[David S.]

I had one more go at this fly as I wasn't very happy with the body on the second one. This time I used a natural reddish brown cock hackle that I stripped myself. I think this is the way to do it. Natural quill definitely worked best for the body in my opinion. Would a Rhode Island Red cock quill give me a much different result?

Hook: Mustad 94833 #14
Tail & Hackle: Speckled badger cock (should be medium dun in the original)
Wing: Wood Duck

/David S.

[Ron`]

There is nothing better than a quill body dry fly, good job to all.

[David S.]

There is nothing better than a quill body dry fly, good job to all.

Thanks very much Ron`, quill bodies indeed makes for very pretty flies... I've done some further "product development" , these are both on hook #16

/David S.