Tying a Blue Quill dry fly (easy version)
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- Опубликовано: 16 окт 2024
- A fairly standard Catskill style dry fly, this Blue Quill is modeled after the one in Mike Valla's "Classic Dry Fly Box." The one exception, and what makes this the easy-to-tie version, is using a ribbed thread body instead of a quill.
Hook: #12-18 dry fly
Thread: Dun or medium gray
Tail: Dun colored hackle fibers
Body: Dun/gray thread
Rib: Black thread
Wing: Natural duck slips
Hackle: Dun dry fly
** Some of the popular books used on this channel: **
Fly Pattern Encyclopedia: amzn.to/34U0rUe
Mike Valla's "Tying the Founding Flies," 2015, amzn.to/354oSir
Valla's "Tying and Fishing Bucktails..." 2016, amzn.to/3Jg2Mys
Valla's "Tying Catskill-Style Dry Flies," 2020, amzn.to/3DmYOjJ
Valla's "Classic Streamer Fly Box," 2020, amzn.to/3n3Vakf
Dave Hughes, "Essential Trout Flies," 2017, amzn.to/3lbCZYX
Hughes, "Nymphs for Streams and Stillwaters," amzn.to/3HC2jpc
Hughes, "Wet Flies," 2015, amzn.to/33ac3lQ
David Klausmeyer's "Favorite Flies," 2020, amzn.to/3oeSNMa
Randle Scott Stetzer's "Flies, the Best One Thousand," amzn.to/34Q15mp
Terry Hellekson's "Popular Fly Patterns," 1976, amzn.to/2L4IyvS
Dick Stewart's, "Flies for Bass and Panfish," 1992, amzn.to/3aGpFs1
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G’morning Matt. Enjoying my morning coffee, RUclips videos and the simplicity of this tie. Make 6 tail and body pieces at a time, then go back and seal them with your favorite cement to keep high and dry. Many thanks.
Really nice fly there. When I saw the thumbnail, I thought you were going to tie it with actual quill. Thanks for the tip Matt!
Thanks Troy! Hope you've been well my friend. :-)
I’ve noticed that mayfly patterns have always had a sense of mystery or legend pertaining to their history. Thank you for sharing this video! Tight lines my friend!!! 😎🎣
Some do, some don’t. If they’re sufficiently ancient the first written mentions are like “everyone knows how this fly was created” and all of us in the modern day are like “HOW?!? TELL US!” lol
I like tracing material use through history. Deer hair and knowledge sharing in the America’s and CDC in Europe are fascinating historical studies. Love dry flies!
Same here Bill! Great comment my friend. :-)
Thank you! I think a lot of these standard dry fly patterns can trace their history back to Theodore Gordon who many think was the first one here in America to use this style. A style so common today that we just think it's been around forever. :-) Also- check out this pattern. Some think this may have been the first dry fly ever. ruclips.net/video/QaufXRDBSOo/видео.htmlsi=ml0eny6BysGHb7ra
I love dry flies. Nice one Matt. Thx
Appreciate it Clyde! Hope you've been well my friend. :-)
Nicely done Matt. Enjoyed watching. 👍
Appreciate it Jim! Hope you've been well my friend. :-)
Nice looking fly! Well done, Matt!
Thank you my friend! Appreciate the note. :-)
Man, that is a cool idea. Thanks, Matt
Looks just like a quill
I'm definitely going to try this out
Appreciate it Dave! Hope you've been well my friend. :-)
Good looking fly, Matt I like when you tie out of the box with different materials. Look forward to tying a couple and fishing them. Have a great day Matt.
Appreciate it Rusty! Hope you're doing well my friend. :-)
Interesting technique. I am going to be tying some quill body flies soon. Using just thread would certainly speed up the tying. Floatant on a thread body might waterproof without adding the weight of resin though it would also likely darken the fun thread. Before resins, I used to coat the quills with Cellire which kept the color true & didn’t seem to add noticeable weight. I still have some I hope. I also used thinned nail polish which I will probably use if I can’t find the other.
Awsome looking fly!
Love this fly. Perfect “quill fly.”
Appreciate it Hank! Hope you've been well my friend. :-)
Good morning Matt. ☕️time on a beautiful desert morning. Like the thread body as an option for quill. Time for another ☕️and then I got work to do. Take care and have a great week.
Thanks John! Been another crazy week around here. Just wrapped up covering the Navy's biggest annual conference in DC. But guess what... I finally got a little motor for my kayak and am taking it out to chase some snakeheads this weekend. Last time out, paddling for three hours to fish for an hour or two, and I vowed to get a motor before taking it out again. Fingers crossed I have a good day. Even though I have no idea what I'm doing. And I can cast with my 7- or 9-weight for about an hour before I'm worn out. But it's going to be a fun experiment. :-)
@@SavageFlies I’m sure you will enjoy that motor. 7 and 9wts can wear a person down that’s for sure. Are you using a sinking or floating line?
Nice job. Thank you for sharing.
Very nice tie . I myself tie allot of thread bodies They float just fine in my opinion. You're right can't really tell the difference from a distance especially if you add UV resin to the thread wraps . Thanks for sharing
The resin doesn't affect the ability to float? Do you add more hackle to compensate?
@@diecastrejuvenation7779i don't notice any difference in floatation. I use loon gel floatant on the hackle and it seams to float just fine .
Great tips David! I've used UV resin on these type bodies, but I find it makes them a bit darker than I like. But you're right that I don't think it affects their flotation. Resin, or waterlogged thread will sink a little anyway. You just have to goop up the hackle. :-)
I love simplified flies! Sometimes I think we get wrapped up in the art rather than the function. Not that that’s a bad thing, but my goal is to fish. Thank you!
Yes indeed Tom! Pretty flies can be fun, but I don't fill my fly boxes with them. :-)
Nice one, looks great.
Appreciate it Nina! Hope you've been well my friend. :-)
Just subscribed, enjoy the videos. Thanks, have a great day
Thread body vs quill body, as you say Matt the fish don't care! Nice fly.
Thanks Bruce! Quill bodies certainly look sharp, just a lot of work. :-)
☕️☕️ looking good buddy😉👍
Here's what I'm going to be doing this weekend. Except probably not landing 40 inch fish with a fly rod. I'll be fishing this water (Mattawoman Creek). Wish me luck. :-) ruclips.net/video/jykd6wWnbDw/видео.htmlsi=DtQbSKO-vpt-nYIp&t=214
@@SavageFlies oh my gosh that is crazy, I hope you can get as many as you can good luck☕️☕️
It might be a little shinier and solid if you put a thin layer of clear resin over the body. You could attempt the same sort of effect with floss too, which might end up a bit smoother. Back in the day I tied a lot of "quill" flies using stripped hackle stems for the "quill". To get an even more pronounced segmented look, you can just use two stripped hackle stems slightly differently colored. I don't tie many "quill" bodies anymore because I've become too much of a fan of turkey biots. :)
Great tips! I did try one with some UV resin over it and it made it a bit too dark. Could probably do it with a lighter thread and it would come out nice. Thanks for the note!
Hi matt good looking blue quill should woek well tks 😊
Thanks Burt! Hope you've been well my friend. :-)
Nice tie Matt. The thread body and rib probably makes it float in the film or below it, imitating a cripple or emerger, if you think it won't float that well. I don't fish dries that often, and I'm no expert, but would you use a a size 12 for that or a smaller hook? Is that a baetis mayfly? Again, that's probably why I never got into dries, confusing nomenclature 😢Thanks Matt ❤
Good question Joe, and you're absolutely right. The blues around here are mostly size 16s. The last couple I had in my box were 14s and 16s, but I got lazy and made this one for the video a 12. And honestly, I don't keep a lot of this pattern. When these little mayflies start hatching here in Maryland, my standard Adams has always worked just fine. And oh, before I forget... I just got a motor for my kayak and am taking it out to Mattawoman Creek this weekend. I have no idea what I'm doing and I've never caught a snakehead, but it's going to be fun trying. Check this one out. This is where I'll be: ruclips.net/video/ajhuMQTQxrc/видео.htmlsi=Rk0PvSWaYNtKi2Qz&t=259
@SavageFlies Thats 👍 great, but watch out for the Mata women, I hear they're pretty mean. 🤣
Wonder if you put up resin on it if it would be more like a quill body.
I have tried that before and it looked nice, but made it a bit darker than I wanted. But it could still work!
Real nice. What other sizes do you tye and/or fish it?
Thanks Glenn! The ones in my box are mostly 16s. I think I've used some 14s and 18s as well. But sometimes for videos, I cheat and tie them a little bigger. They're just easier to see on camera. :-)
I figured that was the case. It might be nice to share that. It sure helps the rest of us understand.
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I would have used a Quill body!
Blue quills are a deadly flies in the early spring