Sunday 15 January 2012

Olive Quill

A useful little olive pattern - this suits early season hatches of Large Dark Olives when smaller sizes often seem to be taken in preference to larger offerings.

Hook: Partridge SLD #18
Thread: 14/0 Sheer, grey
Tail: Coq de Leon
Body: Quill, dyed olive
Wing: CDC, tips tied over eye and then folded back.

~Dave

8 comments:

Streamers 365 said...

Beautiful job on that quill! I've never had much luck tying quills, but CDC is staple.

Andy Baird said...

Lovely Dave... where you sourcing your stripped quills these days?

The Jassid Man said...

Lovely fly pattern! Makes me want to tie some and go fishing instantly.
Have fun tying flies and fishing,
M.O.

Dave Wiltshire said...

Thanks all. Gets you thinking about spring!

Andy,these quills are new to me - sent last week - polish quills. Very durable and supple. I will bung you some at the Bffi to try.

D.

e.m.b. said...

Beautiful! I'm buckling down to tying this afternoon...and will have to add some of these to my list. Really lovely!

David Romanillos said...

Very nice fly pattern
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Fishtec blog said...

Cracking little fly, those quills sure make a simple fly look delicious. I love it for nymphs and buzzers too!

Bill Trussell said...

Dave
Just found your blog and so impressed. I will be joining up with group. Really like the quill pattern. Thanks for sharing