Inventor of No-Hackle Flies

[bones]

Sorry to burst all your bubbles. insofar as 'inventor of no-hackles'. If you have or can get your hands on the book, Quill Gordon, by J. McDonald, take a look at the plates following page 52. You'll see over a dozen flies tied without the use of hackles. These no hackle flies were painted based on the patterns described in the book, The Treatise of Fishing with an Angle by Dame Juliana Berners. This work from the 1400s easily predates the idea that the 'no hackle' is a product of modern fly fishing.

Allan

Allan... are we talking dry patterns that use no hackle or the "popular" pattern that uses a duck quill wing?