Cornie's Quill SBS

[ScottP]

A Michigan pattern from the late 50's; kind of a quill-bodied Adams, or an Adams-hackled Quill Gordon. Original was tied Catskill-like; I prefer mine with denser hackle. BTW, herefishy had asked me a question about hackling, so I included some pics; please feel free to skip them.

hook - Dai Riki 320 #12
thread - Danville 6/0 black
tail - hackle fibers brown
abdomen - peacock quill stripped
wing - mallard flank
hackle - grizzly/brown


Part 1


Mash down barb, start thread




measure mallard (hook length), tie in at 70% mark






trim butts at an angle, cover with thread; wrap back to point above barb






measure a clump of hackle fibers (shank); tie in, trim butts at wing junction to create a smooth transition






tie in stripped peacock, wrap back to tail




wrap peacock forward to 60% mark, tie off, trim; brush with a little Sally

[ScottP]

Part 2


pull wing back, set angle with thread dam in front






divide, post, lock, repeat










tie hackle in front of wing





first wrap in front of wing




cross over /behind on far side and make second wrap behind wing




third wrap at the back end of the hackling area

[ScottP]

Part 3


fourth wrap between 2 and 3 (splays the fibers - this is good)




fifth wrap (bring hackle forward underneath wing) in front of first




continue wraps forward to 1 hook eye width back from eye; tie off




first wrap of grizzly in front of wing




wiggle the grizzly between hackle wraps and take one behind the wing




fill in gaps with however many wraps you can fit in





tie off, trim, half hitch x 2, SHHAN









Regards,
Scott

[herefishy]

Thanks for the pics, Scott, very clear now.

[Fontinalis]

That is a very well tyed beautiful fly Scott

[Joe Billingsley]

Beautiful again, Scott. Whoever first thought of putting grizzly and brown hackle together was one smart, innovative tier.

Joe

[dave potts]

Great photos and SBS.

[Byron haugh]

Apparently Mr. Halladay.....

[stcroixguy]

Great bug, very nicely tied, excellent SBS.




I will be trying to reproduce a dozen tomorrow. Wish me luck.