Blue Quill

[jkilroy]

What's the difference between a Blue Quill and a Quill Gordon?

[Wes]

[url=http://www.flyanglersonline.com/features/oldflies/part120.html:7d9b2]http://www.flyanglersonline.com/features/oldflies/part120.html[/url:7d9b2]
[url=http://www.flyanglersonline.com/features/oldflies/part347.html:7d9b2]http://www.flyanglersonline.com/features/oldflies/part347.html[/url:7d9b2]

[gadabout]

Basically the wings. The Quill Gordon dry fly uses wood duck wings, while the Blue Quill dry fly uses hackle tip wings.

In the links posted above, one is a dry fly and the other a wet fly. The Quill Gordon and Blue Quill both can be tied in dry fly and wet fly versions.

[Wes]

there's a dry quill gordon pic at the bottom of the page. i always thought the diff is lemon side wood duck fibers vs duck quill wing material. at least for the original versions.

Without refering to a pattern index, the difference is that the QG has wood duck flank for the wings and the BQ has slips of duck quill(gray) for the wing. The BQ may be a size or two smaller too.

Allan

[jkilroy]

Thanks for the replies. Do you use the same color quills for both?

Yes. Also same on the Ginger Quill and wet flies of the same patterns.

Allan