Bert Quimby, of South Windham, Maine, also has
a ghost series, which include the Green Ghost,
Silver Ghost, Red Ghost and Galloping Ghost.
The Green Ghost is tied:
Body - orange silk floss.
Ribbing - silver tinsel.
Wing - green hackle feather (4 or 6), above hook,
below hook sparse white bucktail, 6 or 8 strands
of peacock herl.
Eye - jungle-cock.
Shoulder - silver pheasant breast feather.
The Galloping Ghost is tied:
Body - orange silk floss ribbed with silver tinsel.
Tail - red quill feather.
Wing - Bali.
Hackle - Orange.
Shoulder - jungle-cock eye.
Quimby's Kennebago Special is named after
Kinnebago Lake where Quimby once lived.
Credits: Text from Fly Patterns and Their Origins,
By Harold Hinsdill Smedley, photo from Forgotten
Flies.
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