Quill Gordon

Written by DCarp

Quill Gordon

RWFF Quill Gordon

• Hook: Dry Fly 12-16
• Thread: Olive or Gray
• Tail: Dun Hackle Fibers
• Body: Stripped Peacock Herl
• Wing: Woodduck or Mallard Flank Fibers
• Hackle: Dun

RWFF Fishing Tip:

Another classic Catskill mayfly dry.

HISTORY:

While fly fishing historians may quibble about the details, the popular vote for father of American Fly Fishing is none other than a sickly fellow from New York, who was better to know through his writings than in person. Theodore Gordon was born before the American Civil War and apparently fished the Catskill streams as early as his teens. For the 25 years between 1890 and 1915, he was a prolific fishing writer, publishing over one hundred short articles of various kinds, mostly in British magazines like The Fishing Gazette and Forest and Stream.