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The Quill Gordon is a standard hackled classic that has a permanent home in most UK dry fly-fishers fly boxes. Its also considered a staple fly in many Australian and New Zealand dry fly boxes. It is representative of a male dun and the hatches occur throughout the season.

Even though Theodore Gordon was not the first to use dry flies he is credited in developing not only specific flies such as the Quill Gordon but a whole style of sparsely dress fly patterns generally refereed to as "Catskill" flies. The fact that most of his flies were developed to imitate specific mayflies that don't exist in Australia they still are readily accepted by Australian trout. As  well as the Quill Gordon I also carry Khaki Queens, and  Turkey Browns  dressed in this elegant  sparse style.

Materials

A	Dry fly proportions Starting at the eye of the hook wind the thread backward along the front half of the hook shank in touching turns and then return the thread back toward the eye of the hook to the 3/4 position. Understanding hooks Select two matching feather slips and tie them in upright with one on each side of the hook shank. Dry fly feather slip wings

B	Wrap the thread almost to the bend of the hook and then tie in a tail of 6 or 7 hackle fibres. The finished length of the tail should be between between 3/4 and the full length of the hook shank. Tails

C	Take 1 or 2 peacock herl and using an eraser wipe the flue off the quill.

D	Tie in the stripped peacock quill from the thin end at the bend of the hook. Apply just a small amount of head cement along the full length of the stripped quill.

E	Before the head cement dries wind the stripped peacock quill along the hook shank to the 2/3 position and back over itself forming a uniform under-body. Now wind the stripped quill forward to the 2/3 position in touching turns.

F	Tie the hackle in at the 2/3 position with the dull side forward. Dry fly hackle Take the thread forward to just behind the eye of the hook.

G	Wind the hackle forward in touching turns taking an equal number of turn behind and in front of the wing. Tie the hackle off and trim the excess with a blade. Build up small neat head. Neat thread heads Whip finish and varnish the head.

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