Dr Fish

Thank you, I'm glad you liked it

/David S.

Thanks very much boys I think it looks kind of promising, too bad there's 7 months to go until I get a chance to try it out..

/David S.

Hook: TMC900BL #12

Tail: CdL "Flor De Escoba"

Body: Yellow rabbit ribbed with Pearsalls #32

Hackle: Grizzly dyed golden olive

Wing: Lemon Wood Duck

/David S.

Can you give the recipe? It's a really buggy looking fly.

Here's the recipe straight from "The Dettes" by Eric Leiser, I'm sure there are other variants but this is the one I followed:

Wing: White calf tail fibers

Tail: Woodchuck tail fibers

Body: Buff tan dubbing with rusty orange highlight (I used woodchuck under fur mixed with orange seal)

Hackle: Grizzly and brown mixed

The fly was not designed by any of the Dettes but by a guy called Francis Betters.

/David S.

Nice

Thank you!

/David S.

very nicely tied

 

also known as the "hair wing royal coachman"

 

some history references

 

http://www.overmywaders.com/index.php?quack

 

http://flyanglersonline.com/features/oldflies/part269.php

Thank you!

Yes, we might just as well call it a hair wing royal coachman I guess. As I've tried to keep the fly to the Catskill-style however, I thought The Quack was more fitting ;-)

/David S.

On today's menu we find a classic, The Quack

/David S.

Beautifully executed! Is that a single, undivided wing?

Thank you,

It's a divided wing but it doesn't show very well in the photo. Not that I think it makes much of a difference with the calf tail unless you split them really wide :-) That's some wrinkly stuff..

/David S.

A pattern out of "The Dettes" by Eric Leiser.

/David S.