Tying with Woodduck Flank - dry flies

By Bob Petti

The wings of Catskill style dry flies are the most common use of woodduck flank. These are some of my favorites. The three on top are Hendricksons, the two on the bottom left are Red Quills, and the three in the middle and bottom right are Quill Gordons. Hendrickson Hook: Standard Dry Fly Thread: Tan Wings: Wooduck Flank, Upright and split Tail: Dun Hackle Barbs Body: Pinkish Tan Dubbing Hackle: Medium Dun   Quill Gordon Hook: Standard Dry Fly Thread: Gray Wings: Wooduck Flank, Upright and split Tail: Medium Dun Hackle Barbs Body: Stripped Peacock Herl Hackle: Medium Dun   Red Quill Hook: Standard Dry Fly Thread: Claret or Black Wings: Wooduck Flank, Upright and split Tail: Medium or Dark Dun Hackle Barbs Body: Stripped Hackle Stem dyed Reddish Brown Hackle: Medium or Dark Dun Recommend this page to a friend Want to comment this page? Fill out the form below. Comment Only comments in English are accepted! Your name Your email Preview comment All comments will be screened by the GFF staff before publication. No HTML, images or links, please - we do not publish such comments... And only English language comments will be published. Name and email is optional but recommended. The email will be shown in a disguised form in the final comment to protect you against spam You can see other public comments on this page If you want to submit a private comment, not for publication, use this form   Did you find the above interesting? People who looked at the above also looked at these pages: Charlie's Bead Head Scud A simple and good looking scud pattern from Charles Garwood. Classic Wet Flies Wet flies have been around as long as fly fishing itself. Are th... Czech nymphs Does anyone remember the early to mid 90's? The rage in the US, ... Opossum A simple fly for sea trout. Charlie's Phesant Tail Nymph The Pheasant tail nymph is a true classic. The original was tied... A few random articles for your entertainment Small Fry: The Lure of the Little A treatise on small fish and small waters; an eclectic collection of classic fly pattern variations; a survey of some of the better literature on the art and sport of fly fishing; a portrait of the angler as a young man... All of these descriptions apply to "Small Fry: The Lure of the Little" brought to you by ron P. swegman. June 16th 2008 1000 best sites If you had asked GFF partner Martin Joergensen a while back, he'd have answered that a book on web sites is a stillborn idea. End of story. Print stuff on web sites is bound to be outdated before the ink is dry. This book changed his mind on that. July 8th 2004 Bonefish biology This small treatise will introduce you to the parts of its natural history, which are most interesting to fly anglers. Learn about the bonefish habitats, their diet and what other things might help you get a better picture of the ghost of the flats. September 14th 2005 Tie a muddler Martin Joergensen: "One evening when I was tying flies with a couple of friends, one of them, Nils, asked me to tie a muddler, just as a demo. I did. Luckily the other friend, Henning, was quick and caught these great pictures of the process." July 14th 2007 A Global Fly Fisher Publication Copyright © 1994 - 2008, Joergensen/Petti/Schweitzer/Skehan Portions of this site copyright © the contributors. All rights reserved. This material is for personal use only. Do not distribute without prior written consent from each copyright holder. Comments and suggestions are welcome