These quail have beautiful dun breast hackles with black tips. Not a lot of these feathers on a bird. It's a transition feather from the neck to colorful breast feather.
Thread: grey Griffith's 14/0
Tail: Light blue dun
Body: well waxed thread and muskrat
Hackle: upper breast feather from a california quail
Olive Quail
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Olive Quail
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Re: Olive Quail
Nice and delicate. I like the long slender profile. Bet this would work great on still waters.
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Re: Olive Quail
I have to agree with Ray on this one. Love that long, slender profile of the body. And It's ever so delicately fuzzy. I like that and I'm sure the fishes will too. The hackle is quite unusual too. They are not stiff are they? I guess I'm a sucker for soft, well barred, hackles no matter where they come from. Great job!
Dougsden
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Re: Olive Quail
Not stiff Doug, very nice soft hackles. I tied this on a #18 so it is a tiny fly.DOUGSDEN wrote:I have to agree with Ray on this one. Love that long, slender profile of the body. And It's ever so delicately fuzzy. I like that and I'm sure the fishes will too. The hackle is quite unusual too. They are not stiff are they? I guess I'm a sucker for soft, well barred, hackles no matter where they come from. Great job!
Dougsden
I hate it when I think I'm buying organic vegetables, and when I get home I discover they are just regular donuts.
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