Quail Bloa 1530

[William Anderson]

I was lacking a few Light Bloa type patterns in a box and tied a dozen #14 and #16's on Daiichi 1250's. The next day Bill (tie2fish) Shuck showed me some beautiful Dun Hen Bloa's he's tying. Funny how that happens. Like Wayne and the seal patterns. A couple days later I received a beautiful California Quail skin from a friend in CA and had to put it to good use. The quality of the quail feathers is similar to Waterhen.

Quail Bloa 1530

Daiichi 1530 #14
Pearsall's Gossamer Silk Primrose
California Quail
Natural Mole touch dubbed before bringing the silk from bend to thorax.




Dun Hen Bloa 1250

Daiichi 1250 #14
Unithread light yellow
Pale Dun Hen saddle
Natural Mole touch dubbed before bringing the silk from bend to thorax.



The classic design crushes the more modern design in this case. I would be interested to see the Quail and Silk on the 1250 hook, but I haven't gotten that far.

w

[Smuggler]

Boy oh boy you hit a home-run with these two.. incredible.

[Kelly L.]

Outstanding work on BOTH. I don't have a California Quail. I bid on a couple a while back, but didn't win the bid. These flies are beautiful.

[Mataura mayfly]

Both very good looking ties and fish takers for sure.

[letumgo]

This may be just the ticket to catch a Paiute cutthroat trout (rare species of California trout)...

Beautiful flies, William.

[gingerdun]

William, these are gorgeous. Very clean, tight technique. Great hackle. Perfect, light dubbing. Also, good photography. You got it all going on.

[cicvara]

This is really nice,pretty fly.

[michaelgmcgraw]

Very nice flies William!

[tie2fish]

Love both of these, w, but the Quail 1530 simply bloas my mind. Kudos.

[redietz]

I don't have a California Quail.

For those who don't know, it's also called Valley Quail.

I bought a skin a few years back thinking that I might be able to substitute it for waterhen if I ran out. It looks like William has proven it works as such.