Michigan Flies

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Red Quill

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Imitates the male Hendrickson dun, which is darker and one hook size smaller than the female Light Hendrickson. Useful when fish key on the smaller males late in the Michigan Hendrickson window (early to mid May in the northern Lower Peninsula, a week or two later in the U.P.).

#14–16Reddish brown quill bodyclear waterafternoon
What the pattern looks like
Reference photos of the Red Quill tied by others, shared by their photographers. Not our flies; our own product photos replace these as they are shot.

Photo © Quinn for Fly Deal Flies, used with permission · Red Quill

Season
Months this pattern is in play across Michigan, derived from what it imitates.
  1. Jan
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Imitates

The naturals

Sources