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The Dette Project

Dark Gordon Quill

Dark Gordon Quill
A variation of the Gordon Quill, but featuring a black hackle.

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Light Hendrickson

Light Hendrickson
Created by Roy Steenrod and named after his fishing buddy A.E. Hendrickson. Since then it has become the common name for the female Ephemerella subvaria an early Spring hatch.

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White Hackle

White Hackle
  A tip on tying herl bodies. Tie a few stands of herl in a little down from the tip. Twist the herl around thread th...

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Blue Bi-Visible

Blue Bi-Visible
A pattern in the first Dette catalog. A variation of the Brown Bi-Visible. Bi-Visibles were very popular at the time....

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Anolomink

Anolomink
The first pattern in the catalog. The Anolomink likely named for the town in Pennsylvania, where Broadhead Creek flows through. It is a possible imitation of the Black Quill, Leptophlebia cupida. 

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Gordon Quill

Gordon Quill
A pattern that has stood the test of time and is considered my many to be the quintessential Catskills dry fly. Originated by Theodore Gordon, the father of the Catskills style of dry flies.

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Red and Straw Bi-Visible

Red and Straw Bi-Visible
Pattern No 9 from Dette Catalog One.

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