Thanks the wing is from a European wood cock. Seems to be a much bigger bird.

Tom

Hook Daiichi 1180 size 12.
Silk. Pearsalls gossamer gray.
Wing. Woodcock.
Hackle. Black hen.
Body. Gray silk.

Use the mallard duck wing quills on sizes 10 to 14. Below that I usually switch to goose flank feathers. Flank wing feathers such as mallard,wood duck or bronze mallard is a whole "nother "ball game as is winging and rolling and folding with just a single slip from one feather

Tom.

I myself do not use any of the written about methods. I struggled with all of them years ago. I am a right hand tier. I hold the wing in place on the hook with my left hand. Most would pass the thread up between the fingers and back down over the wing and pull down. Some come back up and pull up. Th...

Yeah It's a" look at" fly hook!

Hook. Alec Jackson North Country size 13 2x short.
Silk. Pearsalls gossamer yellow.
Body. Same.
Thorax. Peacock Herl.
Hackle. Light Partridge.

Hook. Partridge Grey Shadow size 12.
Silk. Pearsalls Gossamer yellow.
Body. Yellow silk dubbed with black spaniel.
Hackle. Golden Plover

This past weekend in the Catskills I found a splashed ginger hen cape. I cannot prove it but it looks like a Darbee/Doc Fried to me this Fly the Ginger I found in Mike Hardings book North Country Flies. I liked the looks of it and reproduced it using some hard to come by materials. Hook. Daiichi Ale...

From plate #2 of Just Fishing by Ray Bergman.
Hook. Mustad 3906 size 12
Tail. Gray mallard long.
Body. White silk.
Hackle. Brown.
Wing. Light mallard primaries.
Head. Black.

I would call the color a splashed dun!!! Probably 50 years old or better

Tom