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Other Activities => Fishing => Topic started by: boneaddict on March 25, 2008, 10:30:32 AM

Title: more fly tying materials.....
Post by: boneaddict on March 25, 2008, 10:30:32 AM: You guys maybe sick of seeing weird bird photos, but here the feathers are before they hit the fly. This guys feathers are probably most notobly used as tailfeathers in a royal coachman.
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his crest in MANY atlantic salmon and steelhead flies. My favorite is the fartn-phool
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Title: Re: more fly tying materials.....
Post by: boneaddict on March 25, 2008, 10:34:39 AM: another one....can't think of a particular pattern which utilizes his the most but.....
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Post by: bowhuntin on March 25, 2008, 11:08:54 AM: Those are some neat looking birds. Do you actually tie flies and use their feathers?
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Post by: boneaddict on March 25, 2008, 11:44:13 AM: I do. That was probably the spark for getting me interested in doing this, or at least knowing about all sorts of pheasants.
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Post by: bowhuntin on March 25, 2008, 12:11:39 PM: Thats cool, I bet you get some satisfaction after catching a fish from fly's you tied from your own birds you raise and get feathers from.
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Post by: boneaddict on March 28, 2008, 01:02:25 PM: I SURE DO!
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Post by: hogsniper on April 11, 2008, 08:54:39 AM: Wow bone, Those are some great looking birds....I fly fish alot and the top bird would be a handy one for me. I loose alot of coachmans and wolfes up in the high lakes and creeks...those fish up there go crazy over them....
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Post by: boneaddict on April 11, 2008, 10:22:49 AM: Thanks...the Royal Wulff is one of the best flies for Cutthroat. They just can't resist it and it really doesn't look like any bug.
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Post by: FrankDown on February 17, 2009, 06:51:57 PM: Are these your birds or just pics of the birds in general?
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Post by: Leanne on May 01, 2009, 10:09:15 PM: Hey Bone do you ever sell skins of those birds?

My boyfriend is crazy about tying atlantic salmon and spey patterns and I would love to get him a good grade skin.....of anything! :)
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Post by: Leanne on May 01, 2009, 10:11:46 PM: Another pattern that uses the black tipped golden pheasant feathers is the General Practitioner! Love that fly.
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Post by: boneaddict on June 08, 2009, 12:33:31 PM: Sorry Leanne, I hadn't visited this topic for awhile and didn't realize you asked a question. No I don't. At least not usually. On occasion one of my breeders dies, but usually have aspirations of mounting them. I cleaned out my freezer a month or so back and sold some to another guy who wanted mounts. ITs funny, I can sell an adult Junglefowl for $150 live and he is worth $350 dead. :chuckle: A couple of my birds should keep their heads hung low. :chuckle:
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Post by: boneaddict on June 08, 2009, 12:55:48 PM: check these out Leanne. It was another thread on here, but some great tails off of that amherst.
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I raised hybrids for a bit, as tyers like the combo of the red golden and amherst, but bird breeders tend to frown on that. Colorful critters.
Title: Re: more fly tying materials.....
Post by: boneaddict on June 14, 2009, 11:57:00 PM: He'd like this bird.....
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Post by: Pathfinder101 on July 11, 2009, 11:50:47 PM: Just found this thread. Cool stuff. I used to tie a lot of exotics, and still have some of the feathers, but the last few years I mostly stick with the tried and true patters. Love the pics though...