Red Badger

[nick s]

I'd like to tie up some Calvin's Shrimps:

Salmon Flies: Calvin's Shrimp

But I'm having difficulty sourcing Red Badger, does anyone know of any suppliers?

[arkle]

You may end up by having to do them yourself with red hackles & a permanent marker if you only need a few. Dyed capes can be seen on ebay now & again, but look very closely before you buy !

[richardw]

Originally Posted by nick s

I'd like to tie up some Calvin's Shrimps:

Salmon Flies: Calvin's Shrimp

But I'm having difficulty sourcing Red Badger, does anyone know of any suppliers?

It's the wrong name, there is no such thing. The correct name for the feather is "Furnace" and it is a pretty common colour that in the sizes you need for the fly would be perfectly met by a cheap Indian cape. Cookshill will certainly be able to supply you with a decent "Furnace" cape.

richard

[shpeil]

Richard - judging by the photos, I think what Nick is after is silver badger dyed red - a full on red not a "red game" red.

[richardw]

Originally Posted by shpeil

Richard - judging by the photos, I think what Nick is after is silver badger dyed red - a full on red not a "red game" red.

Oh! It was looking at the photographs that made me decide it was a furnace hackle. A badger hackle has black edges as well as the black list down the stalk. The hackle in the photographs has no black edges.

It's a common thing to find natural pale furnace hackles in rummage boxes of indian capes. They are quite useful as the list makes a pretty good suggestion of a thorax on dry flies.

richard

[tenet]

Lakeland have some dyed brahma sets at an eye watering £32 or give John at McHardy's a call. His wife sometimes dyes up some Indian Badger capes in all sorts of colours for about £8.

Lakeland Dyed Brahma Rooster Set - Lakeland Fly-Tying Limited

[Geoff Cherrett]

Originally Posted by richardw

Oh! It was looking at the photographs that made me decide it was a furnace hackle. A badger hackle has black edges as well as the black list down the stalk. The hackle in the photographs has no black edges.

It's a common thing to find natural pale furnace hackles in rummage boxes of indian capes. They are quite useful as the list makes a pretty good suggestion of a thorax on dry flies.

richard

With Black edges it's a coch-y-bond(d)u, (spelling).

[richardw]

Originally Posted by Geoff Cherrett

With Black edges it's a coch-y-bond(d)u, (spelling).

Quite right. The hackle in the pictures looks to me like furnace though.

richard

[nick s]

Sorry for the late reply and thanks to those that have replied. Yes I think it's a dyed Silver Badger Cape that I'm after. The Lakeland one's look nice but not for the price! I think I will give McHardys a call and see if he can die one for me. Thanks Tenet.