What are jungle cock splits?

[RUSS L]

I keep seeing the phrase jungle cock splits when refering to cheeks on nymphs.I have been tying in a small jungle cock feather on each side for cheeks,am I doing something wrong?

[arkle]

If you examine many j.c. capes you'll find that a lot of the eye feathers are actually split, often down the middle. So on many trout flies, you can use 1 feather for both sides of the fly.

On larger sea-trout & salmon flies, split feathers are often repaired by applying a drop of clear varnish of similar on the back of the eye so that it holds the split together.

[dabhoy]

I have heard that it was devised by a canny Scotsman
If repairing splits I find that a light smearing of bugbond (I cant comment on the others as I haven't tried them) works well and keeps them flexible rather than making them too stiff which can happen when using varnish.

[john]

The attached shows them being used as splits.

DavieMcPhail's Channel - YouTube

DavieMcPhail's Channel - YouTube

[A. Fluker]

Originally Posted by RUSS L

I keep seeing the phrase jungle cock splits when refering to cheeks on nymphs.I have been tying in a small jungle cock feather on each side for cheeks,am I doing something wrong?

Painful stuff!

[RUSS L]

Originally Posted by john

The attached shows them being used as splits. DavieMcPhail's Channel - YouTube

Thanks john.just the job that.

[la_jolla1]

Actually, to be really cheap use guinea fowl and wing-burners to size