Eagle Owl Fly

[jindra]

Eagle Owl feathers are not easy to come by, but they make for some great looking emergers. Just imagine how mobile and vulnerable are these going to appear...
A true grayling delight.





Cheers!

J.

[falsecast]

Tasty as always Jindro. The EO feather is probably more rare than that coin !!!!

[craigie]

hi jindra,how's the Czech rep been fishing ie kamenice & jizera,are the graylings rising well to dry fly,craig

[black knight]

Nice looking flies but we would be shot for using Eagle Owl feathers.

BK

[jindra]

Thanks guys, the coin is pretty common over here - half crown was legal tender till two or three years ago and is still widely used by card players. The owl feathers come from a sanctuary for wounded birds, where a small donation got me 2 feathers = several years supply.

I tied these flies with Jizera grayling in my mind - I am heading that way over this coming weekend. A few jolly Scottish fishermen are coming over + reliable reports tell me that over by the whisker's place the splashes from rising fish are so loud that they can be heard from a passing car even with windows shut and radio playing. I can hardly wait

Cheers!

J.

[craigie]

Originally Posted by jindra

Thanks guys, the coin is pretty common over here - half crown was legal tender till two or three years ago and is still widely used by card players. The owl feathers come from a sanctuary for wounded birds, where a small donation got me 2 feathers = several years supply.

I tied these flies with Jizera grayling in my mind - I am heading that way over this coming weekend. A few jolly Scottish fishermen are coming over + reliable reports tell me that over by the whisker's place the splashes from rising fish are so loud that they can be heard from a passing car even with windows shut and radio playing. I can hardly wait

Cheers!

J.

hi jindra,whiskers place on the jizera is the place to be mate i wish it was me,hope you & the guys catch plenty graylings on the dries

[spencer]

Originally Posted by black knight

Nice looking flies but we would be shot for using Eagle Owl feathers.

BK

are you not allowed to use Eagle Owl Feathers? as I have sent a letter to a Farm that keeps Eagle Owls and other Owl types asking if I Could have any feathers the owls shed, I sent a SAE with the letter

Cheers
Spencer

[falsecast]

Whiskers Place ? Where is that Jindro, and P or MP ?

[jindra]

Originally Posted by falsecast

Whiskers Place ? Where is that Jindro, and P or MP ?

Its P, but samostatně hospodařící - that's why there are still some quality fish left there. Its a small riffle world renowned for elderly topless sunbathers who take great delight in embarrassing visiting UK fishermen

[madjoni]

Originally Posted by jindra

Eagle Owl feathers are not easy to come by, but they make for some great looking emergers.

J.

Not only emergers ..I make dries and nymphs ...lots of them

Nice grayling fly by the way