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Old 22-05-2010, 01:37 PM
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Can anyone tell me what this feather is?
I've got a large unlabled bag of them.

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Looks like a cock Pheasant feather.
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Old 22-05-2010, 01:49 PM
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Can anyone tell me what this feather is?
I've got a large unlabled bag of them.

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mate its french partridge also known as red-legged partridge
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Can anyone tell me what this feather is?
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its a red legged partridge feather IDRIS

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Thanks.
All I need now is to figure out what to do with them
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mayflys and bumbles
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Presumably for mayflies you use them as hackles?
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Presumably for mayflies you use them as hackles?
Yes they make great hackles for mayflies check out some of g bigtrouts flies he uses them a lot I think he has some flies tied with them in the SBS section.

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mayflys and bumbles
They are not used on true bumbles as they are to soft and would defeat the purpose of what a bumble is all about, they are used as the head hackles on Wet Mayflies and Straddle Bugs in both natural and dyed form. Agree with Boony, g bigtrout has some excellent examples of mayfly patterns listed using this hackle
Pull the fibres back and tie in by the tip of the feather.
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They are not used on true bumbles as they are to soft and would defeat the purpose of what a bumble is all about, they are used as the head hackles on Wet Mayflies and Straddle Bugs in both natural and dyed form. Agree with Boony, g bigtrout has some excellent examples of mayfly patterns listed using this hackle
Pull the fibres back and tie in by the tip of the feather.
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NO it doesnt!.... what about blue jay
i dye french partridge blue as a sub
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