Hi i was trying to find these feathers without much luck but want to try the fly some way. Then looking at my jungle cock cape I notice feathers without the "eyes" have a white bar down the middle and though shorter i imagine than the vulturine i wonder could they be used or has anyone used them for this or other flies? pat

Kevin Moss (Morayfisher) uses them in his tuffty rasnge of flies.with great succsess.

Jim

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The Fishermans Friend is the Flirty Fly,Fickle Food for Fleeting Fish.

Yes they are a good substitute for vulturine, I doubt the fish care.

You can dye them and use them on small seatrout flies.

Real vulturine is hard to get and expensive.

Patk, I have used dyed Jungle cock feathers, they work very well.

I was lucky the other month, i had aVultutine full skin for £22.

Dai.

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Vulturine is a nightmare to get hold of. Peter Cockwill at Albury Game Angling often has some, he sold me my last lot...

Tkhe elver's a beautiful fly though!

I can confirm that albury game angling in surrey has vulturine guinea fowl at the moment - I was in there last week.
They're not cheap but they are beautiful

Have you seen this on youtube re. tying the elver fly

Hi,
I first came across the Blue Elver almost thirty years ago when I was on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides.It is I believe an Arthur Ransome Fly ?
However we always fished it as a dropper when loch fishing.As an attractor fly,
most of those salmon hooked came to the elver normally as the fly surfaced and created a wake on the surface,as the angler drew into the backcast.
Many a time I witnessed salmon chasing and snapping at the fly resulting in hard takes..
Other times short lining from the boat fish would rise almost immediately to the dropper,striking as soon as the 'boil' at the elver was observed [ before feeling the fish ] ensured a solid hook up.
The most successful salmon fly I ever used or seen used for salmon.
'Dibbling the fly' in the river is just as successful.

OF HILL AND LOCH

JOHN

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Yes the elver fly, is a good fish catcher. not just for sewin and salmon, works well also for bass in tidal water. below are a few i use,


Some lovely feathers, on this skin i have.

Here is one of a few i have tied up, will also put up a step by step, of how i tie the fly.




Above, are some patterns i also use, these are done with dyed Jungle cock feathers.

All the patterns together,

Dai.

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Fantastic flies dai, love the change of colour. Top notch!

Cheers, Thanks for the comments, use them a lot. and they do fish well,

Dai

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