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 joaniebo |
Golden Pheasant Tail Feathers |
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Posts: 1869 06/16/2009 12:31 |
Just noticed that I had a clump of Golden Pheasant Tail feathers which, due to their "mottled / grizzled" coloring, would appear to be great for
tails and bodies ..... having a more pronounced pattern that the normal pheasant tail feathers. Anyone else use Golden Pheasant tail feathers in their
tyings?
Cheers and Safe Fishing Bob |
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 BruceHandley |
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Posts: 1227 06/16/2009 12:48 Crusty Old Fart
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Bob, yes I use GP for tailing, in fact I use about all of a GP skin. Most of it goes to salmon flies, you can't do a GP without them and I now use the gold
back feathers for winging on smaller salmon flies. When I've finished up with a GP skin there is very little left.
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mvbrooks |
GP Tail Feathers | #2 | ||
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Posts: 1732 06/16/2009 13:22 |
I use them all the time! Mixed in with other feather fibers, flies like the Black Silk gain their ability to work in various currents. I also use strips for
wings on spey flies and classics. Tie an unusual and very effective Sawyer Pheasant Tail with these or with Amherst tail. It's a great feather to have and
dirt cheap.
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cdmoore |
There's a great segment by Oliver Edwards in Czech Nymphing | #3 | ||
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Posts: 2843 06/17/2009 15:38 Moderator |
Oliver puts them to good effect as legs. Check it out.
Chris
"If you finish in 7 days, I'll pay you for 10. If you finish in 10 days, I'll pay you for 7." ~Ballykissangel
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Posts: 1734 06/18/2009 18:51 |
There is a deceptively simple fly, a hopper imitation, in Europe that uses GP Tail. The tail is optional, a few strands of GP Tail. The body is seal fur in
golden-olive, yellow, claret, black or green-olive, no rib, with claret being the most popular (and best, even though it doesn't remotely look like the
color of a natural) is the claret. In front you tie anywhere from six to ten knotted fibers of GP Tail, over which is a big bushy brown hackle. I've used
this on ultra selective trout in Sweden and Scotland, and from Montana to Oregon, and it is one of those flies I wont be without. Size #14, 2 or 3 X long
shank.
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pittendrigh |
Richard Parks does | #5 | ||
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Posts: 266 06/18/2009 19:48 |
Richard Parks uses Golden Pheasant in several patterns:
http://montana-riverboats.com/Pages/Fly-Tying/Richard-Parks/Cascade-Special-Dark.html |
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Posts: 108 06/18/2009 20:24 |
Not to hijack the thread, but just what is the body material on Mr. Park's tie? That color combination would be death on my Southern Appalachian
brookies.
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pittendrigh |
subthread: that orange body material | #7 | ||
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Posts: 267 06/20/2009 08:52 |
CreationBear wrote: I don't know for sure. I put my 5x jeweler's goggles on and looked (I have the fly). And I still couldn't tell for sure. Richard sent me the flies without recipes. It looks like thin orange chennile over-wrapped with orange micro-tubing. But what it looks like to me might not be what it is. |
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Posts: 109 06/20/2009 08:58 |
Thanks so much for looking...I was thinking maybe ostrich-herl. At any rate, that's such a killer pattern, I don't mind a little
retro-engineering.
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