Did a few of these in the past couple days.

Have you ever tried these? From (http://www.troutandsalmonhooks.com/shop/ )

The dun color of the young starling is extremely appealing. What region of the bird are these feathers from? Are they body feathers, or wing feathers (coverts)? Ray You got me! I did these quite awhile back and just found the .jpg recently. If I recall correctly (???), I think the hackles were wing...

It's been awhile since I did a dressing with magpie herl but if I recall, the individual strands are quite delicate....if my memory isn't totally gone, I believe I used 3 ir 4 pieces tied in by the tips.

Bob

Several years ago, I was able to get a "young starling" skin from Cookshill and a friend gave me some bronze-colored peacock herl. Ended up with a few of these.

Wish I could remember where I got this dressing as I'd like to tie a few more....will keep looking for it!

No explanation needed, eh?

For years, this Old Guy has been confused by the names for various colored hackles. Is the name based on what color the feather looks like over the entire feather or within the feather? In other words, is the name based if the feather is one constant color throughout the entire feather or is the fea...

I took the easy way and tied some “Green Weenies”! Red heads float, green heads sink.

letumgo wrote: ↑Sun Apr 11, 2021 6:02 pm What hook did you use for these? I want to copy these...

Daiichi 1550, size 14.