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The color match might not be perfect, but Eurasian collar dove ties a right handsome Dotterel.

From T.E. Pritt, Yorkshire Trout Flies (1885)

Very nicely done Phil.

Tom

Wow. So much history and tradition packed into such a beautifully tied fly. Gorgeous.

joaniebo wrote: ↑Sun Jan 17, 2021 1:04 pm I got these quite a few years ago from Ellis Slater, via friend living in Germany.

Ciao
this is SNIPE wings.

I have a pair of those, they tie well! Never seen dotterel in person so never thought of them as a substitute. But good to know. Thanks Tom.

Speaking of small game birds, my wish list includes a skin of the Band-tailed Pigeon. This is a native migratory pigeon found in the Coast Range of the Pacific Northwest during the spring and summer. It winter's south in Baja and Mexico. Oregon has a season of about a week long. Tough buggers to get though. I did research on these for two years while at OSU but at the time I was just just starting out fly fishing and didn't think much of using the feathers at the time. They are beauties though. Sound like mourning doves but a bit different cadence. In fact if you listen to the sound recording of them at Cornell's Ornithology site, it's my recording. A fellow researcher and myself were the first to get a good recording of them. Lots of hours sitting in the bushes with a bunch of movie sound equipment. Lol. Good days!

They are beautiful birds, Carl. We had a couple pairs that would stop in with us for a few days on their migration routes. We used to get quite a few species when we lived in Washington.