as an experiment, i stapled a bunch of peacock herl to my deck for 3 months in the sun to see if they would turn bronze

nope didnt change color whatsoever

Sunset

Hook - Standard wet fly style
Thread - Black
Tip - Green chenille
Body - Yellow chenille
Hackle - Yellow
Wing - White duck or goose quill segments

How To Tie Flies - E C Gregg

Lachene

Tail - Gray mallard dyed yellow
Ribbing - Silver tinsel
Body - Embossed silver tinsel & black chenille
Hackle - Dark claret
Wing - Amherst pheasant

Trout - Ray Bergman

Golden Dustman

Tail - Golden pheasant crest
Body - Bronze peacock herl*
Hackle - Golden yellow
Wings - Bronze wild turkey
Book of the Black Bass - J A Henshall

*As scarce as a pink unicorn

jcwillow777 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 09, 2025 5:30 am Love the bronze peacock herl. Where did you get it?

no bronze herl used. just the good old greenish herl fron a peacock eye stick

Irish Grouse

Hackle - Furnace tied palmer
Ribbing - Gold tinsel
Body - Orange floss
Wing - Peacock herl

Trout - Ray Bergman

Down Looker

Tip - Orange floss
Tail - Brown mallard
Hackle - Brown tied palmer
Body - Brown floss
Wing - Brown mallard

Trout - Ray Bergman

thanks all

Something

Tip - Silver tinsel
Tail - Golden pheasant tippets
Ribbing - Silver tinsel
Body - Black floss
Hackle - Black
Wing - Green, scarlet, purple and yellow duck or goose quill segments

Trout - Ray Bergman

https://i.postimg.cc/QCdC3CgQ/Kineo_1080.jpg Kineo Tail - Black, white, scarlet duck or goose quill segmants – married Hackle - Scarlet tied palmer Ribbing - Silver tinsel Body - Scarlet wool (or dubbing) Wing - Scarlet, white, black duck or goose quill segmants – married Trout - Ray Bergman Don Ba...