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- Sat Jan 02, 2021 10:38 am
- Forum: Soft Hackle Materials
- Topic: Common Moorhen
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5143
Re: Common Moorhen
I got really "quizzed" in Idaho one year. I saw a moose hide in the dumpster and cut out a 1 foot square piece. Had a forest ranger stop by and ask about it and the next day had another guy with dogs in back stop by and ask about it. His truck was so dirty I needed to look at his shoulder ...
- Fri Jan 01, 2021 8:23 pm
- Forum: Soft Hackle Materials
- Topic: Common Moorhen
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5143
Re: Common Moorhen
I wouldn't think there's a huge black market trade in coot. I keep my bird skins in the packages they come in with the label. That should be good enough if checked. Except for my coot. It's usually in quart sandwich bags.
- Fri Jan 01, 2021 7:04 pm
- Forum: Soft Hackle Materials
- Topic: Common Moorhen
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5143
Re: Common Moorhen
English coot or moorhen is legal. But the issue is with domestic coot. It's a very soft hackle.
- Fri Jan 01, 2021 1:45 pm
- Forum: Soft Hackle Materials
- Topic: Common Moorhen
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5143
Re: Common Moorhen
In the US, because coots do not have webbed feet, their feathers are illegal to sell, trade or barter; at least that is what I have read. . Per Bill, one can shoot coot but because of the non-webbed feet one cannot sell or give them away. American snipe and woodcock also fall into this classificati...
- Fri Jan 01, 2021 12:35 pm
- Forum: Soft Hackle Materials
- Topic: Common Moorhen
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5143
Re: Common Moorhen
I've used coot off and on for 30 years now. It's soft and gray and I had an experienced tyer once mistake it for heron. On soft hackles the issue I had with it was it's a big hackle and more suited for #12 thru #8 wetflies. It's also too small for a substitute for heron. It's relatively easy to get ...
- Thu Dec 31, 2020 8:51 pm
- Forum: Soft Hackle Materials
- Topic: Common Moorhen
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5143
Re: Common Moorhen
Common Coot? Is that what you mean? I've used coot.
- Sat Dec 26, 2020 1:59 pm
- Forum: Soft Hackle Materials
- Topic: “Santa delivery!”
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6633
Re: “Santa delivery!”
that is cheap and they are nice looking.FlyFisherMann1955 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 26, 2020 1:20 pm A Magpie tail from Cookshills is L3.50, which I believe is $4.72 (American).
Look here: https://www.cookshill-flytying.co.uk/herl.htm
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- Sat Dec 26, 2020 1:59 pm
- Forum: Soft Hackle Materials
- Topic: “Santa delivery!”
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6633
Re: “Santa delivery!”
what the heck does a magpie tail sell for? Just wondering as I have a dead magpie sitting (actually laying) in my one freezer. And.... we have a lot of magpies about 5 minutes south of me. American Magpies are illegal to kill or possess in the US. unless they are in the act of crop depredation or h...
- Sat Dec 26, 2020 11:00 am
- Forum: Soft Hackle Materials
- Topic: “Santa delivery!”
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6633
Re: “Santa delivery!”
what the heck does a magpie tail sell for? Just wondering as I have a dead magpie sitting (actually laying) in my one freezer. And.... we have a lot of magpies about 5 minutes south of me.
- Wed Nov 11, 2020 6:35 pm
- Forum: Soft Hackle Materials
- Topic: Landrail subs.
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2196
Re: Landrail subs.
I've been trying for either a woodcock skin or wings for a few years now.