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by zen leecher
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 ...
by zen leecher
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.
by zen leecher
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.
by zen leecher
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...
by zen leecher
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 ...
by zen leecher
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.
by zen leecher
Sat Dec 26, 2020 1:59 pm
Forum: Soft Hackle Materials
Topic: “Santa delivery!”
Replies: 21
Views: 6633

Re: “Santa delivery!”

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

Tight Lines- Ken
that is cheap and they are nice looking.
by zen leecher
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...
by zen leecher
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.
by zen leecher
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.