Prairie Chicken Skin

[letumgo]

Feather-Craft recently posted that they had gotten a batch of Prairie Chicken Skins (see link below). I have never seen them listed for sale before, so I had to buy one while they were available.

My skin arrived earlier this week (see picture below). The feathers look like they will work beautifully for soft hackles & flymphs. The coloration and markings looks like a cross between a Golden Plover & Hungarian Partridge. The flank feathers remind me a of Chukar or French Partridge.



LINK: https://www.feather-craft.com/item/tp12 ... kin/1.html

I am in no way affiliated with Feather-Craft. Just a customer. Simply wanted to give you guys a heads-up, about a rarely available gamebird skin.

[Fishnkilts]

That is a beautiful pattern on that skin. I will try to get one before they sell out because I'm sure they will go fast.

[jcwillow777]

That is a beautiful skin! But, I gotta put the brakes on my spending for a while. Had too many unexpected bills come up recently. I will probably be sorry later when they are all gone, but unfortunately gotta say no. Thanks for the heads up Ray.

[Roadkill]

Ray,

There you go again with your inspiration!

This is literally a blast from the past in Eastern Oregon. My one and only similar skin came from a jackrabbit hunting trip over 40 years ago. I was using my Uncle Cleve's .22/410 Ga over and under. It was great in the narrow dry creek bed I was walking. Select the .22 for a standing rabbit, or the 410 for a running one or possibly a wing shot at a Sage Hen.

Now I have to come up with a simple Flymph and a Soft Hackle tomorrow with my old skin.

[Oenophileangler]

Ray, I found one of your flies from a long time ago in FTF, using prairie chicken hackle. It really does look like plover.

https://www.flytyingforum.com/index.php ... ken-twist/

How small does the hackle get? Size 10 is just about the largest soft hackle I usually tie.

Dale

[RickA]

Thanks Ray, They must still have a few skins as my order just went through.

[DUBBN]

I too am on a self imposed spending freeze. If I wasnt, I would try to purchase a skin.

Great looking skin

[Roadkill]

Letumgo you brought nostalgia back to my vise, love to see what beauties you create!
Thanks, this bird was fun to play with again ...

http://www.flymphforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=11223
http://www.flymphforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=11224

Bill

[DarrellP]

They are out of stock now

[Caveman]

Older thread here, but thought I’d mention there was a member on the Washington fly fishing forum selling a few Prairie Chicken skins at a very good price. A bit messy because he preserved them himself, but I found no bugs at all and they are large, much larger than expected.

Stunning feathers! I just tied up some Pheasant streamer style flies with them and I’m impressed. Worked great on a no. 12 hook. Photos linked below.

https://imgur.com/a/t0eZ7f0