dyed starling skins
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dyed starling skins
I tie quite a few small flies with starling feathers. I can't find dyed skins locally. Anyone recommend a source and are the dyed skins really worth having for variety. Does the dying weaken the feathers?
Re: dyed starling skins
Good link, that site has a whole host of interesting materials starling is a very delicate feather, I’m guessing that bleaching it would weaken it considerably as might some dyes.ForumGhillie wrote: ↑Thu Nov 14, 2019 2:09 pmBelow is where I have purcahsed a lot of high quality fly tying materials...
https://competitiveangler.com/shop/body ... ling-skin/
I have never purchased any dyed starling, just natural.
B
Love both fly fishing and fly tying, been doing it for a while
But not much good at either
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Re: dyed starling skins
I've ordered from Competitive Angler a few times. No problems. I highly recommend.
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Re: dyed starling skins
I have several dyed starling skins, as well as a bleached skin. The feathers are no more fragile than a standard skin. I bought them from a guy who does small batch dying at a fly expo in Washington years ago. I looked on the packages for his info, but there was none. Sorry.
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Re: dyed starling skins
I've been getting my skins from Mike Hogue - Eflytyer.com. I haven't bought any dyed skins from him, but I've gotten a few dyed packs. I have been very happy with everything I've bought from him.
Greg