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I use a few things that work good as heron substitute. Usually it just depends on how it is to be used and the size of the fly. On this one I used Blue Eared Pheasant hackle that was intended for spey flies. It was a packaged purchase and just looked like heron. Emu can make a decent substitute as well and for smaller flies, pheasant tail dyed dun works good. I just listed it as "heron substitute" because the original pattern calls for heron herl.

Thanks, Carl.
Knowing kinda helps when I start looking for substitutes for "banned" materials. I also understand that sometimes availability of substitutes is an as-you-found-it proposition.

Kirk