RE: [VFB] Any need for Crow Feathers

[mark romero]

Deb, think saddle hackle.........normal dyed strung saddle hackle......not 
genetic stuff for tying midges. Take a feather off the bunch, cut it in 
half, and deal with that on a hook. Get the picture? mark

From: "Deborah Duran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: RE: [VFB] Any need for Crow Feathers
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 17:24:09 -0500
Mark
I was looking at my spey flies I have collected...  I had to laugh.... of
the ones I could find in just a couple minutes three of them tied by people
you may know, Tim Trexler, Stack Scoville and Steve Taggart all would fit 
in
the gap (gape) of the hooks you used on your spey flies.  They would take a
smaller hackle from a Ring neck pheasant rump one of them has a small 
hackle
that doesn't extend beyond the bend of the hook I may even venture to guess
this may be a long saddle hackle but it is tied in spey style.  These were
all tied for fishing but I've framed them in Riker boxes.
Regards,
Deb
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Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 7:06 PM
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Subject: RE: [VFB] Any need for Crow Feathers

Ok Deb, now you got me to where i've got to find out. CHAZ, do crows have
ANY feathers on 'em that can be used on spey flies? And that 
is........using

a framing size hook, or a fishing size hook. I trust we all agree that
there's not much sense in framing a salmon fly of any type on a hook much
smaller than say a size 2. Not if your really thinking about your audience
anyway. So Chaz, i guess the question is really, do crows have any feathers
that can be used to tye spey flies on a size 2 hook or larger? Personally i
wouldn't tye one on anything less than a size 1/0 anyway....not for 
framing.

mark
>From: "Deborah Duran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: <vfb@troutnet.com>
>To: <vfb@troutnet.com>
>Subject: RE: [VFB] Any need for Crow Feathers
>Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 07:58:34 -0500
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>Mark
>Some people actually fish spey flies.  ROTFL...  Yours may be a little 
wild
>but I bet they would still fish well.
>I've seen them tied small from some guys down in Pete's area that fish
>them.
>He could probably use some of the crow feathers for fishing flies.  If 
they
>have a thicker quill he can also split that down the middle.  Soak the
>feather in warm water to soften it and then tie it in.
>I don't know if Tim Trexler is still on the list but he ties some smaller
>spey flies he may have some suggestions for Pete.
>Regards,
>Deb
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