Brown and Olive

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Re: Brown and Olive

Post by Bear007 » Fri Dec 13, 2013 5:06 am

It's the dark phase of the ringneck hen, the feathers are fairly soft.

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Re: Brown and Olive

Post by letumgo » Fri Dec 13, 2013 6:09 am

Oh! I definitely need one of those. Beautiful.
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Re: Brown and Olive

Post by tie2fish » Fri Dec 13, 2013 9:07 am

Both the fly and the photo are beautiful, and the bird skin looks wonderful -- almost like English grouse. I have never seen a hen pheasant in this color phase. Are there any more where this came from?
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Re: Brown and Olive

Post by crazy4oldcars » Fri Dec 13, 2013 11:39 am

JohnP wrote:Nice fly. Hen pheasant is fun stuff to work with, very strongly marked. The only drawback I have found is the stems tend to be somewhat thick.
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If the hen is anything like the male, the stems will flatten a great deal when tied down. I have even doubled the stem back over itself a few times to help create a taper for the underbody.

This is marvelous, I really like that hen skin, too. I think my Ringneck skin is the single best $25 I've spent in flytying.



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Re: Brown and Olive

Post by Mataura mayfly » Fri Dec 13, 2013 8:49 pm

Really nice work on the fly and a great looking Pheasant skin you have to play with.
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