English Grouse (aka moor cock)
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English Grouse (aka moor cock)
Just in and they look very nice .
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Re: English Grouse.
Not Cookshills! I got it from a friendly taxidermist!
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Re: English Grouse.
Very nice indeed! I look forward to seeing what you create with these feathers. The quills look like they would work well for some Clyde-style flies as well.
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Re: English Grouse.
I was asked to post pictures of moor cock. It is the same bird as English Grouse. I had done so in the past but here they are.
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Re: English Grouse.
Tom - Thanks for the reminder.
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Re: English Grouse (aka moor cock)
There is another English grouse you rarely hear about; the black grouse. Blackgame is one pattern that uses it; number 37 in Roger Fogg’s list:
http://flymph.com/html/patterns.html
http://flymph.com/html/patterns.html
Re: English Grouse (aka moor cock)
wsbailey wrote: ↑Tue Jan 14, 2020 2:18 pm There is another English grouse you rarely hear about; the black grouse. Blackgame is one pattern that uses it; number 37 in Roger Fogg’s list:
http://flymph.com/html/patterns.html
what about the Famous Grouse??
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Re: English Grouse (aka moor cock)
The bird pictured on a bottle of Famous Grouse is a red grouse.
The contents of said bottle don't actually contain any sort of bird, only blended whisky. Not to be shot on the Glorious Twelfth. (I suppose you could drink a shot on that day, but personally, I'd hold out for a single malt.)
The contents of said bottle don't actually contain any sort of bird, only blended whisky. Not to be shot on the Glorious Twelfth. (I suppose you could drink a shot on that day, but personally, I'd hold out for a single malt.)
Bob
Re: English Grouse (aka moor cock)
redietz wrote: ↑Wed Jan 15, 2020 8:34 am The bird pictured on a bottle of Famous Grouse is a red grouse.
The contents of said bottle don't actually contain any sort of bird, only blended whisky. Not to be shot on the Glorious Twelfth. (I suppose you could drink a shot on that day, but personally, I'd hold out for a single malt.)
I "partook" when the Famous Grouse had their marketing event at the Catskill Fly Fishing Museum and Center: all invitees tied and submitted a fly tied with a grouse feather, which were then mounted in a large frame for display in the center. Sampled the blend, which contained the Macallan among others......very nice!
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Re: English Grouse (aka moor cock)
I have been using EG for years and sub it for other partridge or grouse. I find that the coloration matches bugs more closely than what is called for in the original pattern. Saying that I have both cock and hen along with poult feathers. There are several patterns that call for poult over adult.
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