What Are You Tying Today?

[nfrechet]

Where are you getting crow quills?

i substituted black pheasant tail

i mentioned "or substitute"

i tried using black vulture but is was more gray than black

etsy has them

Ten Long English Crow Wing Feathers - Etsy

This Feathers item by WildCraftsUK has 494 favorites from Etsy shoppers. Ships from United Kingdom. Listed on May 28, 2025

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[nfrechet]

Grey Partridge

Tip - Flat silver tinsel
Tail - Grey partridge
Ribbing - Flat silver tinsel
Body - Grey hare's fur
Hackle - Grey partridge

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[dc410]

Size 12 - pheasant tail soft hackle

 

[Tabasco-Joe]

i substituted black pheasant tail

i mentioned "or substitute"

i tried using black vulture but is was more gray than black

etsy has them

Ten Long English Crow Wing Feathers - Etsy

This Feathers item by WildCraftsUK has 494 favorites from Etsy shoppers. Ships from United Kingdom. Listed on May 28, 2025

www.etsy.com

I guess next time I shoot a crow I should harvest some feathers and give them a try.

Short story, one time my brother and I were hunting crows. On a state game land at daybreak. We came back to the truck about noon and a guy was just unloading a dog to take for a walk. He asked what we were hunting. We replied, "crows, but we didn't get any." I turned to my brother and said, "looks like we have to back to hot dogs for supper tonight." What a look the guy gave us!

 

[dc410]

I guess next time I shoot a crow I should harvest some feathers and give them a try.

Short story, one time my brother and I were hunting crows. On a state game land at daybreak. We came back to the truck about noon and a guy was just unloading a dog to take for a walk. He asked what we were hunting. We replied, "crows, but we didn't get any." I turned to my brother and said, "looks like we have to back to hot dogs for supper tonight." What a look the guy gave us!

Anytime I need some crow feathers I just take the 20 guage out in the backyard and knock one off. I skin the wings out and cure them. I mainly love the small covert feathers on the shoulders of the crow wing. They are excellent for soft hackles and I use them for one of my most productive carp flies. I haven’t used a lot of the crow quill fibers but I do remember using some of them for a little black stonefly pattern a few years back.

 

[Cougarbaby]

IMO Some of the stuff you guys tie is artwork keep it up I love looking at it, I look at all of it but have never chimed in

 

[hooker-of-men]

Tying social tonight. Little black stone nymphs

 

[hooker-of-men]

And really happy with this improvised smelt pattern:

 

[Tabasco-Joe]

Anytime I need some crow feathers I just take the 20 guage out in the backyard and knock one off. I skin the wings out and cure them. I mainly love the small covert feathers on the shoulders of the crow wing. They are excellent for soft hackles and I use them for one of my most productive carp flies. I haven’t used a lot of the crow quill fibers but I do remember using some of them for a little black stonefly pattern a few years back.

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I'll have to save one and give it a try. Crow closes in a couple days, so it'll be this summer.

 

[Cougarbaby]

I'd love to have all the hundres of patterns like these for a collection

 

[HoboWithAFlyRod]

Doing some rainbow warriors in size 20

 

[nfrechet]

Vestfjellflua

Body - Flat silver tinsel
Hackle - Badger

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[nfrechet]

Sands Favorite

Tip - Flat silver tinsel
Tail - A few strands of brown speckled partridge tail
Body - Hare's ear fur
Rib - Fine flat silver tinsel
Hackle - Brown speckled body feather from partridge. Tied collar style.

John Sands Originator

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[nfrechet]

Royal Governor

Body - Peacock herl, scarlet floss, peacock herl
Hackle - Ginger hackle
Wing - Peasant hen wing quill

Fly2000 Database

 

[3wt7X]

Ray Charles Sow Bug

 

[3wt7X]

Soft hackle Phesant Tail variants

 

[nfrechet]

Red Quill

Tail - Brown hen hackle
Body - Stripped brown hackle stem
Hackle - Brown hen hackle
Wing - Slate duck or goose quill segments

Fly2000 Database

 

[nfrechet]

Olstappen

Tail - Yellow hackle
Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel
Body - Black floss
Hackle - Scarlet hackle
Wing - Pheasant wing quill segments

Karin Volden Originator

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[Terry Murphy]

Early season stuff .

 

[hooker-of-men]

Big black deceiver. Was throwing big obnoxious flies today and noticed too much of my box was white / light colored