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troutsbane

Snipe

Hi guys
Where abouts on the snipe skin do you get the hackles for the small river spiders?????.(snipe and purple and such) Whatever about lake flies I am a complete novice at river stuff  Embarassed
Cheers
fossil-fish

Troutsbane,
Charles Jardine describes the dressing as a breast feather.

I also believe similar hackles can be taken from starlings. With the hackle being so soft any part of the body that produces a feather of the right size and colour would probably do.
troutsbane

fossil-fish wrote:
Troutsbane,
Charles Jardine describes the dressing as a breast feather.

I also believe similar hackles can be taken from starlings. With the hackle being so soft any part of the body that produces a feather of the right size and colour would probably do.


Cheers Fossil-Fish

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