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Guesses on the Sources of the Feathers? #6253697 03/04/12
Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 50,656 Likes: 2 Anchorage, AK USA Sitka deer OP Campfire Kahuna
OP Sitka deer Campfire Kahuna Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 50,656 Likes: 2 Anchorage, AK USA	Tied this number today and am having issues getting it photographed... The lights are too bright, even through diffusers and I do not want to spend the time to build a proper tent just yet... But here is a reasonable picture for now... Mark Begich, Joaquin Jackson, and Heller resistance... Three huge reasons to worry about the NRA.

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Re: Guesses on the Sources of the Feathers? Sitka deer #6253736 03/05/12
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skunkedagain New Member Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 20	Wow. Nice fly - almost a contest winner if it had a category.

Re: Guesses on the Sources of the Feathers? Sitka deer #6254357 03/05/12
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troutfly Campfire Tracker T Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 3,499 SE Alberta	Originally Posted by Sitka deer Tied this number today and am having issues getting it photographed... The lights are too bright, even through diffusers and I do not want to spend the time to build a proper tent just yet... But here is a reasonable picture for now... Cool fly! I can see there are Lady Amherst tippets, Golden Pheasant Crests including a dyed black one for the tail, Ostritch herl butt, Blue jay or Indian Crow, Jungle Cock nails, Peacock body feathers, teal and grizzly hackle. The wing also has what appears to be Chukar body feathers and there is some soft brown feathers as the veil over the tail. The horns are likely Macaw. Close?

Re: Guesses on the Sources of the Feathers? troutfly #6254396 03/05/12
Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 50,656 Likes: 2 Anchorage, AK USA Sitka deer OP Campfire Kahuna
OP Sitka deer Campfire Kahuna Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 50,656 Likes: 2 Anchorage, AK USA	The tail is CA valley quail veiled with mountain quail throat, the ostrich herl butt. The throat is lavendar guinea (natural color) and the duck is pintail, rather than teal. It is a 5/0 hook and few teal produce feathers large enough. The wing is chukar as you noted with the JC nails. The sides are peacock as you also pointed out with JC and the blue is kingfisher while the horns are Lady Amhearst dyed blue. The topping is golden pheasant crest. Mark Begich, Joaquin Jackson, and Heller resistance... Three huge reasons to worry about the NRA.

Re: Guesses on the Sources of the Feathers? skunkedagain #6254401 03/05/12
Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 50,656 Likes: 2 Anchorage, AK USA Sitka deer OP Campfire Kahuna
OP Sitka deer Campfire Kahuna Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 50,656 Likes: 2 Anchorage, AK USA	Originally Posted by skunkedagain Wow. Nice fly - almost a contest winner if it had a category. laughing!!! Mark Begich, Joaquin Jackson, and Heller resistance... Three huge reasons to worry about the NRA.

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Re: Guesses on the Sources of the Feathers? Sitka deer #6255517 03/05/12
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troutfly Campfire Tracker T Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 3,499 SE Alberta	Got a few right at least. Very cool fly. Yep, could be a challenge to find teal feathers to fit on a 5/0 in that config. Don't know why I said Lady A. tippets though.

Re: Guesses on the Sources of the Feathers? Sitka deer #6255801 03/05/12
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1minute Campfire Ranger Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 29,964 Likes: 10 Burns/Hines, Oregon, USA	And I just hate it when the second back cast leaves it suspended 20 ft up and out over the river in the branches of a dead tree. Three years ago I left a daisey chain of 3 steelhead flies in the limbs. I was afraid the tree would tip and drop me in the rapids if I risked the climb. If they are in the fly box though, they have to get used. Last edited by 1minute; 03/06/12. 1Minute

Re: Guesses on the Sources of the Feathers? 1minute #6256365 03/05/12
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Bootsfishing Campfire Tracker B Joined: May 2002 Posts: 6,428 Not far enough from Atlanta!	Have ya tried different backgrounds? Grey, black. white...grey usually works good. Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other the person to die ...... "When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, "I used everything you gave me."

Re: Guesses on the Sources of the Feathers? Bootsfishing #6256856 03/05/12
Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 50,656 Likes: 2 Anchorage, AK USA Sitka deer OP Campfire Kahuna
OP Sitka deer Campfire Kahuna Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 50,656 Likes: 2 Anchorage, AK USA	I was hung up on using the Impeyan pheasant skin background and the issue is the glare and lack of quality detail.... But a change to a neutral background should help, you are correct. Mark Begich, Joaquin Jackson, and Heller resistance... Three huge reasons to worry about the NRA.

Re: Guesses on the Sources of the Feathers? Sitka deer #6257173 03/05/12
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 6,428 Not far enough from Atlanta! B Bootsfishing Campfire Tracker
Bootsfishing Campfire Tracker B Joined: May 2002 Posts: 6,428 Not far enough from Atlanta!	...and I should of said matte finish. Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other the person to die ...... "When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, "I used everything you gave me."

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Re: Guesses on the Sources of the Feathers? Sitka deer #6257620 03/05/12
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macrabbit Campfire Tracker Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 4,742 C. Calif	Gaudy! Campfire Pistolero x2 Only one human captain has ever survived battle with a Minbari fleet. He is behind me. You are in front of me. If you value your lives, be somewhere else. -Ambassador Delenn, Babylon 5

Re: Guesses on the Sources of the Feathers? macrabbit #6258284 03/06/12
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castandblast Campfire Regular C Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,574 Central Oregon	Nice tie Sitka. Is it safe to say that some of those feathers spent more time on my bench waiting to get mailed than they spent on your bench waiting to get hook-bound?

Re: Guesses on the Sources of the Feathers? castandblast #6259793 03/06/12
Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 50,656 Likes: 2 Anchorage, AK USA Sitka deer OP Campfire Kahuna
OP Sitka deer Campfire Kahuna Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 50,656 Likes: 2 Anchorage, AK USA	Yeah, I suspect that would be a safe statement. Mark Begich, Joaquin Jackson, and Heller resistance... Three huge reasons to worry about the NRA.

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