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Robert MacDonald-Lewis

Playing with head hackles
« on: 23/12/2021 at 11:02 »
Playing around with trying some slightly different feathers to finish off some fairly traditional wet flies.

 First up, a Hen Pheasant covert feather:


and a Sooty Olive Waterhen Bumble (type thing…)

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Mike Barrio

Re: Playing with head hackles
« Reply #1 on: 23/12/2021 at 11:15 »
They're nice Robert - I really like the "Sooty Olive Waterhen Bumble (type thing…)"  >)
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James Laraway

Re: Playing with head hackles
« Reply #2 on: 23/12/2021 at 11:33 »
very nice - what do the feathers themselves look like ?
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Robert MacDonald-Lewis

Re: Playing with head hackles
« Reply #3 on: 23/12/2021 at 14:47 »



Hen pheasant covert on left, waterhen in middle and the one on the right is a cock pheasant rump feather which I just used on the fly below


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