Harvesting Fur and Feathers for Tying Flies

[Loper]

Mandarin Duck, Golden Pheasant, Rhea, Jungle Cock, etc....along with a few that aren't techincally legal to import to the states (anyone planning a PB hunt??).

Jungle Cock…I’ve never heard of it, but I’m afraid of what might show up if search Google images.

 

[Loper]

One of my greatest pleasures come from catching trout on an elk hair caddis tied myself from the hair of a bull I killed with my bow. To me, it’s like 100 times better with a fly I tied vs a bought fly.

This is a lot what fuels my desire to tie flys. I think it would be cool, to catch fish on flies I tied myself, but would be even better, if the material from the fly was from game that I harvested.

My cousin is a fly tyer and last year I just saved a bunch of feathers from some of my ducks I shot and gave them to him. I’m not sure if they were useful or not. However, if I figured this year I’ll save them for myself.

 

[Stubborn_bowhunter]

I’m chasing elk, but will also have opportunities to get a whitetail or two. I hunt ducks, but the areas I hunt I don’t get mallards, mostly teal and divers. I’ll be taking my son out to hunt squirrels this year and we may see some rabbits while doing so. I may hunt turkeys in the Spring. .

An entire elk hide for caddis would let even your grandkids grandkids tie them.

 

[Loper]

I should have probably mentioned that I’ll be fishing saltwater and freshwater lakes mostly. Not sure if that makes much of a difference at all.