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Body Feathers

Started by Traditionalist, October 25, 2011, 01:14:42 PM

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There are a very large number of body feathers from various birds used for fly-dressing.Of course, one must know where to find them. The diagram below should help.The most common areas for selecting feathers are the Neck, ( nape), Throat, Breast,Back, Rump, Flank, Thigh,and Tail. It should be noted that many game and other birds are skinned by splitting them down the front! So breast feathers will of course be on the upper right and left of the skin, and flank feathers on the lower left and right!




As I find the time, and dress the relevant flies, I will include pictures of the individual hackles used, but I don´t want to start pulling wings and skins apart just to photograph them!

TL
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