Materials you really don’t like using

[thewaterbouys]

   Theres no getting away from it Patridge hackles look great on flies, but ithink a whole skin is the way for me .It dose my nut in looking for a hackle for 14 up. :x

         Henry   

[Traditionalist]

It?s coming round to that time of year again,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

On the first day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
A partridge in a pear tree.

On the second day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
two starling skins,
And a partridge in a pear tree.

On the third day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
Three Dun hens,
two starling skins,
And a partridge in a pear tree.

On the fourth day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
Four Woodcock wings,
Three Dun hens,
Two starling skins,
And a partridge in a pear tree.

On the fifth day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
Five lovely snipe,
Four Woodcock wings,
Three Dun hens,
two starling skins,
And a partridge in a pear tree.

On the sixth day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
Six Golden plover,
Five lovely snipe,
Four Woodcock wings,
Three Dun hens,
two starling skins,
And a partridge in a pear tree.


On the seventh day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
Seven squirrel bodies,
Six Golden plover,
Five lovely snipe,
Four Woodcock wings,
Three Dun hens,
two starling skins,
And a partridge in a pear tree.


On the eighth day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
Eight hare?s ears,
Seven squirrel bodies,
Six Golden plover,
Five lovely snipe,
Four Woodcock wings,
Three Dun hens,
two starling skins,
And a partridge in a pear tree.


On the ninth day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
Nine perfect moleskins,
Eight hare?s ears,
Seven squirrel bodies,
Six Golden plover,
Five lovely snipe,
Four Woodcock wings,
Three Dun hens,
two starling skins,
And a partridge in a pear tree.

On the tenth day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
Ten Brahma capes,
Nine perfect moleskins,
Eight hare?s ears,
Seven squirrel bodies,
Six Golden plover,
Five lovely snipe,
Four Woodcock wings,
Three Dun hens,
two starling skins,
And a partridge in a pear tree.

On the eleventh day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
Eleven prepared pheasants,
Ten Brahma capes,
Nine pefect moleskins,
Eight hare?s ears,
Seven squirrel bodies,
Six Golden plover,
Five lovely snipe,
Four Woodcock wings,
Three Dun hens,
two starling skins,
And a partridge in a pear tree.


On the twelfth day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
Twelve Tawny owls,
Eleven prepared pheasants,
Ten Brahma capes,
Nine pefect moleskins,
Eight hare?s ears,
Seven squirrel bodies,
Six Golden plover,
Five lovely snipe,
Four Woodcock wings,
Three Dun hens,
two starling skins,
And a partridge in a pear tree

TL
MC

[thewaterbouys]

  A nice set of capes and furs i bet that Patridge flew away.  :?

      Nice one Mike

[Traditionalist]

  A nice set of capes and furs i bet that Patridge flew away.  :?

      Nice one Mike

Nope, you?re right, a whole skin is the only way to go! Make sure you get a nice brown hen as well;

http://www.cookshill-flytying.co.uk/gsr.htm

TL
MC

[thewaterbouys]

   Thanks Mike those skins are a lot cheaper than i have saw in some mags i have read, and the fishing tackle shops. I was in a tackle dealers last week i think they were ?22 -23 pound.


       Henry 

[Highlander]

but trying to get the stuff off their erstwhile owner is damned near impossible.
Any tips?

Money usually does it....lots of money

Tight lines