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Title: Golden Pheasant
Post by: Traditionalist on October 26, 2011, 07:16:45 PM
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Pheasant (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Pheasant)

The golden pheasant collar hackles, or "tippets", are used for tails on many flies. The crests are used on salmon flies., especially as tails and wing veiling. The centre tail herl was sometimes used as bodies on some spider flies.

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