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10-05-2022, 12:56 PM
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Fly tying
I'm just getting into fly tying, does anyone hunt grouse and save anything to tie flys with? What parts? Any tips would help.
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10-05-2022, 05:03 PM
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In the winter, I brake for dead squirrels (and carry a pair of tin snips at all times).
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10-05-2022, 06:08 PM
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I save the tails from pheasants, and have also used cat fur as dubbing with decent results.
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10-05-2022, 07:13 PM
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I see nobody actually answered your question re grouse feathers! Save the wings for sure, some good material there for tying soft hackle wet flies.
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10-05-2022, 07:15 PM
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The hackles that stand up on their head are great for wet flys
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10-05-2022, 08:24 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Timberwoodsman
I'm just getting into fly tying, does anyone hunt grouse and save anything to tie flys with? What parts? Any tips would help.
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Grouse feathers are great for fly tying! The shoulders feathers are perfect for soft hackles flies, soft and well marked. The main feathers on the wings would be great for wet fly wings, similar use as pheasant primary wing feathers. And the tails would also be great as body material to wind around the hook. or as wings on wets.
Loads if good feathers!
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10-05-2022, 09:42 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by chucky
Grouse feathers are great for fly tying! The shoulders feathers are perfect for soft hackles flies, soft and well marked. The main feathers on the wings would be great for wet fly wings, similar use as pheasant primary wing feathers. And the tails would also be great as body material to wind around the hook. or as wings on wets.
Loads if good feathers!
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Thanks everyone. Now I just need to know what I'm doing. Haha
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10-06-2022, 07:01 AM
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Youtube is a great way to learn.Stillwaters gurus such as Brian Chan,Phil Rowley,Bcflyguys etc.
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10-06-2022, 07:37 AM
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You can use every feather if you choose
It’s fly tying and you are only limited by your imagination when it comes to the materials you choose to use
My flying tying kit is very large compared to most and consists of fur from trapping, feathers/hair from hunting, trim from a taxidermist friend(some interesting stuff I bet most will never have do to traveling hunters), random stuff repurposed from dollar stores and random finds, and standard sources
You can choose to limit yourself with general patterns and materials or get creative
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10-06-2022, 07:59 AM
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Last time I shot a porcupine I wondered if their hair was useful for fly tying.
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10-07-2022, 08:37 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Timberwoodsman
I'm just getting into fly tying, does anyone hunt grouse and save anything to tie flys with? What parts? Any tips would help.
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Take the fly tying course at Fish Tales.
Best way to start is with good knowledge of key tying principles.
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10-07-2022, 04:50 PM
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Alberta Flys
When I lived in the east and fished the east coast, I tyed all kinds of patterns, took courses, the whole bit.
Since arriving here, I tie only elk hair caddis and elk hair grasshoppers. Have fun.
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10-08-2022, 01:34 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by densa44
When I lived in the east and fished the east coast, I tyed all kinds of patterns, took courses, the whole bit.
Since arriving here, I tie only elk hair caddis and elk hair grasshoppers. Have fun.
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In northern Alberta, the only ones I tie (well, I tied enough 4 or so years ago and haven’t since) are Clousers for walleye and pike. So whitetail tail is all I use, for the most part. I did come up with a few other patterns myself for pike and they worked pretty great, but those were more like one-off type of things, some of which included some feather.
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10-15-2022, 11:14 PM
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