Feathers for fly fishing?

[equine623]

OK, the son of a friend of mine likes to tie his own flies for fly fishing and I thought I read somewhere about people using certain chickens for their feathers for the flies. Does anyone know anything about this, are there particular breeds that work better?

I'm clueless, I admit it

Thanks!

 

[redhen]

Good idea..i want to know this also..
my foster son just got a fly pole...he'll need to be making some flys out of our feathers..

 

[WriterofWords]

I use any feathers I find for my flies it just depends on what you are trying to tie!

 

[Imp]

A coworker of mine ties flies. He didn't like the feathers I was bringing in. He wanted neck feathers. When he asked if he could come over and pluck some. He lost feather privileges.

Imp

 

[WriterofWords]

The hackle feathers are the most expensive to buy, so are peacock feathers.

 

[mom'sfolly]

There are whole breeds of chickens bred just for hackle feathers. One guy is even a member, but I haven't seen any posts in a long while.

Here's a line with some info

http://www.thebowriver.com/alberta/history_of_hackle.htm

 

[redhen]

Quote:

 

[Camelot Farms]

When our male Lady Amherst Pheasant died a few weeks ago, we plucked him from top to bottom.

A friend bought 1/2 of them and I still have a gallon zip lock bag full if anyone wants to make me an offer

 

[equine623]

Thanks for the info so far everyone

 

[Ridgerunner]

This thread is full of information for you.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=35924