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I too have merely yanked hackle out, put in a sandwich bag, label & save it.
Only in the case of a really nice full grown bird, especially barred or totally white, do I skin the entire TOP, from hthe head to the tail, including shoulder feathers.
Barred rock & cuckoo marans & Dominickers have the wonderful black & white which can be dyed purple, pink, green, to produce a green & black barred feather, for example.
I use alot of purple dyed PBR hackle in flys for steehead, along with rabbit fur strips, to make what is called 'bunny leeches' and 'egg sucking leeches' which have a red or pink pom pom on the front, then wrapped hackle, and the bunny strip hangs way out the back, over the hook.
Let's see if I can get a pic for you.
here ya go~ some good examples~~~ http://www.angelfire.com/wa/salmonid/fly145.html
I too have merely yanked hackle out, put in a sandwich bag, label & save it.
Only in the case of a really nice full grown bird, especially barred or totally white, do I skin the entire TOP, from hthe head to the tail, including shoulder feathers.
Barred rock & cuckoo marans & Dominickers have the wonderful black & white which can be dyed purple, pink, green, to produce a green & black barred feather, for example.
I use alot of purple dyed PBR hackle in flys for steehead, along with rabbit fur strips, to make what is called 'bunny leeches' and 'egg sucking leeches' which have a red or pink pom pom on the front, then wrapped hackle, and the bunny strip hangs way out the back, over the hook.
Let's see if I can get a pic for you.
here ya go~ some good examples~~~ http://www.angelfire.com/wa/salmonid/fly145.html
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