Deb, The "just for fun" is one that I've been thinking of tying. Except I was thinking of using an eye feather for the cheak.
Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Deborah Duran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 7:11 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] Peacock patterns? > A streaker is a baitfish pattern that uses whole peacock swords for the back > of the fly. It's a pretty neat fly. There are some old bass flies that use > tiny eye feathers as the wings (Mary Orvis Marbury book). To round it off I > like the Alexandra. There are also New England streamer patterns that use a > lot of peacock and are beautiful to look at. I have made entire streamers > out of peacock feathers. > And of course you could tie "just for fun" ;0) > There is a hummingbird pattern with peacock that was in one of the fly tyer > issues. Then there are the flies on the front of Art of Angling journal Vol > 1 issue 3. I'm sure they are up on Schmooklers website somewhere. > Deb > > >From: "J&A Burbank" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Subject: [VFB] Peacock patterns? > > >Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 14:56:28 -0800 > > > > > >Good afternoon folks. As you all know I got my hands on a lot of peacock > > >feathers recently. I spoke with my friend that got the bird in the first > > >place and he said the people who owned the bird would like a fly tied > from > > >the feathers (small price to pay). I would like to do something big and > > >flashy for them. Anybody have any suggestions? I've got a couple of > > >candidates but like a few more options. > > > > > >Thanks > > > > > >Jim > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Let the new MSN Premium Internet Software make the most of your high-speed > > experience. http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-us&page=byoa/prem&ST=1 > > > > > > > >
