Martin, Interesting comments. Would be interesting to see how he started. I'll check, but I think the difference between cutting the feather and plucking it is the time for regrowth. If you pluck it, the bird starts a new one immediately. If the feathers is damaged, as with cutting, it takes a molt to get rid of the feather to start a new one.
Dr. Tom euthanizes his birds, so they feel nothing other than going to sleep. They're even spared the trauma of getting plucked or chopped. DonO ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martin Westbeek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2004 1:39 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] Some CdL flies > Hi Hans, > > Great photos as always - these Spanish traditional wets are interesting. > I tied up a bunch like those for an upcoming trip, and I thought they > were called Palarettas? > > On the topic of CdL: at the last Danish FFF Festival I talked to a > Danish tier, Steen Ellemoos, who showed me some CdL feathers when he saw > me using CdL from a Whiting tailing pack. He raises the birds himself, > in Denmark, and he's pretty proud of the CdL he gets from them. The > feathers looked very nice, but the best part was his account of how he > harvested those feathers. He wants to be as humane as possible, so he > does not pluck the feathers from the live bird, but cuts them off with a > pair of scissors. > > He does that once a year in December, at full moon, and each and every > time it ends in blood shed. Not that he hurts the birds - they hurt him, > and they put up such a fight that he has cut himself with the scissors > more than once. These are real fighting roosters! > > Martin > --- > Hans Weilenmann wrote: > > >On 25 Apr 2004 at 12:46, DonO wrote: > > > > > > > >>Hans has another tier on his site specializing in CdL flies. > >>The CdL caddis that I tied is similar to the ones he tied, except I > >>roped the body. > >> > >>http://www.danica.com/flytier/psoria/psoria.htm > >> > >> > > > >Try this one also: > >http://www.danica.com/flytier/jpdessaigne/jpdessaigne.htm > > > > > > > >>PS How many of you remember Swannundaze? > >> > >> > > > >I do. Unlike you, I never had any use for it. Have my stash buried > >deep somewhere in my 'archive'. If it ever surfaces, I will keep you > >in mind ;-) > > > >Cheers, > >Hans > > > >================================================================ > >Deze e-mail is door E-mail VirusScanner van Planet Internet gecontroleerd op virussen. > >Op http://www.planet.nl/evs staat een verwijzing naar de actuele lijst waar op wordt gecontroleerd. > > > > > > > > > > > >
