We could ask Steen but I don't have his address.
Any Danish listers maybe?
Martin
DonO wrote:
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
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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
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