DonO wrote: >So is heron the official spey material in those few patterns or was the spey cock? 1. They were both "official" hackle materials, it depended on the pattern. >If the latter is true, was it the 'Silky' rooster that Tom is breeding for the >purpose? 2. Definitely not. Spey cock hackles were very webby, the opposite of what Tom is breeding. >Was heron the original substitute material? (If true, what irony) 3. NO, see 1. > If the spey cock is the original spey material, then Tom's roosters won't be > substitutes, but the real thing, just modernized through genetic engineering. 4. NO, see 2. > When I was sending out spey hackle samples a few years ago, were you a > recipient? 5. I asked, but did not receive. I got some "Spey" hen from Tom, but no cock feathers. I will remedy that.
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