Don, i'm gettin' on that list too. Thankx for the idea. mark.....
From: Jeff Frye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [VFB] Meet Fred the Chicken- tier or frier? Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 13:17:30 -0700 (PDT)
I have seen Don's cree rooster and it is spectacular as roosters go.
--- DonO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Murph and all, > > I have one of those 'Fred's (Barney), and you could > pluck feathers for years > of personal flies to be fished and Fred would not > even miss them. The fly > yield is so great from that saddle it would take > years to deplete it even if > you were a professional tier. I'm serious. If > you've never seen a > high-gold or platinum saddle, you can't imagine the > fly count a whole cape > would tie up. (That's why the co-op swap is such a > good idea.) > > BTW, if you did purchase Fred and used the neck and > saddle hackles to tie > with, you would be getting a gold cree neck and a > gold+ cree saddle, plus > all of the other body feathers for woolies and soft > hackles, plus the tail > schlappen, all for the same price. Having the bird > there is a great way to > organize all the hackles, too- right there for the > plucking. That bird is a > great deal for a tier, and you would pay as much if > you bought all of the > feathers in bags- IF you could ever find them. > You'd just have to live with > that half-naked rooster staring at you. I have no > financial interest here, > it's just a good deal any way you used him. > This is probably your best chance to get great cree > hackles for tying, even > if you don't want the stuffed bird. > > I'm on the waiting list for another mount- A Coq > de'Leon rooster, which will > have speckled saddle feathers 8" to 10" long. Just > waiting for him to grow > up. > > DonO > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, October 15, 2004 7:41 AM > Subject: Re: [VFB] Meet Fred the Chicken > > > In a message dated 10/15/2004 10:16:28 AM, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Fred is a genuine Whiting Farms brood stock rooster. > The best of the > best! He is a much sought after Cree of the highest > grade we've ever > seen. > Shucks Byard, all I'd do is ruin poor Fred. When I > look at him, all I see > are piles of Adams, Woolybuggers and a myriad of > tiny dry flys filling up my > boxes. I'd bet you could tie enough flys from ole > Fred worth triple his > cost. He is handsome though. Why not get Fred a hen > so I could tie some > wets and emergers while I'm defiling him? > > Now I know you've been contemplating parting with > dear Fred for a while but > folks like me don't appreciate such art but think > only of how many thousand > flys he'd produce. My mind thinks of how tough he > must have been after > simmerin a while ... but Lord a mercy, those > hackles! > > BTW, how did you get Dr. Tom to part with such a > beauty? Which came first, > DonO or the egg? > > pluckin, duckin & runnin, > > Murf (obsessive-compulsive hackle plucker) > > >
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