The aftershart feathers can vary from location to location on a bird, from bird to bird of same species, and between sub-species ( a ring-neck pheas. vs a silver pheas.), and between species (a pheas. vs a partridge).
I checked about 6 pelts last night, and plucked a large variety of aftershafts from different birds. All had weak shafts, and would require reinforcing when tying in. What about a flyswap FEATURING aftershaft feathers? Who wants to meister it? I'll be #1 joiner. Let's have no more that 15, OK? DonO > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "mark romero" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 10:01 PM > Subject: Re: [VFB] Aftershaft feathers > > > > Yeah, i've heard this one for years ........Don, for instance. You know > that > > little tiny thing at the base of a Golden Pheasent Creast feather? Which > is > > that?............. mark > > > > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Reply-To: <[email protected]> > > >To: <[email protected]> > > >Subject: Re: [VFB] Aftershaft feathers > > >Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 04:08:00 +0000 > > > > > >I was waiting for that. That is one of those things that always starts a > > >debate. > > > > > >john > > > > > >"DonO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > >Dean, > > > >Hate to contradict, but the filoplume is a hairlike follicle between > > >feathers, not an aftershaft. > > > > > > > >DonO > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: Dean Larson > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 5:22 PM > > > > Subject: Re: [VFB] Aftershaft feathers > > > > > > > > > > > > Wes > > > > After shaft is also called filo flume. > > > > Dean > > > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > In a message dated 2/16/2005 7:49:34 PM Eastern Standard Time, > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > > > > > > > > > No other possibilities?? > > > > > > > > Wes > > > > > > > > > > > > Do you have any other phesant? they all have about the same type of > > >feathers. Try a Golden, or a Silver, or even an Ameherst(sp) > > > > Del > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > > > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > > > > >
