Dalmatian Trude

[fishinwrench]

43 minutes ago, ColdWaterFshr said:

Hold on now, mr. fly inventor man.  Change the name to Royal CoachHump Caddis.🤣

It's a Royal CoachHump Caddis VARIANT 👍

[fishinwrench]

1 hour ago, Flysmallie said:

That would require a trip to the flyshop and that ain't happening. They probably only have one of them anyway. 

IKR🙄. I had to order more Amhurst tippets from California.....and they're backordered.  

Piper wants to just use white hackle fibers and tip them with a black Sharpie marker.      Blasphemy!   I shall NOT! 

[snagged in outlet 3]

1 hour ago, fishinwrench said:

IKR🙄. I had to order more Amhurst tippets from California.....and they're backordered.  

Piper wants to just use white hackle fibers and tip them with a black Sharpie marker.      Blasphemy!   I shall NOT! 

Might be able to use the long hackles from a grizzly....

[fishinwrench]

13 minutes ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

Might be able to use the long hackles from a grizzly....

I'm sure lots of things COULD be used.   But as well as that fly pattern treated us..... I'm personally not changing a single thing.    

I have 5 of them (4 #14's and 1 #16) left in my box, I'll pamper those until I can get my hands on more Amhurst tippets. 

I have one little sliver left.  Priceless!!! 

[FishnDave]

Glad that fly works so good for you!

I used to have an entire Amherst pelt.  skin?  I originally bought it to use those feathers as cheeks on shad-imitation streamers.  Ended up not using very many feathers, and eventually sold the skin to somebody else.

[fshndoug]

I bet I could get almost anything I wanted from Wrench if I could come up with one of those Pheasants. Might go to the zoo this week and shop.

 

[fishinwrench]

Where does one go to harvest an Amhurst Pheasant ? 

Technically they are called "LADY Amhurst pheasant tippets".   Does that mean that it has to come from a hen?    

I don't even know where, when, or why, I got the few feathers that I had.   I've never used them in anything else before.   

[Johnsfolly]

3 hours ago, fishinwrench said:

Where does one go to harvest an Amhurst Pheasant ? 

Technically they are called "LADY Amhurst pheasant tippets".   Does that mean that it has to come from a hen?    

I don't even know where, when, or why, I got the few feathers that I had.   I've never used them in anything else before.   

It seems that Lady Amhurst was the first to bring these birds from Asia for her estate in England back in 1800s. Feathers are coming from the male bird.

There was a guy in Columbia that raised these and the golden pheasants.

[jdmidwest]

Poultry swaps would be a good place.  One every 2 nd Sat at local sale barn.  Dad kept pheasants around the farm, and a pair of peacocks.  There were std pheasants, Amhurst, and Golden.  The male peacock dropped it's tail feathers all over and I would stick them in a vase for later use.

Banty roosters made for fair hackle too.  They were in coops and easy to catch.

Local cemetery kept birds in a display at the entrance, usually pheasant and peacocks.  I know some that used that as a source of material for flies.

[kjackson]

If you really want some tippets:  http://www.anglersworkshop.com/Lady-Amherst-Crest-and-Tippets  Apparently the necks are in stock..