Brown Owl*
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EmergingFisher
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Re: Brown Owl*
#2That’s a beautiful soft hackle! The partridge feather you chose is a close match to brown owl. Did you bleach it?
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EmergingFisher
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#3Just a bag of brown Hungarian partridge feathers I came across. They are pretty nice
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bamboo rodley
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#4A number of years ago I was making a delivery to Chicago from St Louis. I still had my own business and was delivering a piece of custom furniture. As always was the case I was on a tight deadline. On the highway in the median strip I noticed a large dead bird. It was winter so the weather was cold. I didn’t have time to stop but told my helper I would try to remember to stop on the way back and took notice of the mile marker. By the time I made the delivery and finished the installation it was late in the day so we were driving back in the dark. I almost forgot but when we got close to the mile marker I remembered and pulled off the road. I found the bird and put it in the back of the truck. It turned out to be a very large barred owl. Although it had a plethora of beautiful feathers I was quickly warned by a number of friends that if I was caught with the owl I would get a large fine. So I ended up burying it in the back yard. I remember the wing span was more than three feet and I did have my wife take a picture of me holding it before I buried it but the picture is long gone.
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flyfishermann1955
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waltryan1
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#6It's a well known pattern in NH. https://globalflyfisher.com/patterns/the-brown-owl
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#7These Great Horned Owls drop feathers all Summer in our neighborhood - gone now driven off by their parents - It's mating season for Mom and Dad.
The molted feathers are beautiful, and I'm sure would produce flies fish would admire.
The molted feathers are beautiful, and I'm sure would produce flies fish would admire.
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EmergingFisher
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#8I get a lot of my tying and fishing materials from estate sales. Which leads to interesting finds. One lot of feathers was pretty solid. Got home and pulled out the full skin that was in there to see what it was. Turned out it was an owl. Quickly disposed of, unfortunately.