Quote Originally Posted by skeetbum View Post
I've worked with some of the guinea but the rest are stuff I just look at and haven't tried. Yet. Haven't been home long but can't drag out the vise, just don't have the steam. Maybe tomorrow. I'll probably tie some of the bucktails I just bought. Still getting the hang of that. Really nice work, as always. The Chukar look real good. Golden pheasant are definitely pricey.
Well unless you tie flies and especially soft hackle flies the Chukar get high too because these feathers are only under each wing and not in numbers that make it reasonable to buy the entire bird just for them, but I do, LOL! Plus lot of time your quality is not AAA for sure and if they are the cost is just too much for just these feathers. Low grade skins coat $9 -$10 a best ( I am paying that for 8 skins at a time) and better ones cost from about $15-$20.

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