Had someone ask a question about using bird feathers and that told me I should probably warn you guys that are new to tying about this. Lots of different bird feathers are use in fly tying and even small or large birds, but never and I repeat never pick up a Bald Eagle feather, even off the ground as you can get into way more trouble than you may think.

I would check for that problem with any protected bird and stay away from that. There are probable less then a hand full of people in this entire country that are allowed to pick up an Eagle feather and I don't think any of them tie jigs or flies, LOL!

Just a FYI to hopefully save you some problems.

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