Well I did it and

my wife finds out she is not going to be happy at all. I ordered my Jungle Cock cape today grade#1 so now what to do with it and jigs. No question these jigs and flies will be fore personal use only most likely anyway.

I am so looking forward to getting this and being able to do a little tying for my self. Maybe I can come up with something that will catch a crappie this spring shallow on a fly rod, now I would like that. Saw a post the other day a young guy caught his personal best on a fly rod and was over 2 pound crappie.

That is kind of inspiring me a bit to try more fly fishing for crappie and gills, maybe a few bass.

I just thinking using a natural feather for eyes is really cool.

Anyway just thought I would share my excitement with you guys and now just worry about how the wife is going to react to that, LOL!

This addiction makes us do some things probably better off not doing at times huh???

Skip

lol got any pics of this stuff skip

If she hasn't killed you or beaten you up or left by now, I think you are
safe. Ha, ha. My wife is so used to it, she just rolls her eyes now and says
"I get one of the jigs!" My wife makes flower creations (hair pieces, corsages
etc) so it's "a horse apiece" and I never ask for flower stuff!!

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by PBUG2009

lol got any pics of this stuff skip

---

Yeah, here is a couple of the one I bought...
Skip
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h1...tos/Home/1.jpg

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h1...e/JCC1cu-1.jpg

some pretty slick looking stuff...

Each one of the spots is a different feather and they use them for eyes on high end fancy flies. SO got some thinking to do when it gets here in a few days. I do want to come up with a jig for them, but probably will mostly go to flies.

Skip

Wow, that is great.........
pricey........found it on the internet
from $60.00 to well over $200.00

going to be some expensive jigs lol

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Bob # 1

Wow, that is great.........
pricey........found it on the internet
from $60.00 to well over $200.00

---

If they are $60 they probably are not while or not good quality. You can find them in the UK for around $150 or so, but here in the good old USA it's hard to find them better stuff for anything less than that. Is one of the birds that had some problems getting them here for a while as I understand it. Oh and forgot to say yes they can cost as much as $250.00 and above.

I got a break and landed a 10% discount and shipping included for about $163 I think it was.

And PBUG2009 that is why I said these will almost be for sure persona; use as not one will be able to find reason to buy something that cost so much. I mean you put one nail on each side and you already got $2 in it, LOL! You can find places that sell something like 10 of the nails for $10.00. So yeah not low cost feathers for sure.

Skip

if you dicide to sell some i want 1.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by skiptomylu

my wife finds out she is not going to be happy at all. I ordered my Jungle Cock cape today grade#1 so now what to do with it and jigs. No question these jigs and flies will be fore personal use only most likely anyway.

I am so looking forward to getting this and being able to do a little tying for my self. Maybe I can come up with something that will catch a crappie this spring shallow on a fly rod, now I would like that. Saw a post the other day a young guy caught his personal best on a fly rod and was over 2 pound crappie.

That is kind of inspiring me a bit to try more fly fishing for crappie and gills, maybe a few bass.

I just thinking using a natural feather for eyes is really cool.

Anyway just thought I would share my excitement with you guys and now just worry about how the wife is going to react to that, LOL!

This addiction makes us do some things probably better off not doing at times huh???

Skip

---

I have never bought jungle cock I bet they will make beautiful jigs skip you'll have to post some pictures when you get some made up.

Know a couple guys who use Jassids for bluegills and crappie.

The jassid - Small mouth - small flies! - Global FlyFisher

Fatman

Interesting Fatman, don't think I have seen that one before.

Here are some pictures of flies tied using Jungle Cock.
"Tying Atlantic Salmon and Spey Flies, Instruction - Streamers Demon, Fly Angler's OnLine "

Skip

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Crappiekiller3

If she hasn't killed you or beaten you up or left by now, I think you are
safe. Ha, ha. My wife is so used to it, she just rolls her eyes now and says
"I get one of the jigs!" My wife makes flower creations (hair pieces, corsages
etc) so it's "a horse apiece" and I never ask for flower stuff!!

---

I had to laugh at that. I just nod my head and tell her how nice they look!:eek::eek:

Pretty sophisticated flies there Skip.I'de hate to get it stuck at the top of a tree,lol.

Yes they are, but I found a fly called Parks Shrimp I find really interesting, but I don't have all the parts yet. I don't have that big hackle what ever it is since I can understand everything he says. Check out the video...

Tying the Parks Shrimp by Davie Mcphail | Hatches Fly Tying Magazine

Skip

Awesome video link, wow thats about all I can say.. Can't wait to see what you come up with Skip

exactly wow

Nice little fly huh? Love this kind of stuff.

Skip

Skip about 35 years ago I was given one. I keep it in its own box. About 10 years ago I found a cedar box to keep it in and put a moth ball in just in case.I have tied three flies off of it. Some day I will pass it along as I am afraid That it is getting to be a collectors piece. My jungle cock neck is about 80 years old now and still in excellent shape. But enjoy yours will be intrested to see what pattern you tie using your neck.

Redman

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Redman

Skip about 35 years ago I was given one. I keep it in its own box. About 10 years ago I found a cedar box to keep it in and put a moth ball in just in case.I have tied three flies off of it. Some day I will pass it along as I am afraid That it is getting to be a collectors piece. My jungle cock neck is about 80 years old now and still in excellent shape. But enjoy yours will be intrested to see what pattern you tie using your neck.

Redman

---

Wow what a story and that is something to hold on too for sure. I just hope to find some good place other than stacked in one of my plastic cabinet drawers with the rest of my capes.

I really would like to try something close to that Parks Shrimp, but would probably need a couple things I may not have exactly like he did. It would help if I could understand that guy all the way through that video, but I just can't understand every thing he says.

It may take some time for me to actually use it after trying to figure out what I want to tie other than that fly.

Skip

If you want to sell it I will be glad to buy it for what you told your wife what it cost.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by ausable riverboat

If you want to sell it I will be glad to buy it for what you told your wife what it cost.

---

If you are talking about mine, that would be no since I have not told here yet and even after I do still it's no as I am keeping this one, LOL!

Skip

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by skiptomylu

Yes they are, but I found a fly called Parks Shrimp I find really interesting, but I don't have all the parts yet. I don't have that big hackle what ever it is since I can understand everything he says. Check out the video...

Tying the Parks Shrimp by Davie Mcphail | Hatches Fly Tying Magazine

Skip

---

Gold oval tinsel
Orange Arctic Fox
Yellow Bucktail
Pearlescent Krystal Flash
Gold Lite Brite (Gold Ice Dub or similar would work)
Black Floss
Yellow Chinese Cock Hackle aka Chinese rooster hackle
Jungle Cock Eyes
Badger (color) hackle dyed orange or regular orange dyed over white would work he said.

That is the list from the video, I wrote it down as he went.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Jubs

Gold oval tinsel
Orange Arctic Fox
Yellow Bucktail
Pearlescent Krystal Flash
Gold Lite Brite (Gold Ice Dub or similar would work)
Black Floss
Yellow Chinese Cock Hackle aka Chinese rooster hackle
Jungle Cock Eyes
Badger (color) hackle dyed orange or regular orange dyed over white would work he said.

That is the list from the video, I wrote it down as he went.

---

Hey thanks a lot as I just couldn't get some of that with that accent. I appreciate you taking the time to do that. Really Nice!

Skip

Yes our English cousins are sometimes hard to understand. But then again sometimes I have a hard time understanding the Cajuns who live around here. But they tell me every once in a while to stop talking Yankee they don't know what I am talking about.LOL

Redman

Always wondered what those eyes were made from. No idea they cost that much. Cool deal, be sure to post pictures of any jigs and flies!