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Hi,

The peacock feathers are hard to find. I picked up the neck I saw right away as they aren't common to find. However, petting zoos, and such, often have peacocks. You can find a few feathers...

Hi Ray,

I picked up a peacock skin at a tackle shop (wasn't a whole skin, mostly the neck). I've not seen them for sale very often though. Peacocks have all sorts of great feathers on them...

Hi Fishwid,

That looks good. Pukeko makes for great hackles. I've tied a few spey style salmon flies using it. Produces good movement in the water. Yours looks like it should be a producer. ...

Hi fishwid,

Pukeko would make a great hackle sub, can you post a photo of it? I found a peacock skin in Rotorura at one of the shops there and picked it up. Can't say I've seen them that often...

Thanks for that REE. I agree that a rib of herl would probably not survive more than a few fish at most. Oh, and the version I've seen with the black hackle addition is by Alice Conbra (an...

Hi WarrenP,

I'm sure it will do well for trout for you tied in a size to suit. It's used for brown trout in Scotland, and I would be surprised if rainbows and brookies didn't jump all over it. ...

Hi REE,

Thanks. I picked those up from Davie McPhail. When I started writing it up I had intended to mention that but I left it out of the write up. Also found out that, although this is very...