Peacock Eyes - Free

[Panman]

The story: A local rancher has a flock of free ranging peacocks. I picked up a bunch of feathers that were laying around the barns. They are in fair shape with some discoloration from exposure to the sun.


The offer: I will mail the first person who sends me their address via PM an envelope containing 5 peacock eyes. No Charge, etc

I know this ain't much but hopefully somebody can use them.

Tim

[Panman]

Quickly spoken for by K. P. of Colorado.

Tim

[scubatim]

Tim once again you are a good man.

[narcodog]

Those "discolored" feathers are prized by some for soft hackle ties. They are referred to as bronze.

[Steven McGarthwaite]

Sunlight discoloration of Peacock Herl, is how you make Bronze Peacock Herl.

Just bundle some Peacock Herl together, and hang it outdoors, in direct sunlight for a couple of days, or longer. Rotate the bundle so all sides of the bundle achieve a uniform bronze coloration.

I buy my Peacock Herl, either from "Michael's" or "JoAnn Fabric". I inspect the herl, inside the sealed clear packaging, looking for plush thick herl barbs. Better than what I can find at a Fly Shop, and a lot less expensive.

As for the Eye of the Peacock, those are very fragile, but they can also be used as body wraps, for thin body wraps, if the peacock eye bundle is wrapped with some clear fine tippet (8X) material, before wrapping on the hook shank of small hook sizes #16 or smaller).

Parnelli

[maodiver]

I just throw them onto the dashboard of the car for a day or two, flipping them over. works pretty fast.

[kbproctor]

The eyes must have shown up yesterday while I was up at Camp. I can ties lots of flies with those!

Thanks!