Badger & Woodduck

[Gandolf]

Hi Hans,

The body does look great and very buggy, as you pointed out above. I assume that the barbs are wrapped on a pheasant tail is wrapped. Is this correct?

Also, is the woodcock you are tying with the European woodcock?

Thanks and regards,

Gandolf

[Hans Weilenmann]

Hi Hans,

The body does look great and very buggy, as you pointed out above. I assume that the barbs are wrapped on a pheasant tail is wrapped. Is this correct?

Also, is the woodcock you are tying with the European woodcock?

Thanks and regards,

Gandolf

Hi Gandalf,

I have wrapped the woodduck flank barbs the same way one wraps PT barbs on a PT nymph, correct.

This pattern has woodduck, as per the recipe. Those pattern where I use Woodcock it is more than likely Eurasian Woodcock, Scolopax rusticola (large Eurasian range). That said, I understand that all 7 species of woodcock share a close resemblance in coloration and size, so who knows for certain?

Cheers,
Hans W

[AlanB]

If you would like guaranteed European woodcock Hans there is something of a population explosion here, friends who shoot have given me about 7 pairs of wings recently. The woodcock, according to Steve Cooper, is the most difficult of game birds to skin. My skills are just not up to doing them. I don't do anywhere near enough. That means you are limited to wings, as many as you want. The season is coming around again soon and I still have most of the ones from last season.

Cheers,
A.

[Hans Weilenmann]

That means you are limited to wings, as many as you want.

Alan,

Email sent.

Cheers,
Hans W

[Gandolf]

Hi All,

I looked at some photos on the web, putting in the scientific name that Hans listed in his post above, for the search. The birds look very much like the photos of woodcock from here in the US.

The link is as follows: http://images.search.yahoo.com/searc...opax+rusticola

The birds look like the feather would be very good for soft hackles. I am not sure whether I have any woodcock feathers, but am thinking that I do have some. Now I have to go look!

Pretty cool.

Thanks again for the post Hans.

Thanks and regards,

Gandolf

[Uncle Jesse]

I am not sure whether I have any woodcock feathers, but am thinking that I do have some. Now I have to go look!

Gandolf, go out in the west Texas country side and ask one of the local country boys to help you catch a snipe. They are pretty much the same as a woodcock. Snipe like marshy areas, that may be a challenger for you around Borger.

[quivira kid]

A west Texas snipe hunt will probably land you alone and without any tying materials! Hahaha