The Polar Bear post is good stuff. Even though many of us have tied flies for many years, the literature surrounding these laws are very, very confusing....OK, at least to me they are.

If you look through the MBTA for example you'll see species listed that are relatively to very commonly used in fly-tying (Canada Goose, Mallard). Does that mean that the stuff we buy was all obtained through domestication? Or can it be domesticated and/or obtained via legal hunting?

What if Joe Fly Tyer shoots, or obtains from a hunter friend, a nice Drake Mallard during the legal season somewhere in the world. Lops off the wings, ties a dandy Leadwing Coachman and sells that fly? Legal?

If so, why is American Crow and no-no?

Color me confused......