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[Fly Tyer]

Hello guys,

I am wondering if anyone knows a decent shop in Canada that sells inexpensive pheasant tails? My fly shop doesnt carry any and i think they run over $3 a feather.

How do clumps work out? are they a better product then the individual feathers?

thanks everyone

[fishaholic69]

I got mine at the local craft store

[DDRRedneck500]

at the michaels around here i can get to tail feathers of either ringneck or lady amherst for about 4 dollars. might bewise to check youre local craft stores

[Fly Tyer]

Thanks a lot!! I didnt think of that. Ill head over there today.

Thanks again!

[chris from canada]

Yup!

Try here; ami du moucheur

chris

[jmeyerc]

You could always try eBay too - from what I've heard you get some real bargains from them........ just a thought

Jeanne

[DG]

I'd talk to Gnu Bee. I think he might have one or two extras.

[Mike_D]

Ebay ... good deals on some good feathers.

Florists ... they sometimes use PTs in bouquets. Buy your significant-other some flowers, and remove the PTs before the bouquet ends up in the trash. Kill two birds with one stone.

Mike D.
http://battenkill.tripod.com

[gobrock]

flies4fishing.com

[Gnu Bee Flyer]

I bid on two lots of feathers on ebay. I won one lot of 100 and when the package came it had 300 in it with a note from the guy saying that he sold so many he got the orders mixed up so he sent everyone 300. It cost me $3.56 to win the auction and 5 bux canadian for the shipping , arrived in 10 days. The feathers were in good shape and man what a bargain.

I also got 8 clumps for $4.00 with shipping $8.00 some of the best feathers I have seen. Arrived from South Dakota in about 2 weeks.

Both lots came from different pheasant farms. they are not wild and I am isolating them in zip locks with moth balls to kill any bugs.

I, like you, found $3.95 for a single feather to be a bit much.

Had no trouble with customs at all.
( that was your next question wasn't it? ) send me your address in a pm and I'll send you a clump.

Got your PM. Feathers will be winging their way eastward shortly.

DG thanks for the heads up.