Pheasant // Briminator ???
Using my whole Pheasant pelt, I am tying some Brimintors.
My question is in the color of the Pheasant, the recipe and photos seem to indicate that the "fluff" used for the tail will be a dark brown...all my fluff is grey.
Is the coloration just a variable or is the hen always brown in the downy feather area?
I am still going to fish them but just courious and noticed they do call for a hen feather and I don't know enough about pheasants to determine if it as a male or female pelt.
If the grey really bothers you, you could use a Prism marker and darken it. Just a thought......
Warren
Fly fishing and fly tying are two things that I do, and when I am doing them, they are the only 2 things I think about. They clear my mind.
Its a good question. Are the fish hitting the grey Briminators?
I wonder if the brown fluff comes from an artificially dyed pheasant skin?
Uh...do they make brown Kool-Aid (I don't even wanna KNOW what flavor!)?
David Merical
St. Louis, MO
The flavor is root beer....
Warren
Fly fishing and fly tying are two things that I do, and when I am doing them, they are the only 2 things I think about. They clear my mind.
brhoff,
I tie em in whatever color I've got handy, with whatever feathers I can round up. Really doesn't seem to matter much.
I've used grey, brown, lemon woodduck yellow, black ... They all seem to work. The black seems to be extra popular with the fishies in one of the local ponds.
Kirk
So far the Smallmouth, Bluegill, Pumpkin Seeds and Green Sunfish don't care about the color but again, I was just courious.
Great fly, definitly a pattern I'll continue with.
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