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.
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.