I'd like to speak a bit about this feather. The Jungle Cock. This bird is protected in its wild form, they can no longer be harvested for their feathers. There are some game breeders who are raising them for the feathers.
The nail, that's the bright yellow feather is seen on a great many salmon fly, and streamer fly patterns. And a wonderful dry fly The Jassid, that was created by Mr Vince Marinaro of Pennsylvania. I also believe this feather is a must to finish featherwing streamers.
These are a few streamers I'm sending to Darren for his "Streamers 365" project.
For those who have not checked it out, please do so. Some of the best streamer tyers in the world have streamers represented. A link can be found below.
A gentleman gave me a few bags of these hooks. They are for tying trolling streamers. I have no idea of the manufacturer. I'm going to tie a few trolling streamers and see how they turn out.
Any ideas on the hooks manufacturer?
An Orvis rod I purchased a few years ago. It never came with a hook holder. All this time I assumed that it was made without one on this model. A email to Orvis questioning it being missing, and I was told send it back. They put on a hook keeper and shipped it back, with a container of ferrule lube no charge. A great company.
A few words about this book. If you live in Connecticut and enjoy the outdoors pick one up. Its maps are as detailed as can be, and the highlights of each hike a wonderful.
Detailed maps and highlights.
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I love the jungle cock.... maybe its because my father raised me to know that a jc cape land a quality grizzly cape are two things no fly tyer can go without. At his request, a rod builder named Mike Briganti even put a small nail just above the hook-keeper, complimenting the golden bamboo color perfectly. A great feather, I try to incorporate it into as many dry patterns as possible. For a soft hackle on spider patterns, I don't think it can be beat.
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I've seen several rods with a JC nail placed near the makers name. It's quite classy.
Years ago I bought a batch of old fly tying materials from an estate off eBay. Included was a small amount of Jungle Cock. Beautiful feathers! I like Swamp Yankee's idea of including one in a rod build. That's just class. On another note, Since I only use vintage Orvis reels, I periodically need parts or advice on repairs. Orvis is great for customer service.
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They are a wonderful company. They stand behind there products.
The Junglecock, our local fly camp / club is The Brotherhood of the Junglecock. Great organization for kids into fly fishing.
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That sounds like a wonderful organization.
Besides being a great book for hiking it must be invaluable for finding those "thin blue lines" filled with brookies. Beautiful streamers as always....still waiting on that coffee table book of your streamers!
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It has led to a few good brookie waters.
There gos that book idea again.
As for the hooks i think they are mustad. I have the West Walk book and it is a great book. Now i need a 2 wt to go with me on some of these hikes.
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Mustads, that's possible. I figured you have that edition. TFO 2wt, about 99 bucks.
beutiful flies, i have a JC cape but hardly use it ,they are used a lot on traditional loch flies, must get back to the lochs and put that cape to use.
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I'd like to see a few of those loch flies. Maybe you could post a few on your blog.
Ah the Jassid any trip to a Limestoner without a few in the box is a mistake! Along with the good old fur ant the Jassid can't be beat, from the time the sulphurs end till the cream midges take over the Jassid rules Cumberland Co in my book!
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It's wonderful how certain areas require a specific fly to take fish.
PA. has a great fishing heritage.
Fearing the end of reasonably priced JC, I'm hoping to use valley quail cape as a substitute. My stock went bad on the way back from Idaho last fall. I'll be trying again this year. Need them for steelhead and my beloved Hornberg lake fly.
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JC keeps going up in price, and the quality is not always good.
That Hornberg is a terrific fly.
Great post Alan. That hook is a Mustad B-17. They were made specially (I believe) for a company called B-17 that makes fishing lures. They are a nice sturdy hook. Love the streamers Alan. I've been searching for JC for a while that is domestically bred, but the only one I've ever found was an outfit in the UK. The prices are steeper than Ebay, but much better size, especially for bigger streamers, and most importantly, it's legal, but the CITES will cost about 100 per order. I did chat with the owner a few months back, and he did mention that there was someone in the States who distributed his capes, but I wasn't able to find out who.
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I appreciate the hook ID. I've found decent JC in a few fly shops, but it's getting tight.
Bill, thanks for the info. John only has the loose feathers, the capes are gone.
Streamers 365 is a great site. I visit every day to look at the flies. They are a thing of beauty.
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There some wonderful feather artistry out there.