salmobytes 0 Report post Posted May 16, 2011 The following streamer has an eye-spot made with an unknown and unidentified feather I found in my boxes (this is a small feather tied on top of Silver Pheasant feather). What similar eye-spot feathers are legally available? Jungle cock is available, but prohibitively expensive. What legal feathers have an eye-like spot? Guinea Fowl has too many spots. I'm wondering about single spot feathers......which probably don't exist. I just thought I'd ask. You never know what you don't know, even when you know it. ....that's a Bankrobber, for what it's worth. The weight (solid wire solder) is on the bottom of a curved hopper hook--so the hook rides up. The front-protruding solder encounters rocks or branches before the fly itself, which causes the hook to tip up as it jumps over the branch, un-snagged. You can cast a Bankrobber right into a log jamb and nearly always get it back again. I developed the Bankrobber when my wife was first learning how to cast. It not only catches fish--it saved my marriage. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytire 0 Report post Posted May 17, 2011 looks like a silver pheasant feather doctored up with a marker Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bluegill576 0 Report post Posted May 17, 2011 Ya that does look like the dot could have been drawn on with a marker, but hey the fish don't know that. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SBP 0 Report post Posted May 17, 2011 The following streamer has an eye-spot made with an unknown and unidentified feather I found in my boxes. What similar eye-spot feathers are legally available? Jungle cock is available, but prohibitively expensive. What legal feathers have an eye-like spot? Guinea Fowl has too many spots. I'm wondering about single spot feathers......which probably don't exist. I just thought I'd ask. You never know what you don't know, even when you know it. ....that's a Bankrobber, for what it's worth. The weight (solid wire solder) is on the bottom of a curved hopper hook--so the hook rides up. The front-protruding solder encounters rocks or branches before the fly itself, which causes the hook to tip up as it jumps over the branch, un-snagged. You can cast a Bankrobber right into a log jamb and nearly always get it back again. I developed the Bankrobber when my wife was first learning how to cast. It not only catches fish--it saved my marriage. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SBP 0 Report post Posted May 17, 2011 A tragopan feather has an eye. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FrequentTyer 0 Report post Posted May 17, 2011 I have read that starling can be used as a jungle cock substitute. I can't recall if it is winter or summer plumage, but one of those has feathers with contrasting points. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
perchjerker 0 Report post Posted May 17, 2011 The other feather that has an 'eye-spot' is the neck/breast feather of a male Mearn's quail. These are white spots on black feathers. They are legal, but extremely difficult to find. None of the feathers mentioned will produce the eye and such a large part of the body as the depicted pheasant feather. These feathers are readily available as are black Pantone Pens. The technique used on this fly appears to be the most practical, and least expensive, way to replicate this fly, assuming this is what your intent is. perchjerker Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hkelly 0 Report post Posted May 27, 2011 I'm pretty sure that small black feather with a gold tip is a starling feather, the starling skins are legal and cheap. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytyer166 0 Report post Posted May 27, 2011 The black "eye on the fly is not part of the lightly barred feather that acts as a "cheek". the brown/black Eye feather looks like something off the neck-head area of a reingneck pheasant. thats my two cents Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JSzymczyk 0 Report post Posted May 27, 2011 The cheek feather is Silver Pheasant, and the eye appears to me to be starling! What you are looking at are two feathers, not one. Why are the peacock herls tied in backwards? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytire 0 Report post Posted May 28, 2011 looks like he change the original photo that was posted which was obviously marked with a marker to this one shown above it does appear to be a starling feather on the latest photo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flytyer14 0 Report post Posted May 28, 2011 They are both the same photo....It's starling winter plumage that would work. Tropogan is more expensive than JC! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Old Hat 0 Report post Posted May 28, 2011 Definitely starling for the eye spot. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
streamcaddis 0 Report post Posted May 28, 2011 It looks to me like a peace of turkey tail trimmed. But then it could have been done with a marker. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
letumgo 0 Report post Posted May 28, 2011 Here is an article I wrote showing "How to turn a Partridge Feather into a Jungle Cock Eye". Hope you find this useful. Making Your Own Jungle Cock Eyes Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites