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Hi guys,

 

a couple of buzzers that I tied with condor substitute.

Hope you like them smile.png

 

buzzer-emerger-2-tied-by-Lucian-Vasies.j

buzzer-emerger-1-tied-by-Lucian-Vasies.j

 

I love this material and I used staring a few years ago on nymphs, wet and dry flies. For me looks great especially on buzzers like these ones

 

best,

Lucian

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No, with goose biots you cannot tye on hook size #12 and #10. ore than that are not so wide and not so resistant.

These are condor substitutes from Mouche Devaux France:

condor1.jpg

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Yup, sure looks like turkey to me as well, FB. I wonder how much extra they charge when they call it "condor substitute"? Same colors are readily available from Hareline or my favorite, Nature's Spirit. Seems like an awful lot of effort for a chironomid pattern, but nice tie, regardless.

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VERY Nice flies. Nice lighting in your photos. I seem to remember that when I started tying you could still buy condor. Was it still legal in the 60's?

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Probably Troutguy. Most of the endangered species stuff started coming in the late 60's early 70's. I started in the mid-70's and I vaguely remember that you could get some legacy condor but it was rare and expensive. Do you remember the shop in California, Buzzes I think it was called? They used to have some exotic materials that you can no longer get or even posses in some cases. I still remember debating whether to order the silver monkey hair for some streamers.

 

Steve

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I think I may have bought a feather from the Darbees in NY. Did it look like the brown wing of a peacock? The wing of a peacock or peafowlhas a great biot too.

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They look similar because are feathers but I'm sure that these feathers are not from turkey or goose. These are more wide in barbs and more resistant. Tying time for a fly like this one is around 3 min. A very easy to tie type of fly

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you can achieve the same effect with 1 strand of turkey tail, pheasant tail, goose wing fiber etc

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Lucian.

 

I always love your flies and photographt; both are visual treats. These buzzers are the same, beautiful. I enjoy tying biots; the effect is neat and effective.

 

Thanks again!!

 

Ray

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