Who says you can't use blue heron in the US?

[Bugsy 0]

This should extinguish any doubt we have about tying with heron. I mean, if heron feathers truly were illegal to possess in the US, this tyer wouldn't have made this video, right?

 

[SilverCreek 0]

Yoiu better have documentation that the feathers are legal. You have to prove they are legal since the default position is that they are illegal to possess without documents.

 

http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1997-05-03/news/9705020593_1_blue-heron-wading-birds-feathers

[Dave G. 0]

This should extinguish any doubt we have about tying with heron. I mean, if heron feathers truly were illegal to possess in the US, this tyer wouldn't have made this video, right?

 

 

A few things were clear to me in that video but none stood out as much as the fact the guy needs to sharpen his scissors.

[flytire 0]

apparently mr burkholder is ignorant of federal laws

 

https://www.fws.gov/birds/management/managed-species/migratory-bird-treaty-act-protected-species.php

 

just because he used it in a tying video doesnt make it LEGAL to use

[Bruce M 0]

Strange, he made his Nor vise into a conventional rotary vise.

I had to go to the Nor vise website to see if that is an option or just something he made.

 

Anyway back on topic, seems as though he likes to help the police and prosecutors, he has a video taped confession all delivered at the departments disposal, not real bright IMO, unless he for some reason has the proper permissions to posses them.

 

There was another thread about Gull feathers. If I were to pick up a gull feather, Heron feather or whatever you find, I certainly wouldn't be advertising it on the internet.

 

I think it might be cool to tie something with an exotic feather at some point but I wouldn't make a habit of it, I think with today's sourcing options you could easily come up with an alternative that is legal.

[Poopdeck 0]

Couple things come to my mind while watching that: watching paint dry and grass grow. That guy needs a couple red bulls.

[Cold 0]

So...to determine what the laws say...we're to trust a fly tying youtube video over, you know...what the laws say?

[Dave G. 0]

Couple things come to my mind while watching that: watching paint dry and grass grow. That guy needs a couple red bulls.

Listen, he needs to sharpen his scissors lol.

[mikechell 0]

Alright !!!!!

I am going to make a bunch of videos, now !!!!

"Tying with Bald Eagle feathers"

"Tying with Cardinal feathers"

"Tying with Elephant eyelashes"

"How to get enough Bluebird Down to make your own pillows!"

 

That will make all those things legal, right?

[rstaight 0]

Mike,

 

You forgot nymphs out of Red Tailed Hawk!

[mikechell 0]

"Great Horned Howl Soft hackles"

[agn54 0]

Alright !!!!!

 

I am going to make a bunch of videos, now !!!!

 

"Tying with Bald Eagle feathers"

"Tying with Cardinal feathers"

"Tying with Elephant eyelashes"

"How to get enough Bluebird Down to make your own pillows!"

 

That will make all those things legal, right?

They banned elephant eyelashes? Now what am I going to use for feelers on my shrimp patterns? I guess panda toenail shavings it is then

[Gene L 0]

Spotted owl Adams.

[Jokey 0]

 

"Tying with Elephant eyelashes"

 

 

Would that be Indian Elephant or African Elephant lashes? The feds....er.....a friend wants to know.

 

J

[mikechell 0]

"Koala Zonker Strip Streamers"