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Bazzer69

Anyone know what bird this is?

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Strip fibers from stem to use and every single feather can be used, that still doesn't make it worth more than five bucks.

Really the only feather on a golden that I use is the tippets. The colors are such that one wants the whole bird just to have tho.

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Golden pheasant can be used in spey flies, some patterns call for it but if you free-style, it can be used as a substitute. Mrs. Simpson uses ring necked pheasant but again, you could make a nice variant with those. Fly Fish Ohio has a Chili Pepper (I think that's what it's called) that uses the red.

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If you search up Irish shrimp flies, the tail is nearly always wound golden pheasant breast feather.  It gives a very lifelike pulsating movement in the water.  One of my examples below.  I have caught more salmon on this style of fly than all others put together.

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