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Where on the partridge skin do I find the flank tip?

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Hi... I'm trying to tie a Spent Caddis fly which calls for a blond hen pheasant flank tip for the wings. Where do I find that particular feather? or substitute?

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The blond feathers are forward on the flanks, or the tips of the "church window" flank feathers further back.

 

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You could use a ginger or sulphur Whiting hen cape.

 

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