help: feather identification

[bbaley 0]

Hi all,

I need help confirming what this.

I have just a few of them

 

I think they are Emu - but they are much more sparse and "spindly" than other Emu feathers I have seen.

If they are I am not sure what type of feather.

 

You can see what they look like used as a sparse hackle / legs on the flies in the picture.

 

But I would like to find more if you know what to call them !

 

I can find lots of Emu feathers on the rack and online - but not this particular type.

 

Anyway thanks for any ideas or info !

[mikechell 0]

Looks more like Rhea Feathers. But those are sparse even for Rhea.

[Prybis 0]

Could it be a burnt peacock sword feather?

[Yeti 0]

my guess would be emu.

[Philly 0]

I would go with emu. A friend on an e-mail fly fishing list sent a bunch of us large bags of emu feathers after one walked into his car and some of the ones I have left are a dead on match to those in the picture. I used them to tie nymphs, emergers and duns.

[munky 0]

Pretty sure it's emu. They are attached at the bottom correct? I have some in my collection somewhere, but I never found them too useful for any patterns I tie.

[Cold 0]

Emu without a doubt.

 

I have em in natural, black, burnt orange, and olive.

 

Yours look like they're either bigger feathers or cooked more than the ones I have, which have the sparse, stiff 'barbs' like a hackle near the base, but extremely "fluffy" and flexible tips that are outstanding as legs/gills on large nymphs.