Bird Skins and Feathers
 

No other material is as tied to the traditions and creativity of fly tying than the natural bird skin.

From the Monks of yesteryear to the Troutbums of today, natural feathers have been used to imitate everything from wings and tails to legs and gills. We spend much of the off season hunting throughout the West to bring you the widest, most varied selection of natural bird skins found anywhere.

 
 
Bobwhite Quail $ 9.99
These quail are widely known throughout North America. Very few bird skins offer as wide a range of color combinations and feather sizes as the Bobwhite. The possibilities for soft hackles, caddis, and emergers are endless.
 
CDC Pro Pack $ 9.99
For the Pro Tyer who needs mass quantity.
 
CDC Tufts $ 2.50
These small soft tufts are great for dries and emergers.
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Corturnix Quail $ 6.99
These seldom seen quail comes to us from the south. Check out the small feathers with beautiful shades of gold, tan, and brown. Perfect for small soft hackles and caddis emergers.
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Natural and Dyed Pheasant Tails $ 4.99
A staple on every fly tiers desk, the pheasant tail has more uses than most contemporary fly tying materials. These are full tail clumps full mature birds. Custom Dyed.
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Ewing Hackle $ 29.99
For years, we have struggled to find nice, large dry fly hackle for Drakes and other large flies. These saddles are perfect for big flies, #8 - #14. Each feather is long and wide with a stiff barb.
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Golden Pheasant Tippet $ 4.99
Classic tailing material for Trudes and Coachmens. Class up all of your standard dry flies. Currently out of stock.
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Hebert Cranefly 1/2 Cape $ 22.00
The cream colored 1/2 capes from Whiting's Hebert Miner strain are perfect for tying the big wings on our New ICU Cranefly. The long stiff barbules will keep even the largest of dry flies afloat. These are 1/2 capes in cream.
 
Hungarian Partridge Skins $ 25.99
There is no question this bird is as valuable to the fly tier as anything that flies. The feathers come in shades of brown and gray, are finely speckled, wrap like a dream, come in a nice range of sizes, and can be used on dry or wet patterns.
 
Mallard Flank Feathers $ 2.00
Good tailing material. Used on small nymphs such as the WD40. Available in a wide range of colors.
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Marabou $ 2.00
Marabou has a limitless number of uses, and the marabou we offer is the high quality, strung blood feathers lots of fluff, little stern that is so easy to use and so effective.
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Midge Saddles $ 44.00
Direct from our friends at Whiting, these are the finest saddles that we have ever carried. Midge saddles are the result of many years of genetic breeding. 80% of the feathers measure out at size 18 and smaller.
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Whiting Oecetis Saddle $ 48.00
These Barred Medium Ginger Saddles from Whiting are the perfect hackle for the deadly Oecetis Crippled Caddis. Available in Silver grade, this is also the closest replacement we've been able to find for cree.
 
Ostrich Herl $ 3.50
These are the magnum plumes!
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Premium Peacock Herl $ 3.99
As most tiers know, good peacock herl has been extremely difficult to come by the last several years. We have finally garnered a supply of some nice stuff the best strung herl we've had in a couple years. This is longer and fuller peacock than we have bee
 
Pheasant Skins $ 9.99
We spend countless hours chasing these hearty birds around eastern Montana every fall. It is tough work, but someone has to do it. Pheasants provide more feathers for more patterns than any other skin.
 
Premium CDC $ 3.50
This is THE CDC for Sparkle Duns
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Ruffed Grouse $ 14.99
The western Ruffy has always been a favorite of ours here at Blue Ribbon. We have used many of the different feathers for a wide variety of patterns. The wing feathers make great tails on stonefly nymphs, with richly mottled back and neck feathers.
 
Sharptail Grouse $ 14.99
The substitute for the elusive Golden Plover. These prairie grouse are a favorite of ours for sculpins, crayfish, and salt water shrimp. Currently out of stock.
 
Speckled Hen Backs $ 4.99
For years we sold these hen backs here, then lost our source. Now they're back again! These are hen saddle patches and the feathers are super for use as nymph hackle (as on Princes), hopper wings, small Matukas, soft hackle wet flies and egg-laying caddis
 
Prime Starling Skins $ 7.99
A remnant from centuries old British soft hackle recipes, the starling skin is as important today as it was 200 years ago. The iridescent feathers are useful on any number of patterns from peacock and starling soft hackles to beetle and ant imitations.
 
Turkey Biots $ 2.50
Many tiers have asked what material is used to make quill bodies on small (size 12 and under) trout files. This is the material. Longer and easier to use than the old goose biots, they make nice bodies for emergers, spinners, and slender nymphs.
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Turkey Flats $ 2.50
These are the feathers needed for tying thorax duns.
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Whiting Neck and Saddles $ .00
The preeminent leader in genetic hackle, the Whiting name has enjoyed its place at the top of the hackle game for years.
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Woodduck Flank Feathers $ 2.99
Great natural mottled tailing material. Looks great on Baetis nymphs.
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Wooly Bugger Marabou $ 2.99
This is the choicest marabou available. Super fluffy, short plumes that are superb for wooly bugger tails, leeches, etc. It is the finest marabou we have ever seen, bar none. Try some to see what quality is.
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Flies Tied with Feathers
Check out these great BRF patterns featuring natural features.
 

Famous Materials
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What To Do With A Pheasant Skin
Click here for an in depth discussion of the many uses of a pheasant skin by Jack Gartside.
 



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