FLY TYING CHALLENGE: HOBBY LOBBY FEATHER PICK

February 1, 2022

    

This is a $2.99 “feather pick” from H-L.

It’s just a few bunches of dyed feathers affixed to a steel wire, "pick."

It is used in floral decor, as far as I know.

But, it has feathers, so……. The Challenge The aim here is to purchase one of these at random, break it down to its component parts, and make as many different flies from it as one can think of.

Here you an see it disassembled, and this is what you get (L to R)

• Pheasant Tail
• 1/16” paper-wrapped steel wire
• Large, scruffy saddle feathers
• Marabout fluff still attached to the feathers
• Raggedy, mixed schlappen
• Waste (at top, right)

Common, non-feather materials may be used in the challenge, but each fly MUST use some part, or all, of the feather pick elements.

Any kind of fly is allowed in the challenge - nymph, streamer, popper, etc.

More to come. Stay Tuned. Thanks for reading and, Tight lines

David

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