Question for tyers ??

[sandfly]

How many of you Bronze your peacock herl and do you think it makes a difference ??

 

[beadhead2]

My mother bronzed my baby shoes ,but I have not seen peacock herl bronzed

 

[sandfly]

henry when you were here last year you looked right at them..

 

[ryguyfi]

I have never used anything except natural color peacock. I've never died any materials.

 

[Leteras]

Is having bronze peacock hearl like having bronze balls? Haha

 

[JeffK]

I've tried selecting bronze swords, leaving the herl out in the sun, and dying. I don't think it really makes a difference to the fish. Peacock herl seems to be a fish magnet anyway you deal with it.

Not the same opinion for quill bodies. You need to select some nice eyes to get good quills for bodies.

 

[sandfly]

You don not dye them its a natural process that changes them,I am shocked no one knows..

 

[Foxgap239]

Do tell, because now you have me curious.

 

[sandfly]

pm sent

 

[sandfly]

bronze on top normal on bottom;

 

[beadhead2]

Are they mating ?

 

[sandfly]

you still on heavy pain pills henry----LOL--yes mating and soon will produce solid gold herl....

 

[SBecker]

Winnar you found the golden goose.
I have never used bronzed peacock herl, but I have used bronze color peacock Jan Simon dubbing.

 

[Maurice]

I some bronze full peacock feathers (with eye) and I do use them, my sister got them for me at a yard sale years ago. I think they were decorative accents for the home. I have them arranged with some other feathers in an old wine carafe. I just strip off a few at a time when the mood strikes me to use bronze. It works. I use them on Wolly Buggers, picket pinns and the thorax of some generic pheasant tail nymphs.

 

[FrequentTyer]

I tried bronze but I didn't think it had as much color character (a term I just made up) as the "normal" peacock herl. I don't use any dyed herl either. I'm sure they work fine, but I just like the standard stuff.

 

[quillfly]

yes and id rather have regular green herl anyday as i find it gives more contrast ,bronze tends to look kinda brown tan on a hook to me good for sulpher nymphs but not so for pheasent tail throax

 

[shakey]

i do bronze a good deal of peacock by keeping it in a vase with other feathers.some of it turns bronze,some doesn't.

my wife generally keeps hers mixed in a vase with pheasant tail and turkey feathers.she usually uses greenish peacock for her prince nymphs but often uses bronze for the thorax on a PT.

i use bronze if a pattern calls for it ,but don't see any difference in effectiveness.