Jan - Feb 2009 Trout Line Newsletter, Tualatin Valley Trout Unlimited
Jan - Feb 2009 Trout Line Newsletter, Tualatin Valley Trout Unlimited
Jan - Feb 2009 Trout Line Newsletter, Tualatin Valley Trout Unlimited
P R E SI D E N T ’ S C O L U M N RO BE RT BE RNA RD
Where Have We Been? Where Are We Going? Mount Hood National Forest.
3. Kids (and parents) Fly fishing Camp: Clackamas River TU
The last twelve months were dynamic for our chapter, the Ore is the lead chapter on this project. We assisted 12 kids and a
gon TU council and our TU home office. I expect 2009 to be nearly like number of adults learn basics of fly fishing, including
equally vibrant. Here are a few reminders of our various ac all the challenges and fun.
complishments and thoughts on goals for 2009. 4. Project Healing Waters: We have entered into a relationship
Tualatin Valley2008 with this program to bring fly fishing opportunities to disabled
1. Bylaws: These serve as a blueprint and guiding principles. veterans. See the article in this issue on those activities.
We adopted chapter bylaws 5. Fishing Outings were fun and educational at all twelve outings
2. Conservation expanded—Efforts outlined below. held. We made new friends, experienced new waters, learned
A. Necanicum River Watershed: This is an 85 square mile from one another, camped in peaceful surroundings, ate excellent
area. Led by our chapter, TU members embarked on a major food all while cherishing being outdoors and on the water. These
habitat restoration and protection initiative targeted at streams outings are a combined venture of our chapter and the Clackamas
hosting Coho and chum salmon, searun cutts, steelhead, and River chapter.
lamprey. We selected this watershed as a focus project as a long 6. Conservation, Efficiencies and Economics: Beginning with
term watershed initiative. Now just over a year old, this initia this newsletter, the chapter moved to electronic distribution of our
tive established partnerships with over a dozen groups, state newsletter and other pertinent information. We are joining the
and federal agencies, timber companies and local landowners, 50% of all TU chapters nationwide using electronic distributions.
and has habitat projects underway or completed at two major We will be the fourth of the five TU chapters in Oregon. This will
sites. (See article on page 4) allow us to reduce our environmental footprint, better use people
1. We’ve worked twice in restoring Thompson Creek. Our 5k time, while reallocating the nearly ½ of our budget formerly spent
grant, given to the chapter, allowed for planting, etc. We have a on a newsletter to aspects such as conservation and youth educa
second 5K grant under consideration. tion.
2. TU secured a grant for barrier culvert removal on Mulligan Tualatin Valley2009
Creek. The culvert nearly eliminated fish passage. We replaced 1. Conservation
it with a half culvert thereby allowing fish passage. A jointly A. Necanicum River Watershed:
funded $80,000 project paid fully by American Rivers NOAA 1. Thompson Creek will continue as one of our focus points as we
grants and matching funds from Weyerhaeuser Company al continue with our restoration ef
lowed this reconnecting. forts.
B. Metolius River Preserve: In a joint effort with the Clacka 2 We have applied for an Embrace
mas Chapter, on Lake Creek we removed a walkway and path AStream grant administered
that had blocked fish passage. To help restore this area, we through our national organization.
planted 1,500 bushes, ground cover and flowers. This was our Our effort would reconnect verte
eighth restoration effort in this area, over the last five years. brates going from the Necanicum
C. Steelhead Reintroduction: Near Prineville, we helped rein River into Circle Creek. That
troduce 800,000 steelhead fry into Wychus and McKay creeks would happen by removing an im
and Crooked River subbasin. mense barrier, replace that barrier
D. Wild Salmon: We represented TU at efforts encouraging with a bridge and restore vegetation.
people to eat wild salmon and stopping construction of what We’ve asked for the maximum
would be the world’s largest open pit mine. That mine would money donation established, i.e.,
ruin the world’s largest commercial Pacific salmon fishery. $10,000 matched by $42,000 via in
E. National Forest Service: Met with representatives concern kind and cash contributions.
ing their interest in TU helping with conservation projects in (continued on next page)
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Where Have We Been? Where Are We Going? Continued from Page 1
3. Oregon Division of Fish and Wildlife has proposed that we Agreement to support this program in Portland/Vancouver.
help in restoring the north fork of Circle Creek into a free 4. Fishing Outings: Continue while expanding participation.
flowing stream. 5. Involvement:
4. We will enhance vertebrate passage by replacing two con A. Add more participation at conservation projects.
crete channels with fish friendly alternatives. B. Involve children and females in learning about TU, fishing and
B. Metolius River Preserve: We will assist as requested by the conservation.
Deschutes River Land Trust. C. Recruit members into TU and this chapter.
C. Mount Hood National Park: We are awaiting a request D. Educate members on TU’s goals and internal information
from National Forest Service to continue on this project. available to us.
D. Other locations/opportunities as they arise E. Inform our members of our nationwide strategic plan, with
2. Kids fishing camp: Continue involvement with Clackamas emphasis on Oregon and Washington projects.
TU’s while instigating our own program. F. Adjust our fiscal base to allow funding of conservation projects
3. Project Healing Waters: Complete Memorandum of and chapter functions.
Chapter Submits Funding Proposal for Reconnecting by: Robert Bernard
Our Trout Unlimited guiding principle is conservation. This funding via EmbraceAStream$10,000. This $10k will pay for
principle has four segments: Protect, Reconnect, Restore and some of the materials and labor to the firm doing most of the
Sustain. To help chapters meet this principle, TU, since 1975, project. The remaining $32,000 budget comes in the form of
has awarded $3.7 million dollars in grants to chapters around the match. Our chapter cash share is $500; the golf course cash
country. Cash awards go for eligible coldwater fisheries conser match share is $14,000. Inkind match comes from the firm do
vation projects. The funding mechanism is through a program ing the project by donating the 70’ bridge, assorted materials and
called EmbraceAStream. Program funding comes from three labor. Our chapter, the Clackamas River chapter and Rainland
private businesses. Fly Casters are donating labor. Rainland Fly Casters is a Federa
tion of Fly Fishers chapter, based in Astoria.
Our chapter submitted an EmbraceAStream grant. Its purpose
is to reconnect Clear Creek with the Necanicum River. We will Timing: application due December 12, 2008;
do so by removing a barrier located at the confluence of these EAS TU volunteer committee review and decisionsecond week
two waters; upstream add a 70’ bridge, and improve vegetation. February 2009;
This confluence is within Seaside Golf Course. Formal decision made known shortly thereafter.
This reconnecting will allow Coho and Chum Salmon, Steelhead, Our application calls for this project to begin late spring and
searun cutthroat and lamprey superb access to the five miles of completion by midSeptember 2009.
Circle Creek. This effort continues our work to improve habitat
in Circle Creek and is another piece in our goal of enhancing the I am happy to answer any questions, even send members the
Necanicum River Watershed. complete application.
The project budget is at $42,000+. We asked for the maximum
Upper Deschutes Home Rivers Deschutes Chapter Meeting by Alan Moore
As many folks know, we've been working the ground game in the portant as the work we've been doing with partner groups like the
Bend/Redmond/Sisters/Prineville area for about a year and a half Deschutes Land Trust, the Deschutes River Conservancy, the
now, scoping out the viability of a TU Home Rivers Initiative Upper Deschutes and Crooked River Watershed Councils, Trust
here, coupled with a strategy to rejuvenate the relatively dormant for Public Lands, state and federal agencies, and others. We have
Deschutes Chapter in Bend. While that amount of groundwork is some 387 paid members in the immediate area, however the ac
pretty unprecedented for us, we feel it has been necessary to tive portion of the chapter has been made up of a very small num
communicate with as many of the players here as possible, to ber of stalwart officers who are hanging on in hopes of major
both identify TU's niche and opportunities, as well as to best de reinforcements coming soon. We feel the Home Rivers Initiative
fine ourselves to others to avoid stepping on toes or crossing for the Upper Deschutes will be a catalyst to reenergize and re
wires. organize the Deschutes Chapter.
In our minds, we cannot have a Home Rivers project in an area We held a "special chapter meeting" in Bend on November 2,
without a strong grassroots presence, so figuring out what's open to all current TU members, former members, prospective
needed to jumpstart the Deschutes Chapter has been just as im members, or anyone else interested in hearing more about our
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Program Reaches Out to Military and Veterans with Lessons in Fly Fishing.
In the past year Oregon programs started in White City
(Medford) in conjunction with the VA Southern Oregon Reha
bilitation Center and Clinics (SORCC) and in Portland and Van
couver in conjunction with the VA Medical Center in Portland.
Three more programs are in the process of beginning operations
in Salem, Bend, and The Dalles.
Some months ago I was asked to become the Oregon Coordina
tor for Project Healing Waters by Chuck Tye, Northwest Coor
At some point in each of our lives someone was kind enough to dinator. He is a retired Marine Officer and a certified casting
give us the gift of flyfishng. Whether that meant we merely threw instructor. In this job I have had the distinct privilege to work
a line with a bug on the water in hopes of catching a fish, or we with some of the most selfless, knowledgeable, generous folks
became tyers, rod builders, amateur entomologists, or even certi who have offered their time, expertise and access to the commu
fied casting instructors, this gift has changed our lives. Some of nity of fly fishing. Those folks number in the hundreds but a
us came to this gift late in life, others started before we began for few deserve special mention. Casters like Stan Steele and Al
mal education. All of us benefit from the opportunity to tempt a Buhr have lent a hand in our workshops. Fly tyers, too numer
fish with an artificial fly. ous to mention, have stepped up to teach. Among them Jim
Ferguson, Richard Twarog, Morris Fruitman, Ron Reinebach,
Project Healing Waters is a program to bring this wonderful op Mike Gentry, Paul Belafante, Jay Woodbury and Wayne Orzel
portunity to members of the military and veterans. It began with deserve special mention.
military personal returning from the current conflicts in Iraq and
Afghanistan with very debilitating injuries being treated at Walter The VA Medical Center in Portland and the SORRC have been
Reed Army Hospital. Two retired military officers began visiting extraordinary in their willingness to support, house, and cooper
the patients there to provide volunteer support. It happened that ate in these efforts. We continue to develop contacts within the
the retired officers were fly fishermen. One thing lead to another, VA system at the Clinics in Bend and Salem. We are also
military men and women recovering from their wounds began to working closely with the Oregon State Veterans Home in The
learn to tie flies. Without much prompting the two volunteers Dalles.
were convinced that those tyers should be able to test their flies on
the water. Fishing trips were planned. The latest adventure for I have reached out to many for additional support. Every time I
those recovering military personal at Walter Reed has been the speak to Tilda Runner, Mary Ann Dozer, Don Nelson, Jan Sage,
building of a driftboat for their use. and many others I get the most generous and full support I could
hope for.
To discover more about the origins of Project Healing Waters and
the adventures of the group that formed a few years ago at Walter In the beginning of the effort to grow the programs in Oregon, I
Reed, go to WWW.PROJECTHEALINGWATERS.ORG. There mentioned the opportunity to the Disabled American Veterans,
is a great deal more information and some incredible video and Chapter One, Portland. Upon hearing of the need to support
pictures of their efforts. such a valuable program for disabled veterans and members of
the military they offered to very generously fund the programs.
TU has been a major sponsor of the Project Healing Waters na With additional significant contributions of tools, materials, and
tional program from the beginning. The program has evolved expertise from Temple Forks Outfitters, Wasatch Tools, South
from just an opportunity for those military personal in Walter ern Oregon Fly Fishers, Tualatin Valley Chapter Trout Unlim
Reed to a national network of local programs that reach out to ited, and River City Fly Shop we have been able to present
members of the military and all veterans of all ages, without re many workshops and fishing trips. Already more than 50 veter
gard to gender. ans have benefited from the programs in Oregon.
Lately, we have taken up the challenge to develop Project Healing In Southern Oregon, Richard Butler with support from the
Southern Oregon Fly Fishers has managed to conduct a series of
Waters programs in Oregon. Our flyer says: Project Heal-
classes and take two groups of veterans fishing on the upper
ing Waters is a group of veterans and other inter- Rogue River. Contact Richard for more information about the
ested individuals who enjoy the social and recrea- program in Southern Oregon.
tional benefits of fly tying and fishing. We organize
In Portland and Vancouver we have had workshops each of the
workshops and events to share this pleasure with last 5 months on fly tying, knots, lines, casting, and techniques
veterans and active military personnel. on the water. Each month we visit each campus, Portland and
Vancouver, to share fly fishing knowledge with veterans. On
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Program Reaches Out to Military and Veterans with Lessons in Fly Fishing. (Continued from page
September 22, we took a group of veterans to fish on Klineline The recreational value of fly fishing is apparent to all of us who
Pond in Vancouver. We will be organizing more ambitious out have been lured by a feather on a hook. Each of us finds reasons
ings in the year to come, including an overnight trip to a river to in our own life to seek the therapeutic moments that the avoca
be named later. tion offers. For veterans and military personnel the reasons are
just as applicable and the need is sometimes far greater.
As we continue to grow we plan to continue the workshops and
outings in Portland and Vancouver. Richard Butler has the sup If you are interested in the programs that are available in Oregon
port to continue to present programs in Southern Oregon. The or in Project Healing Waters in general, I welcome you to contact
startup programs in Salem (Santiam Fly Fishers), Bend (Central me. I am Jerry Lorang and I can be reached by email at jerry
Oregon Flyfishers), and The Dalles (She Who Fly Fishes) are all [email protected], or by phone at 9714045154.
planning to begin soon.
Necanicum River Project Update By Alan Moore
Last month we went to Thompson Creek, a very productive wild stone's throw outside of Seaside city limits and literally runs
Oregon Coastal coho stream, for our second visit here this year. through a row of front yards upstream of its confluence with tidal
No hatchery coho have ever been reported here, although hatch Neawanna Creek. It abuts a new housing development which is,
ery winter steelhead journey up it, along with wild searun cutts suffice to say, not selling homesites like hotcakes these days.
looking for eggs. Because the coho that use Thompson are all Despite all of that, Thompson Creek remains one of the Necani
wild, they arrive here more naturally spaced apart, as opposed to cum River Watersheds' most productive wild coho spawning
a wave that comes in at once and then is gone, as hatchery fish streams, which frankly, says more about the coho than it does
often do. Already, observers from our partner in this project the about us, but we're working on it. Our premise for this project is
North Coast Land Conservancy have seen several days with mul to prove that through cooperation, communication and hard
tiple pairs of wild coho over recent weeks in this very stretch of work, productive wild salmon and trout streams can or rather
Thompson Creek. Wild coho spawning here can continue till must be allowed to coexist alongside, and in many cases in spite
January, according to locals. of, human encroachment. As the patriarch of the North Coast
Land Conservancy Neal Maine says, if we write off every stream
that comes under the influence of development, we won't have
ANY left pretty soon. Just as we have to direct attention and
resources to the pristine mountain stream that must be protected,
we also have to direct attention and resources toward lowland
streams (and estuaries!) that have been impacted but that con
tinue to function.
In Picture #1, please take note of the absence of blackberry on the
work side (east side) of the creek. Where our crews worked this
The Strong Crew, November 18, 2008
We had another strong crew, made up of ten or so TU guys from
the Tualatin Valley and Clackamas River chapters, led by presi
dents Robert Bernard, Dick Hollenbeck and Council Chair Tom
Wolf, and we had good support from the Rainland Fly Casters of
Astoria, a couple of intrepid Seaside HS seniors, and a crew of
about a dozen JobCorps kids from the Tongue Point program
near Astoria. Our fearless leader again was Briita Orwick of the
North Coast Land Conservancy, which owns this stretch of
Thompson Creek. Briita, as always, did a fantastic job. It is a
Picture #1
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Necanicum River Project Update By Alan Moore
past August to eradicate the Himalayan blackberry (you can still plant. There were about 400 individual native plants planted .
see the piles of it desiccating in the rain), regrowth has been re
markably low. That's a tribute to our crews' work on those root In Picture 3 and Picture 4 you will see the immediate riparian
balls and breaking all those shovels back in August. The fight zone, formerly choked with blackberry up to 7 feet tall, now
against this wicked stuff will continue for another five years, happy with some mature alder grove which the beavers are en
until the native vegetation we're planting takes full root and be joying too, ready for some native vegetation regrowth. If you
gins to shade out the invasives, but we're off to a great start in want to see what this side used to look like, look at the other side
winning the war in this spot. The more we knock it back now, in the pictures. The west side is our next project, which, working
the less we'll have to do it later on. with the US Fish & Wildlife Service, ODFW and other partners,
we'll be able to access with some heavy equipment to do some
more broadscale blackberry eradication (currently there isn't ac
cess for equipment; plans have been discussed for installing a
bridge downstream for equipment access to the west bank). Cer
tainly all of your hard work along the east bank will make that
westside project even more of a priority!
Picture #2
A meadow was reformed that was formerly all blackberry. In
Picture #2 on the next page you'll see we've replanted this whole
area with 9 different distinct species of native vegetation, and
protected all of it from the beavers, elk, deer, rodents and other
foragers who use the area with wire fencing. We put up three
separate large "exclosure" areas, 2 in the meadow area and one
along the riparian zone, as well as protected each individual Picture #4
Special thanks for this continuing project go to the North Coast
Land Conservancy and its fine staff and board for allowing TU
to get a foothold in the efforts to restore and protect these areas,
and to the Jubitz Family Foundation for giving us our first
funding to get that start underway. Trying to thank everyone
involved in projects like this quickly turns into a hopeless exer
cise because 1) you'll forget someone important and 2) it tends to
appear to ignore the vast myriad of other projects just as good as
this one, going on all over Salmon and Troutdom any weekend of
the year. We choose just to rest on the good feeling that we're
part of something bigger and better that taken collectively IS
making a difference, and to keep it going come hell or, yes, high
water. And, we who do engage in the policy and advocacy side
of these issues cannot repeat often enough and cannot overstate
how much of a difference advocating for a place, a stream, a fish
or a law in which we, our members and our partners have an on
theground stake makes.
Picture 3
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Upper Deschutes Home Rivers Deschutes Chapter Meeting by Alan Moore (continued from page 2)
plans for a Home Rivers Initiative in the Upper Deschutes. We do that anyway.
invited all partner groups and agencies we've spoken with for
more than a year, with an open invitation to speak to the group So what does a Home Rivers Initiative look like? It starts with an
with their ideas of how TU can best fit into the crowded playing ontheground presence, someone almost certainly from the area
field here and help move the ball forward conservationwise. who works for TU and works every day in partnership with other
groups and agencies on habitat projects, grassroots development,
Our guest speakers included reps from Native Fish Society, project fundraising and management. That local presence is then
Deschutes Land Trust, Deschutes River Conservancy, Upper complimented by policy and advocacy support from the Portland
Deschutes Watershed Council/Oregon Trout, Trust for Public Office and, when needed, Washington, DC.. Habitat restoration
Lands, ODFW, US Forest Service, US Fish and Wildlife Service is the anchor, be it small daylabor type projects, large multiyear
and the Crooked R Watershed Council. Bryan Moore, TU Vice projects and everything in between. Funding has been secured
President for Volunteer Operations was here from West Virginia, through a private foundation to make the initial hire; we should
his staffer Beverly Lane was here from Jackson, WY, and Grass have a staff person on the ground by spring. Some Home Rivers
roots Trustee Paul Maciejewski from Buffalo, NY was here to projects in the past – the Deschutes is TU’s 20th nationwide –
talk about chapter development. TU Trustee Sherry Brainerd have had ending dates. The Deschutes Home Rivers Project does
also spent the day with us; she has a home near Sisters and was in not. We hope to be around in the Deschutes for an awfully long
the area. Kate Miller and I were there from the Portland office. time.
We sent two electronic invitations to all the good email TU mem
ber addresses we have in the state, and we sent a hard copy news We've been having conversations, and will continue to do so,
letter/invitation to all of the Central Oregon TU members we with groups and agencies working in the Upper Deschutes to find
have addresses for. areas in existing projects we can invest in, as well as needed pro
jects we can help get rolling. The whole upper basin is the range
Turnout was good. We had over 40 folks show up, representing of this project, including the Crooked, Middle and Upper
a broad mix of former members, current but inactive members, Deschutes, Whychus Creek, the Metolius, and all of their tribu
and a lot of partners who are sincerely intrigued by TU having a taries. We will go where the opportunities take us in that area.
major presence in the Upper Deschutes. Central Oregon Flyfish Grassroots involvement from the immediate area as well as from
ers was very well represented, as many, if not most, of their TU members and partners across the state will be a constant ele
members are TU members too. There was some frank and open ment. The Project will also bring policy, science expertise and
discussion with COF members about how best an active TU advocacy to the Upper Deschutes, provided by TU national staff,
chapter and COF could share space in the Upper Deschutes. Our something many of the local groups working there often cannot
message to address any concerns about competition is pretty provide. We can.
straightforward: We are not interested in covering turf already
occupied by someone else; what we are interested in is the job of We have a long road ahead, but we've put some miles behind us
conservation in the Deschutes, and making TU the most effective now too, and we feel like we're on our way to a real signature
and enjoyable mechanism we can to help join others in getting presence in the Deschutes we can all be a part of and be proud of.
that job done. We understand that partnerships are the key to that
outcome, and we are open to any and all that make sense. If we
were interested in going it alone, we wouldn’t have invited so
many potential partners to the meeting, much less had so many Alan Moore is the Acting Director Pacific Salmon and Steel
conversations leading up to it. head for Trout Unlimited in Portland, OR.
Again, TU's investment of time and resources into the Upper
Deschutes serves two main purposes: One is to bring any and all
resources we can to bear on the goal shared by all of us working
in the upper basin, (and demonstrated best over the years frankly
by Dick Hollenbeck and the Clackamas Chapter) of realizing the
full restoration and conservation potential of the Upper
Deschutes. The second is creating a presence in the
Deschutes River Basin that will foster the local and statewide
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“Everything for the flyfisher”
That's it. We will work with any and all partners who share our Tackle, Classes, Guided Trips & Worldwide Travel
goals, and who want to work with us. There's plenty to do in the
Deschutes; we won't be fighting over turf, and won't have time to
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Fly of the Month – Peacock Soft Hackle by Mike Gentry
Potter Stewart, a former U.S. Supreme in the trimmed quill tip with two wraps (fore thread right behind the bead head, to
Court Justice, when ruling on a pornogra and aft over the quill tip) over the tip. The grasp a bit of the wrapped hackle
phy case years ago, remarked that “I may short feather will be sticking out more or less feather. Tie off and clip the thread and
not be able to define it but I know it when I perpendicular to the hook shaft. secure with a tiny bit of head cement.
see it”. That well may hold true for the 6. With a small hackle pliers, grasp a few of Various articles I’ve read, and various
allure of a soft hackle – neither the fisher the middle splines of the outer tip end of the people I’ve talked to, suggest this pattern
man nor the fish may be able to say with feather and gently wind the feather one wrap at times can serve for emerging forms of
certainty what the fly represents, but both right behind the bead head. This is the dici various mayfly or caddis species as they
know it is a winner when seen on the end est part of the process; it is necessary to use travel through the water column. The
of a line and drifted through good trout very little pressure on the pliers while wind pattern also can be tied without a bead
habitat. ing or the gripped feather splines will tear head to provide more emerging or
1. Place the bead head on the hook, secure away. Tie off the wrapped feather with two slightly subsurface stages. It is very
the thread on the hook and secure the bead turns of thread and cut or gently tear away effective when fished through the swing,
head with wraps of thread. the tips grasped by the hackle pliers. particularly at the rise at the end of the
2. Wind the thread back to just past the 6. Finish by wrapping three or four turns of swing.
beginning of the bend of the hook and se
cure a length of silver wire, letting the rest Materials:
of the wire trail off the back of the hook
and out of the way. Hook: Tiemco 100BL or 3769 (for
3. Tie in by the tips one (for sizes 14 and stronger hook in bigger sizes)
16) or two (for sizes 10 and 12) 5 or 6 inch #s 1016
long peacock herl strands, wind around the
thread to make a yarn, and wind the yarn Head: Medium gold bead
forward to the bead head and tie off.
4. Counterwrap the wire over the body Thread: Black 8/0 unithread
with six or so wraps to behind the bead
head and tie off with two turns of thread Body: Peacock herl
and clip.
5. Select and trim to length (by cutting the Rib: Fine silver wire
feather quill) a grouse or partridge feather
with beginning strands about the length of Hackle: Grouse or partridge breast
the body. Right behind the bead head, tie feather
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