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Country Pursuits Eire
Registrace 12. 06. 2011
Country Pursuits Eire in association with Fly tying with Robbie Berry brings all things fishing and hunting or country side pursuits. Join me on my adventures with all aspects of country pursuits in fly fishing / fishing and hunting. I’ll demonstrate fly tying with regular fly tying videos. Using my skills learned from years of practicing taxidermy I also demonstrate how to preserve animal and bird skins, useful for flying as well as identifying key feathers to be used for fly tying.
On The River Episode 2- Brown Trout On The Dry Fly
Join me for another fishing session as i fish for brown trout on the river Liffey.
the fly i am using in this episode is the F-fly in size 20
here is the link to the tying of the fly
czcams.com/video/mivdzu20EVA/video.htmlsi=FvrypuqwP3j1rShk
the fly i am using in this episode is the F-fly in size 20
here is the link to the tying of the fly
czcams.com/video/mivdzu20EVA/video.htmlsi=FvrypuqwP3j1rShk
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Shooting Rabbits In The Irish Country Side
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Join me as i cull some rabbits for a local farmer due to them causing damage to the land, rabbits will taken home for the table
On The River Episode 1. Dry Fly Fishing For Trout
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Join me for some brown trout fishing using the dry fly
Tying A Hares Ear Nymph
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A Hare's Ear Nymph is great little nymph to use any time throughout the season
Dying CDC Feathers
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A how to video on dying CDC feathers. in this video i am dying white CDC feathers golden olive.i will show you the step by step process i use while dying my CDC feathers
How to Skin A Pheasants Head
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this is a video demonstrating the process of skinning a pheasant head.As a pheasants head can be very difficult to skin, this video will take you through the process .
Harvesting Feathers for Fly Tying from a Teal
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this is a video i decided to make following good few requests and questions from a lot of people on social media basically asking how to know what feathers to take from a wild teal for fly tying. Every feather on a teal / duck can be used for fly tying, but in this video i will go through the popular feathers and show how to identify them. Here is a link to one of my videos where i use the CDC ...
Treating Wild Bird feathers For Fly Tying
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In this video i am sharing the steps i take to treat and bug proof wild bird feathers that i take from wild game birds.
Tying A Pheasant Feather Minnow
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Here is a simple but very effective streamer pattern, a Pheasant Feather Minnow. this imitation bait fish pattern is very effective for trout and Pike. using just two feathers from the pheasant, the rump feather and the marabou feather or fofften called the under plumage feathers. Link to skinning & preserving a full Pheasant skin. the skin appears in this video. czcams.com/video/IvMCc0zl9l4/vi...
Ice Pheasant Tail Nymph
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Ice Pheasant Tail Nymph, one of the , if not the best Nymphs to use of trout any time during the fishing season
Deer Hair Olive Comparadun
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Deer Hair Olive Comparadun - a great all round fly to use through out the fishing season
CDC Red Parachute Ant
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CDC Red Parachute Ant - a great all round fly to use especially through out the summer months when the ants are swarming and get blown on to the rivers or lakes
CDC Emerger Fly
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CDC Emerger - a great all round fly to use through out the fishing season
Deer Hair Emerger Fly
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Deer hair Emerger - a great all round fly to use through out the fishing season
Skin & Preserve a Full Pheasant Skin For Fly Tying Part 2
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Skin & Preserve a Full Pheasant Skin For Fly Tying Part 2
Skin & Preserve a Full Pheasant Skin For Fly Tying Part 1
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Skin & Preserve a Full Pheasant Skin For Fly Tying Part 1
Harvesting Pheasant Feathers for Fly Tying
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Harvesting Pheasant Feathers for Fly Tying
Bug proofing Harvested Feathers for Fly Tying
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Bug proofing Harvested Feathers for Fly Tying
My dad picked me up a turkey wing on the side of the road, and I plan on doing this with salt instead of borax. Very straightforward tutorial! Amazing!
Hi I was given wing which was salted. I was told just to remove the salt from them. It was suggested that i you tube it to see how i remove the salt. Can i just wash off the salt and dry the feathers gently with a hair dryer. Would appreciate your opinion. Many thanks. Gerry
@@gerbal110 you can rinse it but make sure to thoroughly dry it
I did just that and it looks great. Thank you for the advice. Much appreciated.
This fly saved the day for me today! I only caught 2 brown trout but both were on this fly. I was fishing a local creek here in Pennsylvania and didnt see any hatches all day. I noticed a few splashy rises every now and again so I figured they were eating emergers or escaping nymphs. I tried all of the usual patterns local to this creek and nothing was working. I tied a few of these CDC emergers after finding your channel last week . Well I tied one on in size 16 and it worked great. I caught 2 and missed a few more . Then the water temp started to rise and the fish turned off so I let them be. I have also tied the Olive F fly and the CDC Sedge and cant wait to try them out as well. I really like how the CDC looks and moves on the water. Now that you have shown us how to harvest CDC from a duck, I may just have to harvest a duck this upcoming hunting season! Thanks for the videos. Tight lines!
@@rickkirby5554 thanks for the positive feedback. I am absolutely delighted to hear that the cdc emerger worked for you, I love to hear feedback on my flies. The olive f-fly is a serious little fly, it’s the only fly I mainly use. It represents the various stages of the BWO from emerging to adult. The beauty of this fly is that it imitates many other species, this is why it’s so effective. Tight lines
Well done, keep them coming
Thank you
Hello, first of all, let me thank your for this excellent video. Recently I bought wings of jackdaw and grouse sold by Veniard. I found that both birds horribly smelled. I didn't see any borax on the skin so I didn't know what chemical they had used and if it had been done properly. Can I ask you for a piece of advice how such a bird can be treated? I was thinking of washing the wings and use borax to let it dry. I just don't know if it is better to use detergent, washing powder or soap. Do you see this approach OK? Besides that, let me ask you about health risks of using unknown road kills. Does borax helps also to disinfect the feathers? Surely we do not use any glows when fly tying. Do you see any heath risk of using unknown roadkills for fly tying? Thank you very much.
Hi, that’s surprising to hear of from materials from veniards as their materials are good quality. There’s lots of different ways to preserve bird skins or animal skins. The two main methods are using borax similar to the way I and taxidermist do it, then there is the natural method where the wings are left in a dry place for months and left to dry naturally. Im not sure how veniards do it, I can only assume that veniards do it naturally and then treats them to bug proof them. Veniards treat their feathers so There would be no need to further treat them. Just store them correctly. If you find road kill, examine it. If the specimen is in good condition and is fresh then yes it can be preserved. There is always a health risk when handling birds / animals. Always wear latex gloves, birds can carry avain influenza or bird flu. It’s good practice to wear latex gloves for protection to prevent zoonosis. When preserving it’s always important to wash or soak the skin in hot near boiling water for a couple of minutes, this will aid in treating the feathers and killing any nasty bugs that may be on the feathers or skin. Borax does not disinfect the skins of feathers. Borax instead is used to dry and preserve the skin, it pulls the water or moisture out of the skin and will also kill any insects as it is a natural insecticide. It drys in to the skin and renders the skin toxic to insects that would usually feed on the feathers and skin
@@robbieb20 Thank so much for the answer. The smell must come from some chemical because even the mole skin I bought from Veniard smell identically. If we treat the bird, does it minimize the risk of zoonosis? I have no idea how long bacteria and viruses can survive but the feathers are used for a long time. Surely, I would care about helthty risks when handling with a fresh animal but how about working with the feathers when tying flies? Will the feather be safe afterwards? Actually there is a similar problem with materials bought in a standard fly shop.
@@Karel_N feathers will be safe after treatment and preserving
Someone gave me a dry pheasant I would like to know how much are they worth?
Pheasant skins as cheap to buy, in Ireland they can be bought for between €10 and €20 a full skin
are they for sale?
No sorry, I don’t sell fly tying materials
Thank you for sharing your knowledge. A hawk skillfully did most of the meat removing in the severed pigeon wing I found...amazing. Cheers.
Thank you for your positive comments
Tyanks for this .A very nice quick and simple tie , which I'm sure works just as well as some of the fancier versions I have seen ,including deerhair underwing , fox squirrel thorax and all sorts of tinsel.
Thanks John, I find this fly super effective on rivers, it’s a personal favourite and my go to fly. Tie it in sizes from 16 down to 20, i have tied this fly for customers and they can’t seem to get enough of them. It imitates a wide range of different fly patterns including BWO.
Thanks for that great video.
Thank you for your positive feedback
This is awesome! How do you wash them and so on? I’m trying to use everything I harvest. But some things I can’t figure out
Thanks, if I’m soaking the feathers to treat them I use boiling water, laundry powder detergent and 2 or 3 heaped dessert spoons of borax and let them soak for abot an hour or so. If I have a skin that I skinned out and want to wash it before preserving it, I get a bucket of hot water and add dish washing soap and I give the feathers or skin a soak for about 10 minutes moving the feathers around in the water to clean them, then dry with a hair dryer. Check out my videos on treating feathers
Yeah I subscribed so I don’t miss out. Seems I’m finally getting some answers. Always wondered about grouse wings and how to cut the hackle from chickens and so on.
Great video
How can I get one of those.???
You can buy them whole full preserved or if you know a hunter that can source them for you
Excellent video
Thanks
I found a dead duck on the side of the motorway and took it home to take some feathers off. Unfortunately, I didn't discover your video until after my poor attempt! Thanks to you, I will be better prepared next time!
Glad my video can help
Thank you!
Now I understand why quality CDC feathers are commercially expensive...thanks for sharing your harvesting/storage knowledge and experience...appreciate it
Thank you so much for sharing your vast knowledge.
The head sequence was out of frame .
Check out my additional video specifically on skinning the head
Great tutorial
Hey Robbie great video on treating feathers. I have a question and think you may be able to help me. I have a large selection of fly tying materials. Unfortunately, carpet beetles got into our house. I was going to clean all my fly tying materials and was thinking of using your method. Would your treatment kill carpet beetles eggs? Would it affect the colour of materials and wash out some of the dye? Richie
@@robbieb20 Thank you Robbie. I will try treating a small batch of materials first and see how it goes. I will let you know. Richie
Hi there, just wanted to say I’ve been loving your videos. I’m finding them very informative and easy to follow. Please keep up the great work. Happy tying, Mac.
I can’t remember seeing flat wire in shops or catalogs here in the US. It certainly makes nice looking ribbing. Thank you for a nice post.
Thanks for watching!
Hello. I have watched part 1 and about to watch part 2 because it was so helpful. Did you gut the bird prior to freezing it? Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Can I do the same with table salt if I don't have borax on hand?
Very helpful informative video 👍
thank you so much for sharing with us❤❤❤❤
I just did this with a dead black bird I found! So amazing, thank you so much!
Very helpful
I love the wings would a green seals fur be good thanking you
You said at start of first video that the bird had been previously frozen can same be done to a fresh bird or does freezing ease the process thanks great video very informative will defo be trying thank you for sharing ur knowledge
You can start working on a fresh bird , I usually freeze the birds because it could be months by the time I get around to working on it.
Is salt a viable substitute for borax?
It really helped me organize my feathers when I started pulling them even though they were from a widgeon.
A hunter friend gave me a number of ducks that have had the breast meat removed. The carcasses are somewhat dirty with blood etc. Should I wash the feathers before or after I remove them from the body?
Wash the feathers after you remove them from the bird
Where do you get the borax?
Thank you. I'm going to use your wonderful instructions for pheasant and Hungarian partridge.
So I'm going to be working on those pheasants tomorrow and I'm rewatching your videos. I Have a couple of questions,. What would happen if you didn't sew up the holes that might happen during the skinning process when preserving with borax? What kind of needle and thread do you use for sewing up the holes? Also how do you clean out the borax once the bird is ready? Thanks for the help. I really appreciate it. Kind Regards, Alex
Can you stack multiple birds in one bin?
Hi, Alex from NY here. thanks for these videos. I just received a couple of pheasants and the info here is priceless. Thanks. I'll let you know how it ends up
I read you say to just vacuum the borax away. I have actually been washing my dried skins with Dawn dish detergent after dried. then I hand and dry them again, dry with hair dryer after 1-2 days. Sounds like I might be able to skip that step? I've been doing roosters & will try and follow some steps I saw in your videos on the next batch. Turkeys should be ready in the next few weeks. Usually they are boiled then plucked & feathers discarded.
Turkey season, searched CZcams & no one has done how to Harvest Turkey Feathers for fly tying. Your videos on harvesting have been outstanding, would you be able to do one on Turkey and maybe Goose?
I would love to do some videos on turkeys and geese, problem I have is getting them. Where I live they are not easy come by, only way of getting them is to buy them from a farmer. I certainly will try in time
A super informative and educational video, I’ll definitely try this method. Do you have any videos on harvested fur animals? Thanks for sharing!!
I will soon, it’s on the agenda to make one on rabbit fur
Small fur animals like rabbits, squirrels could be treated the same way. Once you have soaked the fur the dry thoroughly and preserve using borax. Bigger fur animals like fox need more to use different methods and chemicals to preserve. Small patches of fur could be salted using a mix of salt and alum
@@robbieb20 thank you that helps a lot. Fur animals are abundant where I live.
@@jamesphillips2216 not so abundant where I am living, waiting to get my hands on some
@@robbieb20 my brother-in-law has a taxidermist business maybe I can get some things from him.
Your first step appears to be the freezer? Every feather no matter where I got it from gets six weeks in the Freezer. I once had an infestation of Carpet Beetles many years ago and I came up with a feather treatment protocol. Thanks for sharing your method!
Yea I always freeze my feathers for minimum 4 weeks or sometimes as long as a year depending on when I get a chance to process and treat them
I harvested feathers today for the first time and immediately put them in some water with borax. So they’re in a bucket. Can I dry them best as possible today and freeze them if they’re still damp later?
I assume this method can be used with any feathers that you harvest from any bird?
Smashing video wood love to see more different birds love it bud
Thanks dean
Do you have a video that shows flies you tied with pheasant feathers? (I’ve just finished skinning a pheasant following your instructional video. Now for the flies!)
I’ll add some links
czcams.com/video/39pYMdU9NZI/video.html
czcams.com/video/DUDUVQgT2JI/video.html
I’ll throw up some more videos in the coming weeks
Thanks so much! Perfect!
Are Cosse Cochettes Feathers good for fly tying?
In a way it's like taking a tight glove off the hand! Another fascinating video and I'll be using it to skin a pheasant thank you 👍😷👍
Thank you Andrew
JUST FASCINATING,,, THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS AND YOUR PASSION… EDUCATIONAL TIPS,,, VERY INFORMATIVE AND WELL DONE 👍…..
EJ Mac Ewan, thank you so much for the positive comments