THE ETICAL FLY TYER
Where do our fly tying materials come from?
Rasmus Ovese n
By RASMUS OVESEN MY FLY TYING ARCHIVES are teeming with colourful and exotic fly tying materials. They have been accumulated throughout the years and have been systematized with great care. A lot of the materials are synthetic, but quite a few of them are natural. This, for instance, is the case with the many hackle capes and the marabou and CDC feathers. It is also the case with a lot of the dubbing materials that I use so frequently, as well as all the pieces of skin that I cherish – skins that stem from animals like polar fox, elk, moose,
goat, mink, opossum, racoon, kangaroo, and hares. In an old archive, where a large collection of classic salmon fly tying materials are stowed away, golden pheasant-, kingfisher-, and guinea fowl skins are stored. This archive also contains feathers from parrots, Amherst pheasants, macaw, wood duck, ostrich, Eurasian Jay, turkey, and jungle cock – just to name those that come to my mind first. AS A KID it was fascinating to go explore the fly tying shops and squander
