Fly tying Heron Feathers For Spey Flies

The Canadian Tube Fly Company

Medium Heron

The Heron
feathers we
offer come from
a bird within
the Heron
family that is
very plentiful
in its area of
the world. It is
a nonmigratory
species and is
not on the
CITES List
(Convention on
International
Trade in
Endangered
Species). Under
International
Law they are
completely
legal to import.
We have sent
these feathers to
customers in
over 25
different
countries.

The United
States does
restrict the
importing of
ALL Heron
feathers.
Because of this
our Heron
product are not
available to
our US friends.

The ORIGINAL spey feather (other than the extinct Spey Cock). If you have tied with
Heron substitutes like Rhea or Blue Eared Pheasant, you will quickly notice how much
better the original is. Our natural Heron is the premium feathers that have been dyed
over the natural chocolate colour. The dye jobs are strong, though they are covering a
darker colour in most cases. This gives the feathers a natural looking transition where
the bright dye colour is very evident at the base of the plume and the colour gets darker
as you move up the feather. These are the plumes you are after if you are wrapping these
as traditional spey plumes. The stems are very supple and the feather quality is
fantastic!
The picture below shows how the smaller heron is just as beautiful as the XL Heron,
These plumes are 3-4 inches long and are very comparable to Blue Eared Pheasant.

Silver Doctor Blue

Grey

Purple

Natural

Orange

Pink

Chartreuse

Red

Black

These super premium feathers are available in regular Packs (12
feathers), at discounted rate for Super Packs (48 feathers), or
you can order a full assortment of nine colours (12 of each) for
the best savings.