Which bird quills?

The place you will find all those traditional terminal tackle items.
User avatar
LuckyLuca
Barbel
Posts: 4792
Joined: Mon Jul 02, 2012 10:20 am
11
Location: Oxfordshire

Which bird quills?

Post by LuckyLuca »

An interesting find at the boot fair this morning. Each quill is around 70 cm (28") long.
Does anyone know which bird they'd be from? My 1st though was peacock but now I'm not so sure.

Image
Last edited by LuckyLuca on Sat May 05, 2018 12:53 pm, edited 1 time in total.
I walked across an empty land
I knew the pathway like the back of my hand
I felt the earth beneath my feet
Sat by the river and it made me complete.

User avatar
Lea Dweller
Pike
Posts: 6007
Joined: Thu Nov 07, 2013 1:58 am
10

Re: Which bird quills?

Post by Lea Dweller »

I did not get the picture so cannot tell, but whatever bird it is I would not want to try and pinch it's food! :Hahaha:
Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall!
Confucius

User avatar
LuckyLuca
Barbel
Posts: 4792
Joined: Mon Jul 02, 2012 10:20 am
11
Location: Oxfordshire

Re: Which bird quills?

Post by LuckyLuca »

Lea Dweller wrote: Sat May 05, 2018 12:42 pm I did not get the picture so cannot tell, but whatever bird it is I would not want to try and pinch it's food! :Hahaha:
Photo working now Ted.
I walked across an empty land
I knew the pathway like the back of my hand
I felt the earth beneath my feet
Sat by the river and it made me complete.

User avatar
Lea Dweller
Pike
Posts: 6007
Joined: Thu Nov 07, 2013 1:58 am
10

Re: Which bird quills?

Post by Lea Dweller »

LuckyLuca wrote: Sat May 05, 2018 12:53 pm
Lea Dweller wrote: Sat May 05, 2018 12:42 pm I did not get the picture so cannot tell, but whatever bird it is I would not want to try and pinch it's food! :Hahaha:
Photo working now Ted.
Having seen the picture, like you I am thinking Peacock, but I am no expert. The quills will certainly yield a fair number of floats, well spotted!

User avatar
Olly
Wild Carp
Posts: 9086
Joined: Sat Dec 15, 2012 12:58 pm
11
Location: Hants/Surrey/Berks borders.

Re: Which bird quills?

Post by Olly »

I cannot think of many - if any - birds with straight quills as long as that! Other than a peacock.

Giant pheasant perhaps - usually only tail feathers are straight - wing quills have a curve.

User avatar
Reedling
Catfish
Posts: 5585
Joined: Fri Mar 01, 2013 11:41 am
11
Location: Kent

Re: Which bird quills?

Post by Reedling »

It looks like a section of the feather ends has been cut off, only a Peacock tail feather would be that long.

User avatar
Loop Erimder
Wild Carp
Posts: 9984
Joined: Wed Apr 04, 2012 11:33 pm
11
Location: Leicestershire

Re: Which bird quills?

Post by Loop Erimder »

Penguin
Chance is always powerful. Let your hook be always cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be a fish

Paul D

Re: Which bird quills?

Post by Paul D »

Olly wrote: Sat May 05, 2018 3:00 pm I cannot think of many - if any - birds with straight quills as long as that! Other than a peacock.

Giant pheasant perhaps - usually only tail feathers are straight - wing quills have a curve.
I agree Olly although Ostrich or emu could be a possibility?

User avatar
Lea Dweller
Pike
Posts: 6007
Joined: Thu Nov 07, 2013 1:58 am
10

Re: Which bird quills?

Post by Lea Dweller »

Loop Erimder wrote: Sat May 05, 2018 3:51 pmPenguin
Don't be daft, they are covered in chocolate and only a few inches long! :surrender:

User avatar
Olly
Wild Carp
Posts: 9086
Joined: Sat Dec 15, 2012 12:58 pm
11
Location: Hants/Surrey/Berks borders.

Re: Which bird quills?

Post by Olly »

Using Penguin would you get better waddling wagglers?

Post Reply

Return to “Traditional Terminal Tackle”