Spirit River Dyed Peacock

Just for prince nymphs?

I am a sucker for peacock herl, and try to find any imaginable reason to add it to fly patterns.  Up to this point, there have been some serious limitations to the colors available.  Frankly, I really didn’t want any other colors, but when my local shop started carrying these Spirit River Dyed Peacock Eyes, I had to buy one of each color.  I was somewhat skeptical at first when I saw them, because I have dealt with bleached peacock before, and the durability just isn’t there.

Purple Prince Nymph

I noticed that the barbs on the herl seemed very small, but I was pleasantly surprised once I started wrapping it on my very purple prince nymph.  The barbs fluffed right out, and the durability was definitely there.  I even gave it some extra hard tugs to see what the breaking point was.

Stonefly using the yellow dyed peacock

 It’s tough…  Once tied in, it almost took the presence of a super translucent dubbing that was wrapped in the most perfectly even dubbing loop possible.  I have had a blast tying with this product, and look forward to adding it to flies in the future.

Cheech

Date	1/15/13	FlyFishFood  Review
Product	Dyed Peacock Eyes
Manufacturer	Spirit River
Reviewer	Cheech
	Score	Comments
Quality	8	Not all herl is created equally, but the batch I got was top notch.
Price	5	A bit pricey, but if you are a herl junkie, it's a must have!
Practicality	9	You can add peacock herl to anything.