Veniard Blue Jay Wings

The beautiful hand wing feathers of the European Blue Jay have a bright blue coloration broken by a strongly contrasting black banding. These blue jay feathers are used in a variety of traditional Irish salmon and trout flies. Ray Bergman, a popular fly fisherman, tyer and book author from the United States named one of his successful classic wet flies, the "Blue Jay", after the this bird, which is tied with a wing of the blue feathers. 

But also on modern salmon flies and various streamer patterns, such as the "Matuka", these feathers in the form of wings cut a good figure and invite experimentation. Furthermore, countless beige and gray soft hackle feathers can be found on this high-quality wings, which are used next to wet flies on various sea trout patterns. Last but not least the many quill feathers provide further tying material for the wings of wet flies and small streamers like the "Muddler Minnow". 

A high-quality natural product for tying countless traditional patterns that also invites you to experiment - feathers with a very exotic look from the less exotic, native blue jay.