"Darbee Duns"

Harry Darbee was quoted as saying "When money really got tight, I began commercial fly tying because fishing seemd to be the only business that wasn't too affected by the depression". And in turn, he went on to develop a line of feathers that changed fly tying.

Harry used the "shot gun" approach to breeding. He threw a dun rooster in with brown hens and waited to see what came out. His aim was for the perfect dunn, and as you can see in the pictures, the match is perfect.

A tightly held small flock has been preseved by one breeder..... take a look!

Harry Darbee processing capes in 1955

Rooster Capes

$35Every color of dunn you can imagine and then some!

dunns
dunn variants
grizzly
browns
badger
other


grey dunn	dark grey dunn	light grey dunn	ashy dunn	charcoal dunn	grey dunn variant


brown dunn	sandy dunn	chocolate dunn	tan dunn	cream dunn	brown dunn splash


blue dunn	dark blue dunn	light blue dunn	cahill dunn	splash dunn	blue dunn grizzly


variant 1	variant 2	variant 3	variant 4	variant 5	variant 6


variant 7	variant 8	variant 9	variant 10	variant 11	variant 12


variant 13	variant 14	variant 15	variant 16	variant 17	variant 18


grizzly	dunn grizzly	light grizzly	dark grizzly	bleached grizzly	grizzly/dunn


brown	ginger	cream	furnace	rusty dunn	honey dunn


silver badger	golden badger	speckled badger	dunn badger	light dunn badger


black	white	dyed black	olive	cream	ginger

Rooster Saddles

$75Saddle feathers on this line are not as dry as the capes. The tips are dry but the reat of the feather has web in it. They are great for bugger patterns.