Flights of Fancy : By- Beth Quinn
Siskiyou Aviary in Ashland gives wings to feathered dreams. ASHLAND -- When the prioress of an English abbey wrote the first flyfishing treatise in 1496, anglers got the feathers used in their craft from slaughtered birds. These days Kate Davidson of Siskiyou Aviary has a better idea.
"They're getting more environmentally conscious now. If they want to keep fly-tying, they better settle for molted feathers," she says. "They used to go out and slaughter these birds and that helped endanger them, ironically." Endangered pheasants from Asia provide the feathers for Davidson's burgeoning business, but the Internet provides the market. Eight-five percent of her sales come via the World Wide Web, where fly-tyers, mask makers, sculptors and costume designers from around the globe search for exotic plumage and find it at Siskiyou Aviary. (click here for Full Article)
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