While in collage I worked as a guide and taught fly tying and fly casting classes for a shop in the Mid-West. The work outdoors taught me a lot about people, life and cigars. After about three years of eating Mac & Cheese I realized I better finish school. The office looked nice but not much money in it. Now I fish for the love of the sport. As for the parrot feathers there are probably all kinds of Salmon flies that require unusual feathers such as parrot and the like but off hand I can not name any. Most of my tying has been and still is on the use-um and lose-um theory. I don't put in more time per fly them it takes to lose one in a tree, fish or friend.