Thread: Marabou question

I do keep and use most of the leftover feather!

I save the tips for something small, but use only very thin quill tips in my jigs. Maybe 5%-10% get a tip in the tail. All other just go in a bag for later and something small. Some use the whole feather bu using the tiny stuff or small Blood quills.

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So do you cut marabou like the hackle to use the whole feather? The videos I’ve seen they just lay it down on hook tie it then cut it off.

found a good video with them showing how to do the marabou. Makes sense now.

I tear it off the quill a little at a time and make a stack until o feel theee is enough. Then I pinch it about where I am going to cut off the bad ends and a little of the barbules and to tie it in. I do not use the quill at all in most of my tails and this way gives maximum action!

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Thanks Skip, that was what I was wanting to know. I've seen it used several ways but that seems to be the best for using all the feather.

Originally Posted by SuperDave336

Thanks Skip, that was what I was wanting to know. I've seen it used several ways but that seems to be the best for using all the feather.

Just save the tips intact in a sandwich bag or something. I keep all my feathers in qt ziplock bags and inside them I have the parts I saved from cutting and I even keep the stuff I don't use due to too much White in it at times, but can still make a jig out of it and White is always florescent too! The tips I have in mind making some tiny jigs and using maybe 3 tips more or less and putting them together to make a short tail. I do have bags of these too, lol!

I keep my Hackle the same way, all in Ziplock bags.

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