Tying Feathers Question

[azslabber]

I don't really know how to tye a feather to a jig.My question is:
How do you cut the feather to get it to look like hairs,like you guys all seem to do.I see the feather,look at the quill then it goes up to the tip and the quill disappears.I usually cut it on the quill a little so I can tye it to the hook shank,the quill that is.Do you cut horizontal to the quill and just tye the fluffy stuff?As you can see,I just use the whole end,lol.Non of yours look that way.Enlighten me.I've watched videos and they just throw the feather down and start tying.I've never seen HOW they prepared thier feather.I also know that there are a million kind of feathers that you use.Mine are all like the one in the picture,maribou I think.