When tying marabou the best way is to tear off the barbules from the stem, stack until you have enough to tie in, pinch it just about where you want to cut it to length, cut and tie in. Never cut off the natural ends of the feather. The very best action comes from tying it like this and really you do not just want to take the while feather and tie that in for a tail. I only use maybe 5 to 10% of the tips of marabou and then only the very thinnest stems as the stem restricts action.

I use Blood Quills for mine. You can use the Extra Select Marabou, but it comes on really long quills, but will work too.

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