Quote Originally Posted by warnerwalter View Post
I use marabou for 95% of my jigs. Most of the stuff I end up buying is too big for tying on #4 hooks, so about an inch or so of the feather ends up in the trash. I have yet to find a package that has the perfect size feathers. What size are the tiny feathers that you come by?

I agree, marabou takes a bit of time to tie. How do you tie yours? How long does it take you?

If you do decide to buy up some bulk, be sure to let me know.

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Thanks guys for the input, hope to see more.

I mostly buy Blood Quills and I tear off the barbules and stack them until I have enough for the tail. Then I pinch it about where I want to cut the pulled ends off to the size I want them tie in. It just takes me longer to tie marabou than Hackle. I have bought bulk before, but just in colors I use a lot. Plus when they had to change the die they use it came out less green and I loved that color so I bought a bunch of it. Then they were going more green so I got them to make me some more of that less green color as a custome order. So I had a lot of more green and a huge amount of my Chartreuse that I liked so I sold off a lot of both back when I first got it.

Since I sell some Hackle it just kind of hit me to ask if anyone wanted marabou and if enough had interest I would think about at least having a few colors.

I have not decided anything yet.

i have started to think a little about trying the little stuff, but I just have issues with using many with the stem in. I do use a few tips with stem in, but only if very thin, so probably 10% have that and the rest have no stem. I do end up with a ton of tips that I save for what ever else. I do plan o. Coming up with something to use just tips, lol!

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