also playing with some duck feathers ...wood duck

I had a friend give me some wood duck feathers this weekend, I first did the kool aide dye trick which didn't work as good as it has on other feathers and hair but did ok. Then i attempted to tie a few...i had a hard time figuring out which feathers to use and how to lay them. Any tips greatly appreciated.
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jigs look like they should work. Hope you didn't die the gold Flank Feathers as they are so desirable in natural color. I don't die any of my own so if I don't see feathers already died I just don't have them. I see Mallard and Teal died colors, but don't see wood Duck died. I do see a lot of Mallard died Woodduck Gold.

Once wet they will all be straight in the water.

With duck you have to slow down and work with the feathers to make them lay like you want them to lay. Your jigs will work fine and they look good. Nice job tying them.

Thanks guys for the comments.. and yeah i did try to dye the gold flank feathers but their the ones that wouldn't take the dye! So i guess i didn't mess them up. The only reason i dyed them is of all the jigs ive tied the ones pictured here with the aqua blue maribou have been just tearing the crappie up! And i was wanting to make the same color except with duck feathers.
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I love using blue for crappie, sometimes it's the body and sometime it's the tail. I also like Turquoise for a tail.