Marabou is my nemesis. It looks like someone killed a turkey in my workshop.

I've tied feathers for treble hooks, bucktail on saltwater jigs, made plenty of spinnerbait skirts from living rubber / silicone / etc... But marabou is kicking my behind for some reason. Maybe it's because my eyes and hands are getting older. Maybe I'm just not patient enough for marabou. I don't know. But I've scrapped a bunch of them, and so far, this is the best I've been able to tie. I'm not giving up, mind you. I'm just stepping away from the workbench because it looks like someone killed a turkey or chicken over here. Little feathers everywhere. Desk, floor, clothing, face (how did I get them on my face and in my hair?) :Rofl

Much respect for those of you who tie marabou on a regular basis "like it's nothing". It's definitely a skill.

All the best,
Glenn

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I have sneezed and emptied my waste basket on the vise. Much fun to clean up

Keep a small shallow container on hand so you can put a sponge in it and fill with water. Wet your finger tips by pressing down on the wet sponge and wipe them down the maribou barbels. It’s much easier to deal with damp maribou than dry. Less flyaways, etc.


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Originally Posted by Cajuntec

I've tied feathers for treble hooks, bucktail on saltwater jigs, made plenty of spinnerbait skirts from living rubber / silicone / etc... But marabou is kicking my behind for some reason. Maybe it's because my eyes and hands are getting older. Maybe I'm just not patient enough for marabou. I don't know. But I've scrapped a bunch of them, and so far, this is the best I've been able to tie. I'm not giving up, mind you. I'm just stepping away from the workbench because it looks like someone killed a turkey or chicken over here. Little feathers everywhere. Desk, floor, clothing, face (how did I get them on my face and in my hair?) :Rofl

Much respect for those of you who tie marabou on a regular basis "like it's nothing". It's definitely a skill.

All the best,
Glenn

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That looks good. I too have sneezed and blown feathers everywhere....lol

I think we’ve all had feathers on the wind at some time. I like using it but use stuff with more body to it. Very little has better action and is as moderately priced. Keeping it shorter stops a lot of the short strikes and still has great action. Never trim the tips. I’ve used a couple of gray ghosts til most of the feather was gone but it worked up until it was all gone. It was one of the components of the original gray ghosts that I tied and fell in love with. I also learned not to use the vacuum to clean up a bench with maribou on it. All gone!

Like dumping an cup full of silver disco on your living room floor then walking through it making moondust trails…lol

It’s funny reading this LOL, I really dislike the stuff, I just used my last of it tying on the front porch this morning



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