Twisted Marabou

I decided to use twisted marabou on this jig instead of chenille. The rib is heavy gold wire.

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Nice jig Joe...

thats a nice 1 i have done a few of those wiht a marbiou body before but have never done any with any wire u got me something 2 tye now

If you wrap the wire the opposite direction as the marabou, it will hold the marabou in place much better.

Almost like using dubbing but it works good. Nice looking tie

Nice looking jig. I was shown how to tie a Dragonfly larvae fly with a twisted maribou body, really neat technique.

skeetbum,
Here's my twisted maribou dragon fly nymph.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...1/100_1170.jpg

I do one really close to yours Skeet. I found a fly that I tried to make into a jig and it is called Red Eye Damsel.
I am glad you guys reminded me of this one sine I have not looked at it in several years. May need to do some other colors.

Skip
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Those are both nice work guys. I'll dig out the one I have and post a pic of it. My list of things to tie for my self is getting longer day by day.

This is the one that the master tyer in Cabela's in St Charles, MO. for me. Black bead chain eyes, and peacock herl for the head. This guy had been tying flies and fly fishing for over 30 years and was sharp in both technique and teaching skills. I asked a question about the completed fly on display and he said"you do it like this", and gave it to me when he was finished. I have all the stuff, just need to do it one day.

What ever works is a good fly. That fly should be a "Fish Getter." If you have confidence in the fly you're using, that should be all that it takes.

That's different...........I like it!Thumbs Up

That's a neat pattern, Thanks for sharing Joe. Here's another crazy ideal I had when I saw yours with the wire wrap. How about spacing the wire a bit more and opposite wrap/weave a second wire where they cross each other on both sides. It would give it a whole new apperance. Of course they would fish the same if it didn't add to much weight. Just a thought.
NightProwler

nightprowler,
That's an interesting idea. I've always thought however, that one of the purposes of a rib is to present the image of segmentation in a bug. I would fear that wrapping in both directions might diminish that effect. Interesting idea though. Might want to give it a try and see what happens. It may work fine in that it presents a bit more sparkle.

nice stuff guys...gotta try my hand at some.