How to do this!

Many years ago, my dad had a friend (Albert) who tied jigs we used for striper fishing. The jigs were marabou with a round lead head. He tied the marabou in a way where the thread was totally hidden. The marabou went right up to the jig head and none of the thread could be seen. Sadly, Albert passed away several years ago. I've always wondered how he tied those jigs with no thread showing. Do any of you guys have a clue how that would be done? I would love to make a bag full of those things.

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Maybe some sort of palmered marabou technique. :dono

Never seen this,,, maybe he was using a clear mono that couldn’t be seen,,, something had to hold the material unless it was all glued.

Without seeing one, it would be almost impossible to guess. However I would have to agree with the above statements. Of coarse if the marabou stems laid parallel to the hook shank I'd say glue or some transparent sewing nylon like thread, And if palmered or spun around the hook shank, again I'd say the transparent nylon thread material. It's very thin and clear. Just my thoughts.

I'm thinking the marabou is palmered also.

Interesting

Could be did he use monofilament line in the input a fingernail clear over it or some other type of sealer we have done this in the past.

After reading all the responses, I remember Albert saying he would use a small hammer and flatten out the quill before tying them. I wish I had one to show but I don’t. I dissected one years ago (40 or so lol) but can’t recall what I found.

Sorry. Double post.

Would have been interesting to see for sure. I personally love seeing stuff like this from times before everything got like it is now. Use what was at hand, and go catch fish...Plain natural hair and feather jigs and such.

There’s a couple of things that come to mind or already said but what comes to mind for me is reverse tying with the fluff forward and tight. Once in the water it would have super action and a bigger profile. Just a thought.

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Originally Posted by skeetbum

There’s a couple of things that come to mind or already said but what comes to mind for me is reverse tying with the fluff forward and tight. Once in the water it would have super action and a bigger profile. Just a thought.

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Now that's interesting, as well as the tapping the quill flat with a hammer. Two techniques I had never heard of, nor thought of. Think I'll give it a go sometime. Gonna write it down in one of my jig recipe books so I don't forget it. Thanks guys.

Think of it Eric. Folks buy a jig for bottom bouncing or swimming with say a swim bait trailer. They put a spinnerbait skirt on it and then the body. Half of the skirt is facing forward and bends back giving lots of action. Some flies are tied forward and folded back and then combed and shaped to a minnow form. Worth a try.

Maybe he tied the marabou on with the quills at the neck and the marabou facing off the head and then folded the feathers to the back or the hook? However I don’t have any idea how you would then keep the marabou folded back over the hook?
I am not sure showing the thread really matters, but I use red thread and think of it like gills.

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I think it's some type of palmering technique with marabou. I will add a few videos here you can check out if you like. Even if what he was doing was not palmering, it sounds as if the end result could be achieved by using the palmering technique with marabou. Hope the videos help.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsGoB0GmcBQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpdyH0ueC7E

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-K5RXZ_XPU