Marabou

[kelso2340]

looking to start tying some meat flies. Never really messed with streamers much so i need some advice. What kind of marabou do you guys recommend to tie some big 2-4 articulated meat flies? By which kind I mean which will work the best for big chunks of feather? Thanks for any input guys.

 

[Cornholio]

What kind of fish are you after? If it is small mouth bass i would recommend forming a body out of deer hair and then tying marabou over top of it. The deer hair will prevent the marabou from collapsing and losing mass.

 

[PACOFRANSICO]

I think your lookin for blood marabou nice long webby stuff. Like what Kelly Galloup use to tye his "Stacked Blond" with.

 

[Cornholio]

Yea the blood marabou is best for the big pike flies and what not. Use extra select or bugger marabou for smb and steelhead. Don't use cheap thread either i use the heavy duty floss or kevlar.

 

[ebroesicke]

Gartside streamer is a nice one. I am lucky and know some hunters so I have a whole turkey skin with lots of it on there. Gfen showed this pattern to me and he uses the strung stuff.

 

[kelso2340]

looking to ties these for big browns

 

[Ramcatt]

its a bit more spendy... but the spirit river tip dyed is killer
super thin barbs
might not be what you are looking for... but worth a look

 

[flyflinger7]

I use strung blood quills by hareline for peanut envy's and other articulated streamers.

 

[flyfishermanj]

Not to derail the topic, but a question for those of you who use strung marabou, how in the heck do you "pluck" your feathers from the string? I tried cutting the string, plucking the feathers off the string, all seem to result in a lot of wasted plumes. I'm also coming to the conclusion that the vendors are string small useless plumes near the string to make the product look more appealing.

JH

 

[quillfly]

i just grab a single plum at the end of the string (if i want the one in the middle i cut the strings at that point) at the base and rotate around the string till it breaks