I noticed that on the Chillie's you sent me a while back that the tails seemed on the short side...probably half of what I use. Not that it makes much difference though...I don't catch many anyway!!
It is a good point that they shouldn't be too long. After all, a little marabou goes a long way. R ______________________________________________ Reuven Segal B. Engineering (Aerospace)- Final Year B. Engineering (Manufacturing Systems and Management) RMIT University 5/11 Rockbrook Road, East St. Kilda, 3183 Melbourne, Victoria Australia [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mobile: 0422 266798 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Anthony Spezio Sent: Tuesday, 2 January 2007 8:58 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [VFB] Chili Pepper Swap- marabou Well said Don, I buy my marabou on 1/4 oz. bulk. I sort through it to find the plumes I like. End up giving a lot of it away because it does not suit me. Another thing I noticed on the peppers shown, most all have big tails. I pinch off my tails to keep from getting short strikes. The fish don't seem to mind at all. Tony --- DonO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Chuck, > > One of the things you'll notice about these peppers > is the broad range of > characteristics for marabou feathers. You owe it to > yourself to tie up a > half dozen marabou leeches with just a set of > barbell eyes on the hook and > then 'fish' them in a clear container where you can > watch the marabou > 'work'. Tie some with long fine tips, some with > full barbs, some tapered, > etc. Whenever you try new marabou- 'fish' it first > to see what it acts like > in the water. > > Marabou used to be from Marabou storks, but now it's > from turkeys and > chickens- so there can be a great deal of variance > in the genetic > characteristics of batches of feathers. > > So if I were tying a marabou muddler, I'd be using > the fuller feathers. If > it was a marabou streamer, I'd use the tapered > feathers- full at the base > and fine at the tips. If I was tying a straight > leech pattern, I'd pick > long, fine tips from strung blood feathers > (http://www.myoan.net/fishing/jargon.html). One > tier here uses the blood > feathers on his buggers and then pinches off the > fine tips. > > Types: I use strung marabou blood-feathers quite > a bit. Byard carries > these on Linesend.com along with grizzly marabou. > Craftstore marabou is > cheap, but the dyes are not colorfast in most cases. > Cabellas** sells > 'spey' marabou, and I have some un-sourced packages > of marabou with dense > marabou along the shafts and fanlike feathers at the > tips. > > Rope-dubbing marabou for beautiful fuzzy bodies that > are tapered and > segmented is a favorite of mine. The emerger > semi-dry parachute fly is a > perfect application, so is a damselfly nymph. > Mixing colors gives amazing > buggy effects- like blending dubbings. The > different types of marabou give > different shape bodies and fuzziness. > > I'll tie some marabou-dubbed tails and email you > some photos- you'll see > what I mean. > > DonO > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Desert Eagle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 11:55 AM > Subject: Re: [VFB] Chili Pepper Swap > > > > Is it me, or do what. I look at those pictures and > the first thing that > > comes to mind is "Phyllis Diller". You know, > "really" bad hair days. > > Jimi > > > > I found it after some difficulty - add: _swap > after pepper and > > before .HTM > > > http://www.chappysguide.com/html/secret_chili_pepper_swap.HTM > > > > Neville (Nev) Gosling > > Greater Vancouver, > > B.C. Canada > > > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.16.1/611 - > Release Date: 12/31/2006 > > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
