DonO: If you post the photos, please put them on the list for all to see...Thanks
LJ >>> "DonO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1/1/2007 1:05 PM >>> 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 > >
