Good idea. It is fuzzy... and then I can say that I was a little bit "wuzzy" when I came up with such an idea. ;o)
/Nick -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- Från: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] För Anthony Spezio Skickat: den 3 januari 2007 03:40 Till: [email protected] Ämne: RE: [VFB] Chili Pepper Swap- marabou You are forgiven, You can call it "The Fuzzy Wuzzy Pepper". Tony --- Niclas Runarsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > HOLY CANNOLI!!!!! I think I stepped over the fence > here. All the other > Chili's have their feathers left and I left it out completely. Did I > take it too far? Does this make me the black dog in the > Order Of The Chili? Am I > still your friend, Tony? I promise I will rename > it... > > /Nick > > > -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- > Från: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] För DonO > Skickat: den 1 januari 2007 21:05 > Till: [email protected] > Ämne: Re: [VFB] Chili Pepper Swap- marabou > > > 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
