Hillbilly voodoo Posted December 9, 2017 Report Share Posted December 9, 2017 Striper what species do you target on the fly? knowing this I may be able to give you some more uses for duck feathers personally I use them in many different ways from insect to baitfish patterns Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StriperCandy Posted December 9, 2017 Report Share Posted December 9, 2017 (edited) I usually build salt water flies and streamers. The mayfly build is a trade with jonister, and a test of my skills. My flies are usually for blue fish, stripers, and sometimes fluke. Edited December 10, 2017 by StriperCandy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillbilly voodoo Posted December 10, 2017 Report Share Posted December 10, 2017 16 hours ago, StriperCandy said: I usually build salt water flies and streamers. The mayfly build is a trade with jonister, and a test of my skills. My flies are usually for blue fish, stripers, and sometimes fluke. So 3-8inch baitfish/predator flies I have not targeted these species but predator species are my fav to target so might fav a pattern or two that you would like. Duck feathers for this style of tying I use for fins and highlight points i will try to do some tying over the next few days and post them with recipes i guess knowing what species of duck you have feathers from could be useful lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NM Hevi Posted December 10, 2017 Report Share Posted December 10, 2017 I have plenty of Mallard Drake feathers. Wanting to tie hooks for topwater baits, both poppers and walking style presentations. Which feathers have y’all used from ducks for this method? Thanks John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StriperCandy Posted December 10, 2017 Report Share Posted December 10, 2017 Jonnister sent me what I'm guessing are mallard secondary flight feathers and coverlets, and body feathers that are mostly black/white/grey barred. https://photos.google.com/album/AF1QipOenu-8SD6wOR3wsuZs17KJ4iGf6xLpjT_NOF15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonister Posted December 10, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2017 Thats a good guess! maybe i should label them when i put the feathers in bags. Im kind of a feather hoarder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StriperCandy Posted December 11, 2017 Report Share Posted December 11, 2017 Finally! That ornithology class in high school paid off! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain belly Posted February 17, 2018 Report Share Posted February 17, 2018 Love those Goose Biots you get from the primary feathers! Best part of a goose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishCandy Posted March 24, 2018 Report Share Posted March 24, 2018 Jonnister, I didn't forget about you sir. I am going to get a few hooks tomorrow and try this thing. Stay tuned! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Young Posted June 1, 2018 Report Share Posted June 1, 2018 I keep my feathers on the wing. Much tying (such as wings) requires matching left and right wing feathers. Love that Wally wing. Got to give that a try. With my luck, I won't get the feather to split. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishCandy Posted June 2, 2018 Report Share Posted June 2, 2018 Splitting the feather was the easy part! I'm not used to such small hooks. It's a lot harder to tie them than I thought. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Young Posted June 5, 2018 Report Share Posted June 5, 2018 I tied a set of Adams for a business mentor of mine. I went from a size 8 down to a size 28. He was pretty impressed that I was able to put wings on the smallest ones. Not sure if I could do it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brendakshi Posted June 21, 2018 Report Share Posted June 21, 2018 (edited) oooh cool? i never seen this very beautiful fish. I wrote a short essay about my fishing story click here I love the bait, the eatable. You've heard of flying fish. I was catching it with my boat . Seriously read this text it is very interestingly Edited June 21, 2018 by brendakshi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamgreen22 Posted July 27, 2022 Report Share Posted July 27, 2022 On 6/21/2018 at 11:45 AM, brendakshi said: oooh cool? i never seen this very beautiful fish. I wrote a short essay about my fishing story click here I love the bait, the eatable. You've heard of flying fish. I was catching it with my boat . Seriously read this text it is very interestingly Finally! That ornithology class in high school paid off! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamgreen22 Posted July 27, 2022 Report Share Posted July 27, 2022 (edited) On 6/21/2018 at 11:45 AM, brendakshi said: oooh cool? i never seen this very beautiful fish. I wrote a short essay about my fishing story go url I love the bait, the eatable. You've heard of flying fish. I was catching it with my boat . Seriously read this text it is very interestingly Finally! That ornithology class in high school paid off! Edited July 27, 2022 by adamgreen22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
