Les Young Posted December 25, 2020 Report Share Posted December 25, 2020 (edited) Has anybody ever used these as either a main source of feathers for tying floatnfly & crappie jigs. Also what about small amounts of dyed ostrich feathers as possible accent colors on these jigs? How about mixed with craft fur or bucktail? These would be cheap & easy to obtain if they'd work good & figured somebody here had tried it. Thanks Edited December 25, 2020 by Les Young Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jigmeister Posted December 27, 2020 Report Share Posted December 27, 2020 The real" Maribou "feathers came from a stork in Africa that was just about hunted to extinction for it's feathers so importation was banned . The Maribou feathers sold today are actually turkey pin feathers from young turkeys? Whatever hair or feather material you want to try will probably work in a given situation . If the fish hit your jig / fly it is right . I bought an assortment of packaged , dyed maribou feathers for tying small jigs from Barlows tackle shop and they were pretty cheap really . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Young Posted December 28, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2020 Thanks. I’ve got some maribou in different colors, but was just thinking about the boas for accent colors like blue, pink etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jigmeister Posted December 28, 2020 Report Share Posted December 28, 2020 If you 've got access to some feature boa's they should work just fine . Probably really good for "Sexy " shad patterned flies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Young Posted December 29, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2020 Thanks i appreciate it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatman Posted December 29, 2020 Report Share Posted December 29, 2020 Everyone I've ever seen the colors bleed out. I use mallard, teal, gadwall flank feathers either plain or ones that I've dyed myself. I use craft fur or arctic fox or other fox tails for the float and flies. But most furs can be used for float and flys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Young Posted December 30, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2020 Thanks i appreciate the info. All i ever hear if feater or craft fur so i'll check out the fox tails. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Young Posted April 11, 2022 Report Share Posted April 11, 2022 Most feather boas consist of feathers with a web tip. You can strip fibers off them. But that is about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bentrod425 Posted April 24, 2022 Report Share Posted April 24, 2022 I used some from one of those my daughter got...the feathers were definitely not as good quality/condition as the ones I bought from he fly shop, but they did work for some fly tying applications. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
