[Greenbuttbomber]

I am just wondering if I am the only person having a time finding good quality marabou. Wow, I buy packages of it and end up having maybe 6 pieces that are decent quality to wrap. Even the UV stuff is poor I have found. With the price I had guessed that maybe they at least had tried to select good material in the first place. So, I am whining about feathers I guess. Anyone had good luck with a particular brand?
L

 

[Back Eddy]

Bought a Lifetime Supply

From Jack Cook and glad I did.. From what I see it is tough

 

[Copper Caroline]

Years ago I ordered a pound each of a bunch of colors of maribou... A huge quantity it was! It was incredible stuff and now as colors are used up it is tough to find anything even close to that good old stuff...

 

[Jason]

It's not just you. I've also had some trouble getting quality Marabou, though by lowering my standards a bit I've found that I can work with a good chunk of what I've been getting. Far from ideal though. I've purchased some good bags here and there from various sources, including Poppy, but I just haven't found any particular brand to be of consistent quality.
I'm also eager to hear if anyone has a better source
JB

 

[Speyducer]

'Bulk' marabou - 50 feathers per pack, ALL good for steelhead & marabou ties - never come across a bad feather here -

the 'bay seller - item # 271070631101

UK seller; UK£3.00 per pack plus postage

limited colours at present, but quality 'bou !!


Mike

 

[PGB]

It's not just you and its not just bou. Packages of schlappen are bad too. And burnt spey hackle often only has a few useable feathers it is amazing how much of it is super short or brittle and over burnt. I actually bought some of my own roosters and some turkeys to raise and see how i do for feathers.

 

[Greenbuttbomber]

feathers

Wow PGB........your own birds! Good work!
I don't see many solutions either so I'll just keep looking for packages that look good.
Thanks for the responses
Loren

 

[fish0n4evr]

I am just wondering if I am the only person having a time finding good quality marabou. Wow, I buy packages of it and end up having maybe 6 pieces that are decent quality to wrap. Even the UV stuff is poor I have found. With the price I had guessed that maybe they at least had tried to select good material in the first place. So, I am whining about feathers I guess. Anyone had good luck with a particular brand?
L

I guess it depends on what you are looking for. I mean - this is just a sample of ordinary Hareline Dubbing brand strung blood-quill where 90% of the quills are of the same size and quality:

Terrible shot - but - the quills have approximately two inches of useable feather with barbs long enough for up to a 3/0 fly! Marabou dresses down nicely and I get 4-6 wraps without over doing it depending on whether it is tied-in by the tip or by the stem. When it's strung marabou it really doesn't make much difference but you can open each pack to select the best one.

 

[Greenbuttbomber]

feathers

Thanks Fishon!
I'll check out the blood quill
L

 

[aaron s.]

I like the the Jay Fair brand as the tips are very high quality, though the stems get thick quickly so if you're wrapping you only get a few wraps. Spirit River has always been my go to. The Hareline Blood Quills aren't bad either.

 

[PGB]

Spirit River has always been my go to.

I have also found the spirit river stuff to be quite nice but it's not a common brand around here. The barred maribou they sell is particularily good.

 

[jabster]

I've been ordering my Bou's from Redshed for quite some time. Superior quality over the stuff that's on sale here in Finland. It's a shame that the postage costs have risen so much from the states. I'll have check out the stuff Speyducer linked.

The Redshed stuff has been superior for these BT+Bou tubes. They are so lively.