Using Marabou

[Rabmax]

Hello all i bought a few different colours of marabou a while ago.I tied up a few emerging dry flies with it.But have been trying to think of ways of trying to use some up.Been thinking about incorporating some into my nymphs & add a wee bit movement.I know its quite a bulky & fairly brittle material.So looking for a few pointers or pictures if possible.Cheers

[Traditionalist]

This search will give you a lot of flies that use marabou, just click on whatever you find interesting;

https://www.google.com/search?q=flies+with+marabou&hl=en&tbo=d&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=iWeaUJDRK6KJ4gSB1oGQDg&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAA&biw=1024&bih=610

[Fishtales]

hook : LS#12/14

tail/body : marabou any colour both the same length

rib : narrow pearl mylar

pick out the marabou between the turns of the rib.

[Rabmax]

hook : LS#12/14

tail/body : marabou any colour both the same length

rib : narrow pearl mylar

pick out the marabou between the turns of the rib.

I was tinking along this sort of line.
http://swittersb.wordpress.com/2009/12/20/fly-tying-marabou-plume-for-tail-and-body-of-fly/

Fishtales wow robust do you find the marabou tail.Wondering if it would be best to use something else for the tail.Do you find it's a good river pattern as i only fish rivers now .Cheers

[Fishtales]

I've never noticed any problems with it. Don't make the tail too long or it wraps around the bend of the hook; too short and it doesn't have enough movement. When I used them it was on lochs and reservoirs but I don't see why they shouldn't work on rivers too. When tying the plume in wrap it around the tying silk before wrapping it up the hook shank for the body, this makes it stronger and more resistant to fish teeth. I used them in green, olive, brown and pink

You can see them in this picture of an old fly box of mine, left side.

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[Traditionalist]

These are nearly all marabou nymph type flies;

https://www.google.com/search?q=marabou+nymph&hl=en&sa=G&tbo=u&tbm=isch&source=univ&ei=lqWaUJ7kPKqF4gSA24CgBg&ved=0CDcQsAQ&biw=1024&bih=610

[Tweed]

A few ideas on this thread too:

http://www.wildfisher.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=15137.0

Andy T

[Rabmax]

Hello all tied a few of these up so far.
Fly tying Woolly Bugger Bob Wyatt ties a rubber legs Woolly Bugger
I like the idea of using up the scraps as dubbing
Cheers