Emu Feathers

I hope you can recomend me somethig...

a friend is going to give me some emu feathers she have, so, i'm asking you to recomendme some flies to tie with emu....

Thanks

Manuel Madariaga

One way is to use them anywhere you would use ostrich.

The quills, when stripped, make great "Quill Body" flies, too!

I like to use Emu feathers for wooly worms/buggers in lieu of the regular stiff rooster hackle. I also use Emu in lieu of spun hackle on wet flies. Here is a link to a fly I use for crappie with good results. While the picture shows a gray fly I prefer olive. Emu dyes easily.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...BHEmuNymph.jpg

In addition Hans W's site has some neat Emu ideas. When you log onto his site hit the search feature and type in Emu. Link to Hans site: http://www.danica.com/flytier/

Hope this helps.
Tim

I strip one side of the feather and use them in wooly buggers as the hackle.

I've used the tips for the wing of adult dragon flies.


I like tying with emu.

You can also wrap a hook with them and clip it to form the case of a cased caddis.

It's just cool stuff!!!!


Ed

Emu Feathers used for wings on Stoneflies with the Wonder Wing method are Hot Stuff. Have Fun. Jax

Tanks, you gave me some good ideas...

thanks a lot again


Manuel Madariaga

They make nice gills for hex nymphs.