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okay.
when I tie muddler wings/tails I tie them off of one side of the feather quill. when I've used up all the feather from one side, can I use the feathers from the other? I usually just go buy another pair of feathers.
I suppose I could just try it out and see how things work, but I'm wondering what y'all do.
mgj
Hi Mikey
Muddler threads always get my attention, only because I enjoy fishing, not so much so because I enjoy tying them.
Anyway to address your question, I use slips from both sides of the feather. My feathers have sections missing and some left on both sides of the stem. I didn't know going right down one side was a thing to do or not to http://www.flyanglersonline.com/bb/wink.gif.
Just courious, why wouldn't you have used from the other side before now?
I use either peacock or turkey quill (depending on my mood) for wings, my fethers usually have long enough fibers on both sides. -Yaf
I don't know.
all I know is that I have bunches of turkey tail pairs with feathers taken from one side each and none from the other.
I think I'm gonna go tie one from the other side now.
mgj
I've never though about it that much. I use the bigger, softer side of matched quills for my muddlers. It just seemed like it was easier to handle. Of course I bought bunches of speckled brown quills when Herters was selling 6 pairs for $.27 in 1968. 8T
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Michael...
Will only really work if you turn the vise around and start tying left handed until the feathers have run out...Quote:
when I tie muddler wings/tails I tie them off of one side of the feather quill. when I've used up all the feather from one side, can I use the feathers from the other? I usually just go buy another pair of feathers.
Cheers,
Hans W
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mikey:
Are you cutting a big slip and folding it?
You can try using the leading edge of the feather but I bet you'll find that the biots give you trouble. Some of the secondary feathers from in toward the body may have long enough biots...so it's worth a poke.
For the sake of the Tying god's I'll add two comments:
1. You can (and "should" http://www.flyanglersonline.com/bb/smile.gif ) use matched left and right wings and take matched slips from each wing (see thread on Quill wings, the same rules apply). Forgive me if I interpreted your question wrongly.
2. The late Poul Jorgensen advises using the tail coverts to tie muddles. They are softer and very attractive, albeit a tad different than what the Muddler had morphed into these days.
I think a very sparse muddler tied with black or very dark brown hair and fished just under the surface in muddy shallow riffles is a deadly sculpin imitation. http://www.flyanglersonline.com/bb/wink.gif
Yo Mikey,
From a matched pair of quills I use the longer fibered, better marked side for the wings and the shorter , "not so better marked" side for tails. But, if both sides have good, long, nicely marked fibers, use bothem' fer wings.
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Dennis ~BadBug~