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    Default Blood Plume Marabou

    Quick question about a salmon recipe: what is blood plume? Is it the tip portion of marabou that is rather even? I have found a recipes for salmon flies that call for yellow, orange, hot red, and purple blood plume marabou. Thanks.

    Diane

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    i have seen marabou referred to as blood quill. it is the very fine marabou with very little stem
    Joe


    uhh...nevermind

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    That makes sense since the recipe calls for several of them palmered forward. It just did not look right with the marabou I have in the package. I'm wondering now if it's a case of pick and choose or if there are packages of them for sale separately. I'll have to check the three or four suppliers of materials in town. Thanks.

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    Diane,
    They are sold separately..in fact, just recently I saw a site that had pictures of the three different kinds...of course I can't remember where right now but I'll keep an eye out....

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    Hi Duckster, it's okay. You don't have to go out of your way for it. I was just curious. I've never been a stickler for exact recipes. I guess it's due to hours upon hours in the kitchen modifying the cooking items.

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    They are sometimes called "shorts' or "blood feathers" and are packaged as strung in bunches.

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