Emu Feathers

[mem_cl]

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

[ducksterman]

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

[flybinder]

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

[Panman]

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

[Extremely Low Budget FF]

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

[Jax]

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

[mem_cl]

Tanks, you gave me some good ideas...

thanks a lot again


Manuel Madariaga

[Jackster]

They make nice gills for hex nymphs.