Now that winter has finally decided to makes it's way here in IA, thought it would be a good time to do some inventory on my fly tying materials .... way too much stuff!

Anyway I came across a large baggie of these CQ Quills I picked up somewhere. I believe they come from ducks .. I think. I noticed that allot of these feathers fluffy stuff, toward the bottom of the stems, seem to have the same qualities as CDC or maybe I'm wrong. But took some off the stem and tied them on a small dry hook to test it out. The fluffy stuff doesn't seem to sink even after they're in the water for awhile.

Am I off base here or will this work like CDC? Couldn't find allot of info on these CQ Quills so hoping someone here may have some experience with them

Thx's
Mike