Wood Duck Parachute Post

[ScottP]

Scott, I think wood duck flank feathers are a good bit stiffer that mallard and that might make a real difference with parachute posts.

Ed,


I pulled a couple feathers out for comparison; wood duck on left, mallard on right





Just based on my tactile sense, I didn't find much difference in relative stiffness (markings on wood duck are much nicer, no surprise); I'll leave it up to tyers to decide.

I am much too much a cheapskate to use something as expensive as wood duck flank for parachute posts so I'm afraid I cannot answer to using that for posts.

Agreed; that wood duck feather's going back into the bag with the rest of the skin.

Regards,
Scott