Yes, I've used them. "Mini" schlappen. I use them on wooly buggers and some other patterns.
On a side note, what hook is that?
Tying with Scrap Feathers
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Re: Tying with Scrap Feathers
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Re: Tying with Scrap Feathers
Like Mike B., I have used them on buggers and also on featherwing streamers like Lefty's Deceiver. But I really like John's idea of trying them as collar hackle to produce ultra-soft spider patterns.
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Yes. I’ve used these feathers too. One of the things I like about them is the triangular taper of the hackle length. It gives the fly a nice profile (larger in front and narrow at back. I like to strip the fibers from one side, so I can adjust the hackle density by adjusting the spacing of my wraps.
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I'm like Bill, I use them mostly for buggers and featherwing streamers. I have used them as hackle to both on wingless and winged wets as well as for steelhead hackle.
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We actually use a lot of those particular feathers up here; trolling streamers behind the ol' square stern after ice out is eagerly anticipated every spring. Trout and salmon teeth peel the hide right off those feathers so we go through a lot of them.
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Mike,
I think we have a lot in common, in terms of experience. I too have fished at ice out, trolling streamers to catch trout and salmon in the Adirondacks. Sounds very similar to me
I think we have a lot in common, in terms of experience. I too have fished at ice out, trolling streamers to catch trout and salmon in the Adirondacks. Sounds very similar to me
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This year spring never showed up. Ice out up here was the second week in May and even then it kept thinking about freezing up for another month. I used to think ever streamer I tied had to be Carrie Stevens worthy; somehow you get it into your head that being from Maine you need to 'represent' the brand with flawless ties.
I like Fran Betters. Most of my streamers have far more in common with his tying philosophy than with Carrie's. I save scrap feathers now specifically for spring streamers, they work just fine and I'm not making myself neurotic anymore.