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Just though i would get peoples option on cormorant wings, thick wing or a sparse tip wing?

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Sparse wing.Rabbit or Mink is better than marabou.

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Just though i would get peoples opinion on cormorant wings, thick wing or a sparse tip wing?

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would love to have a shed load of them
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Sparse wing.Rabbit or Mink is better than marabou.

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it really isnt.. stick with marabou mate, and that is what the pattern calls for..
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I have never tried with rabbit can give it a go as i am a fan of the sparse wing

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Somewhere inbetween sparse and inbetween

Marabou is just fine Tom. Fur is no better or worse... just different.
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I have never tried with rabbit can give it a go as i am a fan of the sparse wing

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not a cormorant then is it..
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try both-they will look and fish differently and catch on their day

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