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Old 16-07-2011, 12:05 PM
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Was wondering if anyone has had any success with flies tied using brown marabou ? just purchased some from steve parton and gonna tie up a few, cheers, ian
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I use brown Marabou to tie Damsel variants,and it works fine for me
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Many thanks! looking forward to tying a few up, ian
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i have had good success with cormorants using brown marabou
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I have a few Damsels with brown and olive marabou in there tails,think it looks more like the real thing myself

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I wrap it for bug bodies
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I use brown Marabou to tie Damsel variants,and it works fine for me
me too, also use it as a dub for bodies.
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Many thanks lads! ian
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