Eagle Substitute

Through my friendship with Danny "Red Elk" Gear I've been able to see and feel a real Eagle Marabou hackle or "Fluffys" as they are called by Native Americans. There is a slight difference in taper between a Turkey and Eagle plume but the main thing is the rachis (feather shaft). The Eagle is extremely flexible while the Turkey is much stiffer and difficult to wind. I doubt the masters felt that Eagle had any magical fish catching qualities but took a more utilitarian approach in using a feather that was easy to handle.

What I'm offering here is the best of both worlds. It's simply a Turkey Marabou feather with a parried rachis. In layman's terms that means the stem has been trimmed lengthwise making it very supple and very easy to wind all the way to the bottom end. It's still quite strong and will stand up to fairly heavy hand pressure but wraps like a dream. Click HERE to see a few flies Don Colman, the creator of these unique substitutes, has used them on.

These are hand selected for their Eagle like barb qualities and carefully hand dipped, tip dyed, to ensure close to natural color. 5 feathers per package.

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