Marabou Patch
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The marabou name comes from the marabou stork found in South Africa.
Lacy Gee, the original founder of Wapsi, was the first to sell turkey marabou as a substitute for the feathers from the marabou stork.
Lacey had been a fly tier since his boyhood in the 20′ s. In the late 30’s, he did a short stint as a turkey farmer where he first saw the similarity between a certain turkey feather and the African stork marabou he had been buying to tie salmon flies.
Select Marabou Plumes (item#MA) are great for spey collars & have the longest feathers available with long barbs and a heavy stem.
Our select marabou plumes are available in 43 colors!
001 White
002 Cream
006 Yellow
012 Orange
013 Burnt Orange
041 Tan
042 Ginger
045 Root Beer
047 Brown
050 Golden Brown
051 Rusty Brown
052 Wine
056 Red
060 Light Olive
061 Yellow Olive
062 Kelly Green
066 Highlander Green
068 Olive Green
073 Dark Brown
082 Blue
089 Olive
092 Purple
100 Black
103 Pink
120 Amber
125 Pearl Gray
137 Shad Gray
141 Sculpin Olive
144 Sand
178 Shrimp Pink
181 Peach
194 Peacock Blue
279 Coral
501 Fl. Red
502 Fl. Yellow
503 Fl. Orange
504 Fl. Green
505 Fl. Fire Orange
506 Fl. White
507 Fl. Blue
509 Fl. Chartreuse
510 Fl. Pink
511 Fl. Cerise
The blood quill or Strung Marabou (item# MB) is our best selling marabou. This feather is a great all around marabou for trout, bass, & saltwater flies.
Strung Marabou is available in 43 colors!
001 White
002 Cream
006 Yellow
012 Orange
013 Burnt Orange
041 Tan
042 Ginger
045 Root Beer
047 Brown
050 Golden Brown
051 Rusty Brown
052 Wine
056 Red
060 Light Olive
061 Yellow Olive
062 Kelly Green
066 Highlander Green
068 Olive Green
073 Dark Btrown
082 Blue
089 Olive
092 Purple
100 Black
103 Pink
120 Amber
125 Pearl Gray
137 Shad Gray
141 Sculpin Olive
144 Sand
178 Shrimp Pink
181 Peach
194 Peacock Blue
279 Coral
501 Fl. Red
502 Fl. Yellow
503 Fl. Orange
504 Fl. Green
505 Fl. Fire Orange
506 Fl. White
507 Fl. Blue
509 Fl. Chartreuse
510 Fl. Pink
511 Fl. Cerise
Wooly Bugger Marabou can create the perfect bugger when combined with our wooly bugger chenille. This marabou is shorter & fuller than the Strung Marabou.
The blood quill or Mini Marabou is ideal for smaller flies and jigs. This feather comes from chickens and is also known as chickabou.