These turkey flats have the soft marabou type barbs from the base to about 2/3 up the feather. The tops third though is a fiber that is almost a mix of turkey quill and marabou. It is supple enough to wrap on a hook or tube but has way more rigidity than marabou. We brought the extra large turkey flats in the shop to combat two problems we face in our own tying.......1. We wanted to make a marabou fly with more structure. Like most tyers, we traditionally used schlappen as a collar on marabou flies. It looks great, but the soft schlappen combined with the marabou almost completely collapses along the shank or tube in faster flows. The turkey stays “bulked up” much more. 2. We also like using these plumes as an underwing on Intruder style tubesand shanks. The turkey has body to the wing and actually props up themore gentle fibers like heron, lady amherst, rhea, and ostrich spey that arecommonly used with Intruders. 3. 30 pcs per bag dyed in house, 10 colors to choose from
