Palmering marabou?

[Salvelinus]

How do you palmer marabou, like you would for a skagit minnow? I have never used this technique before. Which part do you tie in, the tip or the stem? Thanks.

[Chris J]

Tie in the tip, sweep the barbules back with your fingers, or you can strip one side of the feather, but that makes for a more thinly dressed fly.
Chris

[riseform]

This thread was interesting and helpful awhile back, with a nice trick and pictorial from TallFlyGuy, especially for thick stemmed marabou.
http://washingtonflyfishing.com/board/showthread.php?t=45090

[1morecast]

I would also follow the marabou with a counter-rib. Marabou stems are fragile.

[luv2fly2]

the two guys on "flytying art "did the technique on last saturdays show. they tied a mickey finn streamer. mike w