Thread: married wings

seeing all of these beautiful patterns with married wings it has got my interst. but i have a couple questions?

1 what type of feathers do you use
2 can do you have to find feathers of the same thickness? or can you take a mallard quill with a goose quill?
3 are there tutorials on line that anyone can point me to
any help would be appericated.

TF

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You can use goose shoulder, turkey tail, kori. etc. The possibilities are endless. I prefer dyed turkey tail and www.feathersmc.com has a lot of great materials at great prices.

If you are just starting out I would suggest sticking with the same material to marry and then go from there.

Here is a step by step on a Jock Scott.

Tying Step by Step - tying married wings on a reduced jock scott | The Fly Tying Bug

Hey john, I posted and inquiry a coupple months back and Andy Brasko posted some useful info.

As for feathers, I have only used duck and goose quills so far..

Heres the post.. http://www.njflyfishing.com/vBulleti...ght-wings.html (Traditional Wet Fly Upright Wings...)