Marabou Maggot

[letumgo]

Marabou Maggot
Thread - 8/0 UNI-Thread (Black)
Hook - Daiichi 2220 / Size 8 or 10
Thorax - Tungsten Bead (Black)
Body - Marabou Feather (White or Cream) / Twisted and wound, forming a tapered body)
Hackle - Ring Neck Pheasant Hackle (Church Window)





Desperate times, call for desperate measures...

[Roadkill]

Nice creation! I love marabou damsels.

[letumgo]

This pattern would be more maggot-like with a pale cream marabou, but alas I didn't have that color.

[Roadkill]

My first thought when I saw it was to twist white with a cream feather! We tie off the same page many times!

[letumgo]

We tie off the same page many times!

I've noticed that too. It was your recent posts that sent me off on my latest pheasant feather obsession. Thanks for the inspiration.