Micro Fibbets vs Cow Elk or other stiffy tails

[coyoterahn]

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Well it sounds good doesn’t it?

 

[Bamboozle]

Trout taking sulphurs are more prone to disregard the fibbett tail color but your hook HAS to have yellow/orange hues to be effective 😳

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I didn't say effective, it's just a hang-up of mine if I am going to bother wasting time creating an imitation...

 

[troutbert]

I understand a trout could give a rat's a$$ whether the tails on a Sulphur are the correct color but if I'm going to spend a minute or two tying them in and splitting them...

I want them to be yellow... 😉

Do sulphurs have yellow tails?

 

[Bamboozle]

Do sulphurs have yellow tails?

Despite the fact that most patterns call for light din hackle & tails, the naturals where I fish have yellow hackle & tails.

I won't say it mattes but...

 

[jifigz]

Despite the fact that most patterns call for light din hackle & tails, the naturals where I fish have yellow hackle & tails.

I won't say it mattes but...

I agree .I think the naturals near me have yellow tails..

 

[EchoRidgeElder]

I am in the microfibbet camp. Been using them for seems like 40+ years.

 

[salmo]

Neither, Coq de Leon tailing fibers preform most naturally, super soft and they have movement. I have a friend who swears some super selective fish feel the stiffness of the micro fibbets and refuse to take. Idk?

Nah! I don’t buy it. My most successful dry fly is tied with Fibbets.

 

[salmo]

I know that this is an old post, but I purchase a white nylon paint brush and used the bristles for tailing material. If I want to change the color I use an alcohol marker. The fibers are about the same size (thickness) as the Micro Fibbetts. A lifetime supply.

 

[salmo]

Also this one for Moose mane or elk/deer hair tails. Colored with marker.

 

[PaScoGi]

thanks salmo, appreciate it!