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They're the leading edge of a Turkey's flight feather. They can be used for tails on stonefly nymphs as well as wrapped on the hook shank to make a biot bodied dry fly.

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Biggest advantage over goose biots is that they are longer and make them a little easier to use on larger flies.

 

-Bamboo

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Hi dc,

 

Don't forget the wings on Prince nymphs. Take care & ...

 

Tight Lines - Al Beatty

www.btsflyfishing.com

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The princes get most of my biots, however I have been experimenting with one or two tied in as a "beard" on some of my heavy lake nymphs that need to drag near the grassy bottom. They still get caught up here and there, but I'm loosing far less bugs into the salad!

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Legs and shell cases on nymphs such as copper John, and south fork special. Lee Wulf, Charles Defeo and tyers of that era,(maybe before) used them for much the same on there defeo type nymphs. They were also used as veilings, Antenna on stonefly patterns. Wing buds on caddis nymphs. Sides on flies, wet and dry. Biot nymph, yellow sally dry.

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