Today i got a store bought feathered hook and it gave me a idea.

I took a treble hook up to my room, found some white thin thread, and a feather.

I cut some of the feather off, so there was alot of 1" long, 1/16" wide strands of feather. I wrapped some thread around the hook, then started wrapping the feathers in the layers of thread.

It took some time, but a half-a-hour later i had a fairly good looking hand wrapped feathered hook. The thread is wrapped real tight and the feathers dont come out easily at all.

It came out much better than i had thought it would. Infact, it came out looking great!

I was quite pleased with my job, and cant wait to make some more.

(i would post pictures but the camera is two blurry)

Anyone else do this? It is really fun.

Can i use a permanet marker to color the feathers?

What type of feathers are best to use? I used goose. (i found it in the woods)

hey, i guess i can start saying "tight wraps" instead of "tight lines"!

Matt

I just finnished a seccond one. It came out better than the first.

I colored the tips of the feathers and the thread with a lime green marker. It looks really sweet.

Matt

ive thought of doing this, but havent yet. i need to go to a hobby store and get some feathers. just a tip on the pics, if you put the hook in your hand, then you can usually (atleast for me) get it focus really good.

aaron

If you can, get ostrich feathers.

I cut some from my mom's ostrich feather duster, and they work great.

They are very manageable and easy to wrap. Just wet them and they stick together, making placment much easier.

They look so awsome too. I have mine wrapped with black thread, and the feathers are black, so it matches great.

Matt

Just like fly tying...  if you go to a Hobby Lobby or similar store, you can get hundreds of feather in all colors for a couple dollars.  If you have a fly tying vice and thread bobbin, you can dress each hook in about 30 seconds from start to finish.

I have been saving nice looking duck feathers for a while now to do just that.  But the longer I wait, I have thought of a couple reasons not to dress a few trebles with the feathers.  With the duck feathers I have, I think that when they are wet, they would stick together, and wouldn't fan out like one would think.  I also don't know if having a feather on the treble really makes a difference or not.  Matt, have you noticed a difference when using the dressed trebles, verses non dressed trebles?  

at the bassmaster university zell rowland spent some time on how he does his own feathers

I have been saving nice looking duck feathers for a while now to do just that. But the longer I wait, I have thought of a couple reasons not to dress a few trebles with the feathers. With the duck feathers I have, I think that when they are wet, they would stick together, and wouldn't fan out like one would think. I also don't know if having a feather on the treble really makes a difference or not. Matt, have you noticed a difference when using the dressed trebles, verses non dressed trebles?

I believe the purpose for feathered hooks is to give the rear hooks more body. If a bass comes up and is watching the lure, the feathers make the lure look a little longer. The bass are more likly to strike at the end of the lure, resulting in better hooksets. (i think that is how it works)

Also, it gives them a cool action, almost like it is a jointed lure.

And yes, most feathers stick together when wet. (mine do) This really isnt a too much of a problem, they still preform their job.

since iam a fly tyer the fether mite appear to stick together they dont in the water in fact finds some marabou fethers and put them in the water and move it around the action is insane i feather my own hooks aswell

Hey no one mentioned it yet but, make sure you put something on the thread to keep it from unwrapping. You could use head cement from fly tying but make sure you use something.

bassdocktor