Coq de Leon

Tailing Bundles - 12 Select Tailing Feathers

Coq de Leon

Pardo refers to the speckling. Tied in as a tail, the speckling on each fiber look exactly like a mayfly tail.

Just starting out, the best buy is the tailing packs for $15. You'll have feathers to tie 100's of flies. For smaller flies, try the mayfly packs. Don't tie that many of a certain color, try the 12 feather bundles in those colors. For streamer feathers try the streamer patches. Want both, then go with the 1/2 of full saddles.

The soft hackle is the best. The fine mottled speckled pattern gives your fly a "buggy" look. If you're tying down to some smaller sizes get a cape. Brown specked is the most popuar. The saddles are mostly larger sizes and come in a wide color selection.

Tailing Packs

These patches are taken from the shoulders of the rooster. They have been bred to have long stiff fibers perfect for tailing. For smaller flies, try the mayfly packs. They come in a wide range of colors to match any pattern you might be tying.

		Coq de Leon Tailing Packs
		Long stiff fibers, the perfect tailing for dry flies. The "Mayfly" tailing packs are a bit stiffer and better for smaller patterns. Natural and Dyed pardo dark light rubio olive blue dun negrisco   Coq de Leon Tailing Packs - Shoulder / $25 To order, select a color; pardodark pardolight pardogrizzly pardolight gingerdark olivemed blue dunblack Mayfly Packs - $15 To order, select a color; pardodark pardolight pardogrizzly pardolight gingerdark olivemed blue dunblack

		Coq de Leon Feather Bundles
		12 select tailing feathers available in the colors listed here as well as the colors pictured in the saddle gallery below. Natural and Dyed pardo dark pardo light pardo rubio olive brown cream indio dark indio light indio golden olive golden brown burnt orange copper palmenta negrisco claret dun dark dun light dun silver     Coq de Leon Tailing Packs - 12 feathers / $7.50 To order, select a color; pardodark pardolight pardoindiodark indio light indiorubiobrownolivegolden browngolden oliveburnt orangecoppersalmoncream badgersilver badgerdunlight dundark dunclaretpalometanegrisco

Rooster Saddles

The saddle feathers on these birds are a bit more versitle. Twords the top of the saddle you'll find shorter feathers for tailing. As you get down the saddle, the feathers get much longer and can be used for both palmering larger flies and tying streamer patterns.

The first selection below is of unpackaged show pelts that grade out between a bronze and a silver. Here you will find the widest range of colors. If you're looking for a pelt graded and packaged at the farm, check out the 2nd gallery.

		Coq de Leon Rooster Saddles
		Check the drop-down menu for availability. Please call for colors not listed. Natural and Dyed pardo dark pardo light pardo indio dark indio light indio rubio brown olive golden brown golden olive burnt orange copper salmon cream badger silver badger dun claret lt dun negrisco palmenta     Coq de Leon - Full Saddle / $45 To order, select a color; pardolight pardoindiolight indiobrownolivesalmoncream badgersilver badgerdunclaretpalometanegrisco Coq de Leon - 1/2 Saddle / $25 To order, select a color; pardolight pardoindiolight indiobrownolivesalmoncream badgersilver badgerdunclaretpalometanegrisco

Rooster Capes

If you go on youtube you will find some interesting patterns that call for the cape feathers. The stem is a bit stiffer and the barbs are stiff like the rest of the bird making for great tailing, palmering, and streamer material. Check out the silver badger and some of the dyed colors!

		Coq de Leon Rooster Capes
		Check the drop-down menu for availability. Please call for colors not listed. Natural and Dyed pardo dark pardo light pardo indio dun black white brown olive copper br olive burnt org g olive salmon High Visability Colors red yellow chartruese chartruese kingfisher pink purple     Coq de Leon Rooster Cape / $35 To order, select a color; pardolight pardomedium indio light indiopalometanegriscotblue dunolivehot pinkredyelloworangechartruesekingfisherpinksalmonhighlander greenclaret Coq de Leon Rooster 1/2 Cape / $19.50 To order, select a color; pardolight pardomedium indio light indiopalometanegriscotblue dunolivehot pinkredyelloworangechartruesekingfisherpinksalmonhighlander greenclaret

Coq de Leon Hen Feathers

Dating back to 1624, Coq de Leon, or the "rooster of Leon" is the oldest line of birds bred for their feathers. The beautiful long speckled fibers are stiff, almost having a glassy look.

There are two distict lines. "Pardo" or the brown line is a larger bird and the feathers are marked with fine speckling. The other is refered to in the literature as "indio", or indian line. The feathers are grey, or steel color, and lack the speckling

***To see the complete selection of soft hackle on offer by Whiting Farms, please visit the following pages; Whiting Hen Capes, Whiting Hen Saddles, and Whiting Soft Hackle with Chickabou.

***Presently there is a shortage of CDL hen capes. The dyed colors are not available at the moment. If you would like one of the dyed colors, please contact me and I'll look into getting one for you. As they come in I will post them first on the "Just In" page, thanks!

		Coq de Leon Hen Capes
		Check the drop-down menu for availability. Please call for colors not listed. Natural and Dyed brown speckled silver speckled dark speckled dun rubio black white olive brown golden olive golden brown claret burnt orange copper   Coq de Leon Hen Cape / $30 To order, select a color; brown speckledsilver speckleddark speckledwhiteblackolivegolden olive

***Presently there is a shortage of CDL hen saddles. The dyed colors are not available at the moment. If you would like one of the dyed colors, please contact me and I'll look into getting one for you. As they come in I will post them first on the "Just In" page, thanks!

		Coq de Leon Hen Saddles
		Check the drop-down menu for availability. Please call for colors not listed. Natural and Dyed Colors medium speckled dark light brown olive golden brown burnt orange red yellow orange chartruse purple hot pink claret   Coq de Leon Hen Saddles / $35 To order, select a color; brown speckleddark speckledoliveblackredyelloworangechartruesepurplehot pinkclaret

***Presently there is a shortage of CDL soft hackle with chickabou. The dyed colors and rooster are not available at the moment. If you would like one of the dyed colors, please contact me and I'll look into getting one for you. As they come in I will post them first on the "Just In" page, thanks!

		Soft Hackle with Chicabou
		Check the drop-down menu for availability. Please call for colors not listed. Hen brown speckled silver speckled dark rubio straw claret white brown olive golden brown golden olive brown olive burnt orange copper red yellow orange chartruse blue pink purple Rooster R #1 R #2 R #3 R #4 R #5 R #6 R #7   Coq de Leon Soft Hackle with Chicabou / $25 To order, select a color; mottled dyed brownspeckled redhot pinkspeckled yellowspeckled orangespeckled purplemottled purplegreen chartruesemottled claretwhite

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If you order feathers from me and are not happy for whatever reason, please contact me right away and I will resolve the problem. I don't want you to be unhappy with anything you purchase.

Thanks, David 608-332-4220