Dry Fly Hackle

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Rooster Cape or Rooster Saddle?

When deciding whether to buy a dry fly cape or saddle there are a few things to first consider. First, what sizes are you planning to fish? With a good rooster cape you can tie sizes 6 to 26. Rooster saddles on the other hand have a very narrow size range, usually just two or three. The feathers are long and narrow and you can easily tie six or seven flies of the same size from just one feather.

Dry flies need good strong tails and dry fly capes have great tailing fibers along the edges of the cape. These are the feathers that would be on the throat of the rooster. They are called spade hackle and have the strongest fibers, feathers needed to protect the throat from the sharp spurs of other roosters.

So if you're just getting started, I recomend capes. Once you settle in on your favorite flies to fish, buy dry fly saddles or 100 packs in those sizes and colors. That way you keep your rooster capes looking nice for tying a variety of sizes of your favorites as well as some new patterns.

		Whiting Dry Fly Capes
		These are some if the finest dry fly capes on the market today. For those who have met me at a show, they are the same high quality capes and now you can get them on-line. The best part is that you can see every color that I carry. No more digging through the bins, in search of the hard-to-find color hiding on the bottom. Just click a tab below and see all the variety in that color range. Want to see a bigger picture? Click on one of the thumb nails and you can get an up-close look. Please note that the longest feathers on these capes are short, 5" to 6" on average.
core colors grizzlies browns duns badgers variants more fly patterns If you're just getting started tying dry flies - here are the colors to start with: Grizzly Brown Blue Dun Black Cream Ginger Olive White They are listed in order of what I sell the most. Grizzly and brown are the colors most called for in dry fly patterns, followed by dun, then black, and cream. With these five colors you can probably tie 90% of the fly patterns that you'll find in tying books or videos. Oddly enough, white has been very popular the last few years with alot of people fishing white mayflies. I carry a whole host of other colors, so click on one of the tabs and take a look!   Dry Fly Rooster Cape - $45 To order, choose a color colorgrizzlybrownblue dunblackcreamgingerolivewhite grizzly light grizzly dark grizzly bleached grizzly dun grizzly dnn grizzly dark grizzly variant broken grizzly brown march brown burnt orange olive golden olive ginger blue dun straw   Dry Fly Rooster Cape - $45 To order, choose a color colorgrizzlylt grizzlydk grizzlybleached grizzlydun grizzlydk dun grizzlygrizzly variantbroken grizzlybrownmarch brownburnt orangeolivegolden olivegingerblue dunstraw brown dark brown light brown firery brown coachman furnace light furnace greenwell cream ginger light ginger dark ginger barred ginger dark barred ginger dyed ginger ginger splash   Dry Fly Rooster Cape - $45 To order, choose a color colorbrowndark brownlight brownfirery browncoachmanfurnacelight furnacegreenwellcreamgingerlight gingerdark gingerbarred gingerdark barred gingerdyed gingerginger splash Blue Duns blue dun light blue dark blue blue dun splash blue dun badger speckled blue barred blue dun blue dun grizzly Dry Fly Rooster Cape - $45 To order, choose a color colorblue dunlight blue dundark blue dunblue dun badgerspeckled blue dunbarred blue dunblue dun grizzly Grey Duns grey dunn light grey dark grey charcoal splash brassy dunn lcopper dunn olive dunn Dry Fly Rooster Cape - $45 To order, choose a color colorgrey dunlight grey dundark grey duncharcoalgrey dun splashbrassy duncopper dunolive dun Brown Duns brown dun lt brown dark brown chocolate brown splash sandy dunn honey dunn rusty dunn Dry Fly Rooster Cape - $45 To order, choose a color colorbrown dunlt brown dundk brown dunchocolate dunbrown dun splashsandy dunhoney dunrusty dun silver badger golden badger speckled badger dun badger light dun badger dark dun badger olive badger blue dun badger   Dry Fly Rooster Cape - $45 To order, choose a color color silver badger golden badger speckled badger lt dun badger dk dun badger oliver badger blue dun badger variant 1 variant 2 variant 3 variant 4 variant 5 variant 6 variant 7 variant 8 variant 9 variant 10 variant 11 variant 12 variant 13 variant 14 variant 15 variant 16   Dry Fly Rooster Cape - $55 To order, choose a color color grizzly brown blue dun black cream ginger olive white blue dun badger furnace dun badger brown dun grey dun dun splash blue dun ginger dun more coming soon!   I'm looking for flies to post here, so if you have any, please email me a picture and the recipie along with any notes on tying it and I'll post it. Email me if you have any questions, Thanks, David item name item name item name item name item name

		Cape Tops & 100 Packs
		For those of you that like to tie the small ones, here's a deal for you! These are the tops of rooster capes - the bottoms were trimmed off to be used for larger patterns. Sizes range from 16 on down with some tying as small as 22's and 24's. If you are looking for saddle feathers in 100 packs just click on the tab below. I offer such a wide range of colors and sizes that it's just not possible to list them all here. Please call or email with a list of what you are looking for. $7.50 large $5.00 small
dry fly rooster cape tops 100 packs - dry fly rooster saddle hackle Earth Tones grizzly brown blue dun cream ginger black white dark dun golden olive med olive grizzly/olive dark olive dk olive/griz iglt griz straw/griz burnt orange Bright Colors red/griz yellow/griz orange/griz chartruese purple/griz purple bright orange claret Dry Fly Cape Tops - Large / $7.50 To order, choose a color: grizzlybrownblue duncreamginger blackwhitedark dungolden oliveolivegrizzly olivedark olivedark olive grizzlylight grizzlystraw grizzlyburnt orange grizzlyred grizzlyyellow grizzlyorange grizzlychartruesepurple grizzlypurplehot orangeclaret Dry Fly Cape Tops - Small / $5.00 To order, choose a color; grizzlybrownblue duncreamginger blackwhitedark dungolden oliveolivegrizzly olivedark olivedark olive grizzlylight grizzlystraw grizzlyburnt orange grizzlyred grizzlyyellow grizzlyorange grizzlychartruesepurple grizzlypurplehot orangeclaret 100 Packs Rather than picking all the size 16's out of your beautiful rooster cape, try these out. These feathers are from the saddles of the dry fly line and are sized and ready to go! You will easily tie over 100 flies from these feathers. Long slender dry fly hackle, same size from tip to tip! Sizes range from 10 to 24, and rather than taking more pictures, please refer to the color gallery below. And if you're into tying the really small ones, like a 32, give me a call for prices and availabe colors. Thanks, David 608-332-4220   *shopping cart coming soon, in the mean time, please email me your order!     22 and 24's - $23.50 18 and 20's - $19.50 14 and 16's - $15.50 10 and 12's - $17.50

Dry Fly Rooster "Short Feather" 1/2 Saddles

The feathers on these saddles are short, five to seven inches. With the fashion market in full swing, the longer feather are being sold into the salons. If it's long fashion feather you're looking for, please visit my page on Hair Feathers.

If you are a fly tyer, these are a great value! The same great Whiting Farms quality hackle, just a shorter feather. As soon as the supply of feathers from the farm catches up with the demand, we will be again offering the longer feathers for fly tying. In the mean time, check these out, you'll easily get 3 to 4 flies per feather.

		Whiting Dry Fly Rooster Saddles
		The saddles for sale here are short-feather saddles, 5" and shorter. The photos here are only for color reference. grizzly brown dun badger other variants more Naturals & Earth Tones grizzly light dark bleached dun griz light dun salt n pepper gold var silver var speckled blue dun olive g olive dk olive brown golden coachman march brown tan straw burnt orange 1/2 saddle - Hook size 10 - 12 / $40 To order, choose a color; dyed on grizzly grizzlylightdarkbleacheddun light dunsalt n peppergolden variantblue dunolivegolden olivedark olivebrowngolden browncoachmanmarch browntanstrawburnt orange 1/2 saddle - Hook size 14 - 16 / $35 To order, choose a color; dyed on grizzly grizzlylightdarkbleacheddun light dunsalt n peppergolden variantblue dunolivegolden olivedark olivebrowngolden browncoachmanmarch browntanstrawburnt orange 1/2 saddle - 18 and smaller Midge Hackle / $45 To order, choose a color; dyed on grizzly grizzlylightdarkbleacheddun light dungolden peacockclaretblue dunolivegolden olivedark olivebrowngolden browncoachmanmarch browntanstrawburnt orange   Naturals brown cream ginger lt ginger dk ginger dk brown coachman barred ginger lt barred dk barred cream furnace greenwell cock y bondu Dyed Colors brown straw ginger dk ginger furnace gold march brown 1/2 saddle - Hook size 10 - 12 / $40 To order, choose a shade of brown colorbrowncreamgingerlight gingerdark ginger dark browncoachmanbarred gingerlight barreddark barredcream variantfurnacegreenwellcock y bondudyed brownstrawdyed gingerdyed dk gingerdyed furnacedyed goldmarch brown 1/2 saddle - Hook size 14 - 16 / $35 To order, choose a shade of brown colorbrowncreamgingerlight gingerdark ginger dark browncoachmanbarred gingerlight barreddark barredcream variantfurnacegreenwellcock y bondudyed brownstrawdyed gingerdyed dk gingerdyed furnacedyed goldmarch brown   1/2 saddle - 18 and smaller Midge Hackle / $45 To order, choose a shade of brown colorbrowncreamgingerlight gingerdark ginger dark browncoachmanbarred gingerlight barreddark barredcream variantfurnacegreenwellcock y bondudyed brownstrawdyed gingerdyed dk gingerdyed furnacedyed goldmarch brown   Blue, Grey, & Brown Duns med light dark pale grey lt grey charcoal self blue light dark grizzly tan sandy golden brown light dark barred splash honey dun rusty dun 1/2 saddle - Hook size 10 - 12 / $40 To order, choose a shade of dun colorblue dunlight bluedark bluepale dungrey dunlight greycharcoalself bluelight s.b.dark s.b.grizzlytansandygoldenbrown dunlight browndark brownbarredsplashhoney dunrusty dun 1/2 saddle - Hook size 14 - 16 / $35 To order, choose a shade of dun colorblue dunlight bluedark bluepale dungrey dunlight greycharcoalself bluelight s.b.dark s.b.grizzlytansandygoldenbrown dunlight browndark brownbarredsplashhoney dunrusty dun   1/2 saddle - 18 and smaller Midge Hackle / $45 To order, choose a shade of dun colorblue dunlight bluedark bluepale dungrey dunlight greycharcoalself bluelight s.b.dark s.b.grizzlytansandygoldenbrown dunlight browndark brownbarredsplashhoney dunrusty dun     silver golden cream dun dk dun olive lt olive Speckled Badgers silver golden light dun dark item item 1/2 saddle - Hook size 10 - 12 / $40 To order, choose a shade of badger silver badgergolden badgercream badgerdun badgerdark dunolive badgerlight olivesilver speckledgolden speckledlight spckleddun speckleddark speckled 1/2 saddle - Hook size 14 - 16 / $35 To order, choose a shade of badger silver badgergolden badgercream badgerdun badgerdark dunolivelight olivesilver speckledgolden speckledlight spckleddun speckleddark speckled   1/2 saddle - 18 and smaller Midge Hackle / $45 To order, choose a shade of badger silver badgergolden badgercream badgerdun badgerdark dunolivelight olivesilver speckledgolden speckledlight spckleddun speckleddark speckled   Earth Tones white black dyed claret golden burgandy straw olive light dark golden green cahill copper   1/2 saddle - Hook size 10 - 12 / $40 To order, choose a color colorwhiteblackdyed blackclaretgoldenburgandystrawolivelight olivedark olivegolden olivelake olivecahillcopper olive 1/2 saddle - Hook size 14 - 16 / $35 To order, choose a color colorwhiteblackdyed blackclaretgoldenburgandystrawolivelight olivedark olivegolden olivelake olivecahillcopper olive 1/2 saddle - 18 and smaller Midge Hackle / $45 To order, choose a color colorwhiteblackdyed blackclaretgoldenburgandystrawolivelight olivedark olivegolden olivelake olivecahillcopper olive   new item new item new item new item new item new item new item new item new item new item new item new item new item new item Feather Bundles - 12 feathers - $45.00 To order, choose a variant colorvariant 1variant 2variant 3variant 4variant 5variant 6variant 7variant 8variant 9variant 10variant 11variant 12variant 13variant 14variant 15variant 16variant 17variant 18variant 19variant 20variant 21 new item new item new item new item new item new item new item new item new item new item new item new item new item new item Feather Bundles - 12 feathers - $45.00 To order, choose a variant colorvariant 1variant 2variant 3variant 4variant 5variant 6variant 7variant 8variant 9variant 10variant 11variant 12variant 13variant 14variant 15variant 16variant 17variant 18variant 19variant 20variant 21   new item new item new item new item new item new item new item new item new item new item new item new item new item new item new item new item new item new item new item new item new item new item new item new item new item new item new item new item

*Return Policy - If you receive your order and are not happy with it in some way, please contact me. Do not just send them back! There are absolutely not returns on fashion feathers sold on full or half saddles. Any returns on other items will be charged a 20% restocking charge.

This is because of a few who have ordered saddles and after receiving them, plucked feathers and then returned them wanting a full refund. We can not count each feather on every saddle we sell, so there is no other way to deal this problem.

The second reason is hygene. Many fly tyers touch these feathers to their mouth. Stylist put them into peoples hair, close to their customer's eyes. Once we ship an order, the feathers are out of our control and due to insurance issues, we cannot resell them. The liability would put us out of business.

Thank you for your understanding, David 608-332-4220