Saltwater Hen

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Tying with Saltwater Hen Capes

This saltwater line has been bred for wide webby soft feathers. The stem of the feather is long so that you can tie most patterns with just one feather. These natural earth tones are called for in both warmwater and stealhead patterns.

One of the most effective yet simple fly patterns is the wollybugger. When fishing that fly in slow moving still water, you need to use a feather that is soft to give the fly the appearance of movement in the water. The feathers on an ordinary hen neck are too stiff and better for flies fished in faster moving trout water.

These saltwater hen capes are dyed a wide range of bright colors. These striking colors are dyed over white, grizzley, and black laced to give the tyer almost every color and feather pattern to tie with.

Today, warmwater and saltwater are the fastest growing markets in fly fishing, and sales of these feathers this last year at the shows just reinforces that. The patterns are fun to tie and the thrill of even that first bluegill will sure to get you hooked.

		Hen Capes - Natural Colors
		$25These are earth tone colors, most natural and a few dyed ones. Click on a thumbnail to open a window for a larger image. best sellers grizzlies browns dunns laced patterns Over the past 3 months, these have been the best sellers! white dyed black olive grizzly silver badger natural black grizzly lt grizzly olive grizzly golden olive grizzly dk olive grizzly brown grizzly brown ginger cream ginger laced lt ginger laced golden dunn dark dunn ginger dunn brassy dunn sandy dunn rusty dunn grey dunn dark grey dunn ashy dunn dunn grizzly charcoal dunn dunn variant   golden laced dark laced bleached cream laced furnace tipp lacing silver laced grousy silver grousy golden silver lateral golden lateral golden olive laced   I'm looking for pictures of flies and the recipies you used to tie them. Please give me a call or email me for more information. Thanks! fly 1 fly 2 fly 3 fly 4 fly 5 fly 6

		Hen Capes - Bright Colors
		$25These bright colors have been dyed on white, grizzly, and laced hen capes. Scroll over the thumbnails to swap the image on the left or click to open a window for a larger image. best sellers on white on grizzly on laced fly patterns Over the past 3 months, these have been the best sellers! chartruese blk laced red yellow blk laced white blue blue grizzly   red yellow orange charruese lt chartruese green purple violet lt blue pink hot pink     red yellow orange charruese lt chartruese green purple kingfisher lt blue pink hot pink     red yellow orange charruese lt chartruese green purple kingfisher lt blue pink hot pink shrimp orange I'm looking for pictures of flies and the recipies you used to tie them. Please give me a call or email me for more information. Thanks! grey dunn dark grey dunn light grey dunn ashy dunn charcoal dunn grey dunn variant

Tying with Saltwater Hen Saddles

The colors and feather patterns here are unique to this saltwater line. Grizzly feathers are well marked with wide black barring and there are many color variations seen on the laced and grousy feathers.

The saddle feathers are even softer, wider, more webby than the feathers on the neck and make great collars on soft hackle flies. The fly in the picture on the right was tied with a single feather from a grousy colored hen saddle.

You won't find a better feather for tying classic wet fly patterns. The webbing on the topmost section or each feather extends right out to the tip and the barb lenth is long, perfect for tying wet fly tails.

The barbs on the middle section of the feather are a bit longer, but the webbing is not at tight, making them better suited for hackling throats or beards on wet fly patterns. Tied in this way, each barb is distinct, giving the throat just the right look.

		Hen Saddles - Natural Colors
		$20Scroll your curser over the thumbnails to swap the image on the left or click on one to see a lager image in a new window. best sellers grizzlies dunns laced grousey Over the past 3 months, these have been the best sellers! white purple beatle green golden olive dark olive grizzly grousy   grizzly lt grizzly dk grizzly olive grizzly golden olive grizzly golden brown grizzly grey dark grey light grey tan sandy charcoal black laced white black laced brown ginger laced buff laced dunn laced cream laced golden specled silver speckled light part dark brown silver

		Hen Saddles - Bright Colors
		$20Scroll your curser over the thumbnails to swap the image on the left or click on one to see a lager image in a new window. best sellers on white on grizzly on laced Over the past 3 months, these have been the best sellers! white purple grizzly yellow pink laced orange blue laced red yellow orange charruese lt chartruese purple blue lt blue violet lt pink hot pink pink red yellow orange charruese blood red purple blue violet blood red lt pink hot pink pink red yellow orange charruese lt chartruese green blue lt blue purple salmon blood red pink