Bob Sc 0 Report post Posted February 26, 2016 Here is the Whiting Platinum Cree Neck I bought around 15 years ago. Still haven't removed a feather. Bob Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ScottK 0 Report post Posted February 26, 2016 I ended up with a bunch of these in a pile of materials I traded for several years ago. I guess this thread is a good place to ask; anyone heard of this company or know anything about them? I haven't had much luck finding info. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cold 0 Report post Posted February 26, 2016 A modest collection.... These are the best ones. There's probably 8 or 10 more.... The Collins Cree neck (Saddle is on the back). Yeah, I'm a Charlie Collins fan.... Can you show a photo of some dries you've tied with Charlie's hackles? While I love the pelts, and the flies fish just fine, aesthetically, they never look quite how I expect them to...something about the fibers being less dense or thinner or something than the Whiting saddles...and like I said, it's not that they're inferior, just a different look. Kind of like really old dry flies. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
trevinski 0 Report post Posted February 26, 2016 *drool drool* Those are all beautiful capes guys!! Those cree capes are primo. That platinum grade one is prob worth a pretty penny I imagine with all the hype on them. I want to get a Collins cape for catskills, I hear they are kind of a special cape for them. I probably don't NEED one but I'm a collector. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FIN-ITE 34 0 Report post Posted February 26, 2016 I ended up with a bunch of these in a pile of materials I traded for several years ago. I guess this thread is a good place to ask; anyone heard of this company or know anything about them? I haven't had much luck finding info. https://www.anglingtrade.com/2012/09/12/metz-feathers-purchases-shannon-hackles/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ScottK 0 Report post Posted February 26, 2016 Thanks. I completely missed that, search skills must be lacking nowadays... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
trevinski 0 Report post Posted February 26, 2016 So my wife surprised me with this early birthday present in the mail today!! I was watching this on my ebay and it sold, i was super bummed than suprise it shows up 2 weeks later lol! Going to have to say she's a keeper for sure. Probably the nicest jungle fowl I've ever seen. I'm scared to use it hahahaha. I've been wanting to tie salmon flies for a long time now so this puts me in for the plunge. She said I have to make her a pair of earrings with 2 of the nail feathers though lol! I've never made earings but it can't be too hard compared to some hopper amd streamer patterns out there lol. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikechell 0 Report post Posted February 26, 2016 NICE present, Trevinski ... and I agree, she's a keeper. DON'T tie on an "earring". Tie on a hook shank, cut off the bend and point and then attach the finished pattern to a proper earring hook of her favorite type. There are many different earring types: studs, loops, hooks, hooks with clasps, etc. You'll get a much better finished product that way. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dave G. 0 Report post Posted February 26, 2016 So my wife surprised me with this early birthday present in the mail today!! I was watching this on my ebay and it sold, i was super bummed than suprise it shows up 2 weeks later lol! Going to have to say she's a keeper for sure. Probably the nicest jungle fowl I've ever seen. I'm scared to use it hahahaha. I've been wanting to tie salmon flies for a long time now so this puts me in for the plunge. She said I have to make her a pair of earrings with 2 of the nail feathers though lol! I've never made earings but it can't be too hard compared to some hopper amd streamer patterns out there lol. Beautiful. I still don't own one of those, though I have the Keeper wife ( 42 years so far). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mvendon 0 Report post Posted February 26, 2016 In John Athertons only book, The Fly and the Fish, he tied a dry fly that he called a Tups Variant. He wrote : The hackle used for both tail and hackle of this fly as I tie it is a pale dun of a brassy shade with faint markings of grizzly. It is a very unusual color and seldom encountered. Here's what I believe is the hackle color that he wrote about. I used the pack of brassy dun hackle from the 1940's on the right as a color control for the brown color part of the cape. It's more involved than that, but It's probably not that interesting to read about, so here's a pic of it below. Regards, Mark Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mvendon 0 Report post Posted February 26, 2016 Double post Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Meeshka 0 Report post Posted February 26, 2016 Trevinski, Nice wife, Nice Cape - excellent color and dosen't appear to have many split nails Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikechell 0 Report post Posted February 27, 2016 So, all this talk of capes and saddles and the other thread of clousers and wooley buggers ... I just couldn't resist any more. So, $23.00 on eBay ... and hopefully a week from now, I'll have this ... I hope it's this pretty when I get it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
trevinski 0 Report post Posted February 27, 2016 Nice Mike! That's a good price. I definately see some great eBay deals. Luckily I don't use it much since our local fly shop usually gets in whatever I need and are pretty good on prices. Sometimes I just can't pass up a nice rooster saddle online though lol. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RCFetter 0 Report post Posted February 27, 2016 Here's a pic of a nice Whiting cree for sale at Feather Emporium for $145: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
