Great Article on Whiting

[SilverCreek 0]

TOM WHITING DESIGNS THE PERFECT FEATHERS FOR FLY TYING:

https://www.fieldandstream.com/perfect-feathers-for-fly-tiers

 

[DFoster 0]

Thanks for posting that Silver! I haven't been tying long enough to remember the "Poor hackle" I hear the long timers talking about.

[Mark Knapp 0]

Fascinating. The man love his birds. I like how clean the barns are.

[Sandan 0]

Now I have a growing itch to head on up to Charliesflybox and get a new saddle or cape.

[jdowney 0]

I remember there was a run on genetic saddle hackle a few years ago, it was all the rage to weave those long feathers into girls' hair or something.

 

I just tried to use some of my old Indian hackle for a nymph, not having a decent hen feather for it. Horrible. Time to toss all of them and buy hen necks for the wets and keep going with the new saddles for the dries.

[Hardyrod1974 0]

jdowney,

If in fact you are going to toss those old necks, I'll take them. I'll pay postage.

Let me know what you have.

Rich

[jdowney 0]

Sure, I'll take a picture for you when I get home tonight. As I recall there's a brown, ginger, & maybe a black one. I've hardly used them since the late 1980's, they are old necks.

[Hogan 0]

Wow. I for one had no idea how much went into the process.