2022年2月25日 · Cape is at the neck and shoulder of the rooster. Saddle hackle is at the back - the long hackle draped over the back and side of the rooster/ Cape Saddle Roosters have stiff hackle for dry flies and hens produce soft feathers for wet flies. When a neck or a saddle is mentioned without the sex, it is assumed to be from a rooster for dry flies.

2024年9月8日 · The few dry flies that I do still tie with the Catskill style collar hackle are mainly patterns like the Humpy, "Wulff" patterns with divided hair wings, and a couple of caddis patterns; on these, I trim the hackle tips flush with the hook point.

2024年10月6日 · Ok, the fall doldrums are about to set in so let’s cut some of the boredom with a soft hackle swap. Beginner swappers are encouraged to jump in. Don’t be shy, if you’re nervous about getting in a swap, I can help you through it. Any style of soft hackle will be acceptable. Be as simple or creative as you like. Sign up by October 25.

2009年11月21日 · Saddle hackle will generally grow longer in length than neck hackle for fully developed feathers, depending on the specific breed of bird they come from. Genetically raised hackle will usually have much better tying qualities than "barn yard" variety of hackle, because the genetics are manipulated to get a desired result.

2014年3月15日 · When I was a kid (in Montana in the late 40's), the grey hackle was the first fly I learned to tie. We had two versions: the grey hackle peacock with a red tail, a peacock body, and either a brown or grizzly hackle. The other was a grey hackle yellow. It had a red tail, a yellow floss body ribbed with gold tinsel and, again, a brown or grizzly ...

2014年7月28日 · Body and hackle in one go. Here's a quick photo sequence of the tying. You can also vary the tying to get other patterns. Here is the same thing on a curved shank hook. I've stroked the CdC fibres back and down as I wound the loose fibres, and added a spot of hare's ear dubbing at the head to finish it off. It makes a good swimming caddis pupa.

2011年3月17日 · The current hackle producers have raised many generations of birds to get the quality they currently sell. I know some of those breeders get SOME of their hackle birds from Murray McMurray hatchery in Iowa.

2010年12月3日 · I usually use Whiting Winger Hen Neck feathers for hackle-wing dries, but I don't own a grizzly skin. So for my last batch of regular Adam's I used Metz hen neck feathers. I like my hackle tip wings fairly wide (about one hook gap wide) and …

2015年2月14日 · I think it was AK Best who described wrapping the hackle, shiny side facing forward, from just behind the eye to behind the wings and then, with the shiny side facing the tail, wrapping back to the eye. This gives a more spread-out footprint, with hackle fibers pointing in all directions. I believe this helps the fly remain afloat in rough water.

2018年10月1日 · This is the "chart" of hackle colours Terry Griffiths referred to in his article. As for favorites, well my most used are Red Game, Coch-y-bondhu, Grizzle, Badger, Blue dun, and black, for the naturals, I also like a bleached grizzle, the bars go ginger in bleach.