Quick Reference Guide from Whiting Farms and
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Quick Reference Guide for Whiting Hackle Products.

Whiting Farms Product Hook Size Product Qualities Suggested Fly Patterns
Whiting Rooster      

Capes

6-24 Widest array of hook sizes and colors-best known dry fly hackle dry flies

Saddles

two sizes Narrow Range of hook sizes, longer, uniform feather-good for dry fly hackling dry flies

Midge Saddles

18& Smaller 80% are for size 18 and smaller with a few larger dry flies
Whiting Hen      

Capes

6-20 Partially webby for collars, good for legs, dry fly wings and streamer collars nymphs & wet flies

Saddles

12-16 Completely webby- good for collars and legs on nymphs blue gill, wet flies and nymphs
Whiting Soft Hackle Pack 10-14 Completely webby -natural grizzly and dyed grizzly matuka, wet flies and streamers
Whiting Bugger Packs 10& Larger Genetic hackle specially bred for woolly buggers , a mainstay for fly tying wooly buggers, streamers& bass flies
Hebert/Miner Rooster      

Capes

8-20 High Quality but less expensive with exceptional natural colors dry flies

Saddles

10-14 Longer feathers with excellent colors dry flies
Hebert/Miner Hen      

Capes

16 to 10 Soft, webby feather with a slight taper - perfect for collars or small streamer wings Wet flies, streamers & nymphs

Saddles

12& larger Very webby feather with rounded tip -good for collars, legs & streamer wings Large wet flies, streamers & nymphs
Euro Hackle      

Saddle

10-12 Long, slightly tapered feathers in an array of colors Steel head, salmon, striper, bass, dry flies & streamers
Coq De Leon Rooster      

Capes

12 & Larger Softer, semi-dry feathers in natural cream badger or cream badger dyed Lake flies, Irish flies & streamers

Saddles

10& Larger Excellent for dry fly tailing -some heavily speckled (pardo) Large dry flies
Cog De Leon Hen      

Capes

10-18 Soft wispy feather -each is a unique mottled brown wet flies & nymphs

Saddle

6-12 Earthy, natural look in mottled brown -good for collars and legs on nymphs wet flies & nymphs
Cog de Leon Soft Hackle Pack 6-10 Mottled browns with tawny hues and unique patterns -nymph backs or bodies matuka, wet flies & streamers
Cog de Leon Tailing Pack 8-26 Long, glossy natural tailing fibers, some with speckling (pardo) dry flies
American Rooster Hackle      

Capes

12& larger Large, full streamer feathers excellent for collars or dry fly tails streamers, salt water & wet flies

Saddles

12 & Larger Feathers are webby and tapered -large assortment of colors and sizes streamers, saltwater, steel head and salmon flies
American Hen Hackle      

Capes

10-14 Perfect for tails and collars in a wide array of colors tarpon, pike, musky, bass & wet flies

Saddles

6-12 Velvety smooth, wide and webby in natural and brilliantly dyed colors saltwater, steelhead, salmon. bass & wet flies
American Soft Hackle Pack 8-1/0 Available in white, black lace white and many dyed colors matuka, bass, steelhead, saltwater flies & streamers
Streamer/Deceiver Packs 10& Larger Sturdy, more rigid feathers -less likely to foul the hook.  Natural and dyed bass, tarpon, pike & musky flies
Schlappen Bundles 10& larger Long, tapered, webby feathers in a wide variety of grizzly and white dyed colors wooly buggers, billfish, striped bass & salmon flies
Spey Rooster Hackle      

Capes

10& Larger Largest sizes and longest barb length, wide colors spey, saltwater & bass flies

Saddles

10& Larger Long wispy feathers that are great for spey leech and tailing for saltwater flies Spey, saltwater & bass flies
Spey-a-Bou Pack 10 & larger Marabou substitute with fluffy, medium length feathers -less coarse than turkey woolly buggers, leech & nymphs
Chick-a-Bou Pack 12 to 16 CDC substitute, Shorter, more delicate than marabou-natural and dyed colors emergers, damsel and caddis flies
Brahma Hen      

Capes

6 to 20 Soft, perfect for collars -cream badger and some tinted colors small wet flies & nymphs

Saddle

10 to 16 Mottled grey is great partridge substitute - tinted colors also available small wet flies & nymphs
Bird Fur 10 & Larger Heron Substitute -long, thin hair like fibers on a flexible stem spey, dee-style flies, shrimp & saltwater flies

Hook Size Ranges for all Grades of Whiting and Hebert/Miner Capes

Whiting and Hebert /Miner Gold Grade Capes                  
                   
Whiting and Hebert/Miner Silver Grade Capes                  
                   
Whiting and Hebert/Miner Bronze Grade Capes                  
Size 6 Size 8 Size 10 Size 12 Size 14 Size 16 Size 18 Size 20 Size 22 Size 24 Size 26
                   
  Unshaded Area indicates     Shaded area indicates     
  approximate bugger feather sizes   Predominate dry fly sizes.     
 
Hook Sizes of Saddle Products for All Roosters Saddles.
                   
           
Whiting Midge Saddles
 
       
Whiting 1/4 Saddles Smaller
       
      Average Whiting Whole Saddles        
    Whiting 1/4 Saddles Larger              
    Whiting  100 packs  
  Hebert Whole Saddles                
American & Cog De Leon                  
Whole Saddles                  
               
    Shaded area indicates the predominant number of feathers in that size range  
    Un-shaded are indicates that there are feathers in these sizes, but in smaller quantities
Size 6 Size 8 Size 10 Size 12 Size 14 Size 16 Size 18 Size 20 Size 22 Size 24

 


 
Minimum Number of Flies per Saddle Hackle  from Whiting Farms
                 
Whole Saddles Half Saddles Qtr Saddles Hackle Packs.