| Whiting Farms Product |
Hook Size |
Product Qualities |
Suggested Fly Patterns |
| Whiting Rooster |
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Capes |
6-24 |
Widest array of hook sizes and
colors-best known dry fly hackle |
dry flies |
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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 |
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Capes |
6-20 |
Partially webby for collars, good
for legs, dry fly wings and streamer collars |
nymphs & wet flies |
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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 |
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Capes |
8-20 |
High Quality but less expensive
with exceptional natural colors |
dry flies |
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Saddles |
10-14 |
Longer feathers with excellent
colors |
dry flies |
| Hebert/Miner Hen |
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Capes |
16 to 10 |
Soft, webby feather with a slight
taper - perfect for collars or small streamer wings |
Wet flies, streamers & nymphs |
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Saddles |
12& larger |
Very webby feather with rounded tip
-good for collars, legs & streamer wings |
Large wet flies, streamers & nymphs |
| Euro Hackle |
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Saddle |
10-12 |
Long, slightly tapered feathers in
an array of colors |
Steel head, salmon, striper, bass,
dry flies & streamers |
| Coq De Leon Rooster |
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Capes |
12 & Larger |
Softer, semi-dry feathers in
natural cream badger or cream badger dyed |
Lake flies, Irish flies & streamers |
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Saddles |
10& Larger |
Excellent for dry fly tailing -some
heavily speckled (pardo) |
Large dry flies |
| Cog De Leon Hen |
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Capes |
10-18 |
Soft wispy feather -each is a
unique mottled brown |
wet flies & nymphs |
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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 |
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Capes |
12& larger |
Large, full streamer feathers
excellent for collars or dry fly tails |
streamers, salt water & wet flies |
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Saddles |
12 & Larger |
Feathers are webby and
tapered -large assortment of colors and sizes |
streamers, saltwater,
steel head and salmon flies |
| American Hen Hackle |
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Capes |
10-14 |
Perfect for tails and collars in a
wide array of colors |
tarpon, pike, musky, bass & wet
flies |
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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 |
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Capes |
10& Larger |
Largest sizes and longest barb
length, wide colors |
spey, saltwater & bass flies |
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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 |
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Capes |
6 to 20 |
Soft, perfect for collars -cream
badger and some tinted colors |
small wet flies & nymphs |
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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 |
