Whiting Hen Capes

Lines - Whiting - Hebert - Coq de Leon - Brahma - American - Laced - Spey.

 

Whiting Soft Hackle Hen Lines - Cape or Saddle?

Hen capes offer the widest choice in sizes and colors . The feathers are long and narrow yet soft. One of the benefits of a hen cape is that the smaller sizes on the top of the neck have a stem long enough to give you a few wraps - even on the smallest of flys.

Hen Saddles on the other hand are a larger feather with rounded tips and a bit softer. Generally, you will only find a few sizes on a saddle. The fiber lengh is longer and a bit heavier than neck feather and when used as a collar, it gives the fly a nice full look. To see the full selection, please visit; Whiting Hen Saddles.

*Many old soft-hackle patterns call for material no longer available. Species such as snipe and plover are protected under US Fish and Wildlife laws. The good news is that these hens offer a wide range of colors and fiber lengh perfect for tying these flies.

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Whiting Farms Soft Hackle Hen Capes

These hen capes are from the Whiting and Hebert line. The nice thing about these hen capes is that even the small feathers are long, making tying small sizes a breeze.

I've grouped both lines together here. Increasingly, they are becoming hard to tell apart. The main difference is that the barring on the grizzly is tighter and more clear on a Whiting than a Hebert. And as with the rooster capes, there is a better selection of natural colors in the Hebert.

 

***To see other Whiting Soft Hackle products, please visit; Whiting Hen Saddles and Whiting Soft Hackle with Chickabou.

 

		Grizzly - Natural and dyed colors
		Check the drop-down menu for availability. Please call for colors not listed. Natural and Dyed Grizzly Whiting Hebert light dark dun light dun bleached olive gold olive brown golden br brnt org claret dyed dun High Visability Colors red yellow orange chartruese hot pink purple kingfisher     Whiting Hen Cape / $30 To order, select a color; grizzlyhebertdarkbleacheddunlight dunclaretolivedark olivegolden olivecopper olivebrowngolden brownredchartruesesilver doctorpink

 

		Browns - Natural & Dyed
		Check the drop-down menu for availability. Please call for colors not listed. Naturals brown cream ginger dk ginger lt ginger dk brown dyed brn barred ginger dark barred light barred wild type furnace greenwell ginger variant     Whiting Hen Cape / $30 To order, select a color; browncreamgingerlight gingerdark ginger dark browndyed brownginger variant

 

		Duns - Blue, Grey, & Brown
		Check the drop-down menu for availability. Please call for colors not listed. Blue Duns blue lt blue dk blue speckled dk spec lt barred splash Grey Duns grey light dark charcoal barred splash dk splash Brown Duns brown lt brown dk brown pwd splash honey dun rusty dun     Whiting Hen Cape / $30 To order, select a color; blue dunlight bluedark bluelight barredsplashgrey dunlight greydark greycharcoalbarred greygrey splashdark splashbrown dunlight browndark brownpwdbrown splash

 

		Solid Colors - Natural & Dyed
		Check the drop-down menu for availability. Please call for colors not listed. Natural Colors white black dyed olive lt olive gold olive br olive brown gold br tan burnt org copper claret salmon High Visability Colors red yellow orange chartreuse kingfisher purple hot pink       Whiting Hen Cape / $30 To order, select a color; whiteblackdyed blackolivelight olivedark olivegolden olivemarch browncopper olivehot pinksoft pink

 

		Badgers
		Check the drop-down menu for availability. Please call for colors not listed. Badgers silver golden dun light dun broken badger silver speckled golden speckled     Whiting Hen Cape / $30 To order, select a color; dun badger>light dun badgersilver speckledgolden speckled

 

 

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Whiting "4B" Hen Capes

"Big Beautiful Bargain Birds" is the newest line of soft hackle hen feathers that Dr. Whiting has been working to develop. His aim is to produce a much larger soft and webby feather.

 

 

		Natural & Dyed
		Check the drop-down menu for availability. Please call for colors not listed. Large webby soft hackle olive black brown ginger greenwell silver s-n-p grizzly br griz olive griz g olive burnt org white grey dun     Whiting 4B Hen Cape / $20 To order, select a color; oliveblackbrowngingersilvergrizzlywhitegrey dundk grey dunlt grey dun

 

 

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Coq de Leon Hen Capes

The mixture of browns and tans give your fly a natural buggy look. The larger feathers on these hen capes are ideal for scalpen patterns. Dick Talluer perfected the technique of tying these long wide feathers in matuka style.

 

***To compare with other Coq de Leon Hen products, please visit; Whiting Hen Saddles and Whiting Soft Hackle with Chickabou. To see the full line, please visit; Coq de Leon.

 

		Coq de Leon
		Check the drop-down menu for availability. Please call for colors not listed. Natural and Dyed Colors brown speckled silver speckled dark speckled dun rubio black white olive brown golden olive golden brown claret burnt orange copper Coq de Leon Hen Cape / $30 To order, select a color; brown speckledsilver speckleddark speckledrubiowhiteblackolivegolden olive

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Whiting Brahma Hen Capes

Here is the perfect silver badger. Soft hackle flies with a false thorax are deadly in the water. The feathers are small, perfect for the smallest soft hackle patterns.

 

***To compare with other Brahma Hen products, please visit; Whiting Hen Saddles and Whiting Soft Hackle with Chickabou. To see the full line, please visit; Brahma Hen.

 

		Whiting Brahma Hen Capes
		Check the drop-down menu for availability. Please call for colors not listed. The perfect silver badger. natural olive golden olive brown golden brown golden straw burnt orange SORRY, OUT OF STOCK ON ALL COLORS! Brahma Hen Cape / $25.00 To order, select a color; naturaldark olivepale yellowdun

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Whiting American Hen Capes

This line is unique in that these birds have been selected for wide, webby, sturdy feathers with rounded tips. A favorite among warm water fly tyers, these feathers coe in a wide selection of colors.

 

***To compare with other American Hen products, please visit; Whiting Hen Saddles. To see the full line, please visit; Whiting American Hen Hackle.

 

		American Hen Capes - Grizzly
		Check the drop-down menu for availability. Please call for colors not listed. Natural Colors grizzly light dark speckled variant muddy bleached olive gold olive dk olive brown gold br burnt org cree High Visability Colors red yellow orange chartreuse kingfisher purple hot pink   Whiting American Hen Cape / $35 To order, select a color; grizzlylightdarkspeckledvariant muddybleachedolivegolden olivebrownburnt orangeclaretredyelloworangechartruesekingfishersilver doctorpurplehot pinksoft pinkmagentahighlander

***To compare with other American Hen products, please visit; Whiting Hen Saddles. To see the full line, please visit; Whiting American Hen Hackle.

 

		American Hen Capes - Solid
		Check the drop-down menu for availability. Please call for colors not listed. Natural Colors white black blue dun lt grey grey pwd charcoal olive brown gld olive lt brown burnt org beatle gr brassy High Visability Colors red yellow orange chartreuse floral highlander peach kingfisher silver doc hot pink soft pink magenta purple lavender   Whiting American Hen Cape / $35 To order, select a color; whiteblackblue dunlt greygrey dunpwdcharcoalolive dark olive browngolden olivelight brownbeatle greenclaret redchartruesefloralkingfishersilver doctorhot pinksoft pinkmagentalavender

***To compare with other American Hen products, please visit; Whiting Hen Saddles. To see the full line, please visit; Whiting American Hen Hackle.

 

		American Hen Capes - Laced
		Check the drop-down menu for availability. Please call for colors not listed. Natural Colors white brown wh tipped br tipped claret g olive shrimp ginger cream speckled lt brown dk brown silver golden High Visability Colors red yellow orange chartreuse floral highlaner purple kingfisher silver doc hot pink soft pink new color new color new color   Whiting American Hen Cape / $40 To order, select a color; purplebrownbrown tippedclaret golden oliveginger creamlight browndark brownsilver badgergoldenorangehot pinksoft pinkmagenta

 

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Whiting Spey Hen Capes

More like marabou on a stem, the feathers on these hen capes are unique to saltwater patterns. Check out the shrimp patterns on google to see just how useful feather this is.

 

***To see other Whiting Spey Hen products, please visit; Whiting Hen Saddles and Whiting Soft Hackle with Chickabou, or Whiting Spey Hackle.

 

		Spey Hen Capes
		Check the drop-down menu for availability. Please call for colors not listed. Natural and Dyed Colors grizzly brown ginger cream golden silver dk silver black blue dun white claret olive g olive salmon High Visability Colors red yellow orange chartreuse kingfisher pink purple   Whiting Spey Hen Cape / $30 To order, select a color; cahillyellowchartruesemagentapurplesilver doctorwhitedyed blacksalmoncoachman brownheron greygolden badgersilver badgernatural blackgrizzlypwdlight grey dune

 

 

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Mayfly Winger feathers	4 for $15.00
Mayfly Winger Feathers Many people ask "what is the best feather to use for tying wings on my dry flies?" Years ago, tyers were able to use hen necks. However, with hackle growers breeding for smaller and smaller hackle sizes, today these feathers are too narrow and "dry-fly" like. Well, here is a feather that works well; nice barring, web right up to the edge, and nice round tips - all making for the perfect siloette on the water. Looking for more colors? Check out my page on Winger Feathers

 

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Thanks, David 608-332-4220