Capes & Saddles

Individual versions of the Whiting/Nature's Cape Top Spirit Variety Pack. Incredible quality in each cape top which will tie a good number of flies from sizes between 16-24.

In the search for new and innovative products for fly tying, Dr. Tom Whiting has taken the average “barnyard bird” and created another fly tying marvel, the “4B” line. Round, webby hen feathers are great for soft hackles, legs, wing cases, and even dry fly wings. The possibilities are endless! Try a saddle for a softer, webbier collar for more movement in the fly.    

Incredibly Large capes at an incredibly low price. These large rooster capes have been dyed expertly by whiting and are perfect for Saltwater flys as well as Salmon, trout and others. The 4 Whiting Bs: Bigger Better Bargain Birds.

A perfect saddle for wet flies, containing soft and even webbier feathers than the American Hen Neck Capes.

A large cape, perfect for tying salmon and trout flies with the cheeks left giving you extra feathers to play with. Tie between size 14 up to Size 8. The 4 Whiting Bs: Bigger Better Bargain Birds!

WOW what great packs from Whiting. Labeled as "Bugger Packs" but usful for so much more. Use them for Saltwater flies and Predator flies. You get 2 patches per pack and this equates to nearly half a whole cape. Use it for wooly buggers and palmering or use for tails on saltwater flies. Feather length from 4" to 7" long. We have so much faith in this superb product from Whitng we have heavily stocked them in a massive range of colours.

Chevron Grade 2 Rooster Neck Cape in black, offered at a great price for the quality.

The traditionalist’s choice! The Hebert Miner™ line offers the best range of natural duns, browns, creams, and badger available to the dry fly tiers of the world. Soft webby medium width hen feathers ideal for collars and legs on nymphs. All natural colors for tying more traditional patterns.

Beautiful quality Coq De Leon Silver Grade Rooster Saddles from Whiting Farms. Excellent natural tailing fibres from the center top feathers, sometimes called the "spade hackles". Also, provides large size wet and dry fly saddle hackle for Wulff and other large flies.

Superb value for money. These Whiting high & dry 1/2 saddles offer some of the best value for money out there for dry fly capes. These are not listed on the Whiting dealer list and i have had these made available for me. Super long saddle hackle that will tie mainly in the 14 to 18 range with some capes going slightly smaller or larger.

Full Whiting Bronze Grade dry fly Saddle Rooster Capes. Will tie 100's of dry flies. Will mainly tie 14's to 18's with some feathers tying either side. Grading is based on several characteristics; Average Hackle Lengh, Number of usable dry fly tying feathers, predominant tying sizes of the feathers and the minimum number of flies it could tie. For a bronze grade saddle will tie between size 10 and 18. This beautiful cape will tie a minimum of 400 flies (900 on average but variation applies).