Ewing Hackle

"Charlie M" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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I've a couple of questions to ask. Any opinions?

How do Ewing capes compare to Keough or Whiting capes?
I have a Whiting grizzly that is great and a Keough tyers
grade dun that I'm not impressed with (value wise....
even though the Whiting cape was twice as expensive it was the
better buy).


I have not seen many Ewing or Keough capes, so can´t really offer a reliable
opinion.
Those I have seen were OK but not as good as Whiting. I do have a nice dark
brown dun Keough cape.

For some colours which I don´t use much,I got the Whiting 100´s. These were
very good. I have since got a few saddles in these colours. The saddles
only have a narrow range of sizes, usually a maximum of three sizes, and you
have to be careful when choosing them, but they are first class vakue for
money, even though they seem expensive at first. You can usually buy half
saddles as well. It really depends on how many flies you tie. If you are
only tying a couple of dozen, then go for the 100 packs, ( Enough hackel to
tie a hundred flies). If you are tying a raneg of sizes, go for a cape, and
if you are tying a lot of the same size flies, go for a saddle.

The whiting/hoffman/hebert capes/feathers/saddles, are very hard to beat,
either in quality or value.

TL
MC