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Gee sounds like I wrote that. Add to the list
about a dozen full skin roosters, barred duns, barred ginger, white, cream, dun,
brown grizzly, even flo green! Then there are the hen, grouse, partridge,
duck, quail, goose & pheasant skins. Anybody what to buy a fully
stocked material shop 8^> (just kidding!
Bob H
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 10:13
AM
Subject: Re: [VFB] Saddle vs Neck
Hackle
22/02 12:02:18 AM
Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
My gut feeling is that a neck hackle has the edge in
stiffness and straightness, and perhaps floatablility. What do you
guys
think, and which do you prefer to use?
I started
my "collection" with nothing but necks (some Hoffman and some old Metz) but
switched to Hoffman then Whiting saddles. Have no clue which floats
better but get a lot more flys from a saddle. I also use cheap saddles
for buggers, ect. Must have over 30 necks/saddles and most didn't come
cheap. If I had it to do over again, I'd buy a fraction of the colors
and catch just as many fish. My better saddles include black, brown,
grizzly dyed brown, dark dun, light dun, grizzly dyed yellow, ginger, grizzly
dyed olive, olive, cream, white, CREE, grizzly dyed tan and the list goes
on.
Blew money on quite a few rods so I'd have one at each weight and
various lengths too. So what do I fish? Either an 8wt-9' Sage,
3wt-7' Pacific Bay or 4wt-9' Lamiglass, all made by Dave Lewis. Flys I
use are usually emergers which I fish dry or wet, #18 yellow humpys and little
nymphs. This does not include my steelhead selection.
My point is
that I got into this sport/hobby with a little and did fine but let it take
over my wallet and now have much more stuff than I'll ever need except a few
items Byard has at LinesEnd when I have the money.
;-)
Murf
Murf
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