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Oops, I meant your snail-mail...
DonO
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 3:58
PM
Subject: Re: [VFB] Saddle vs Neck
Hackle
OK, Brian,
Send me your email addy. I have some
hackles to send you.
DonO
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 3:27
PM
Subject: Re: [VFB] Saddle vs Neck
Hackle
I have to side to the contrary. Both Whiting neck and saddles are
about equal in web, stiffness, and "floatability". For that matter,
both have thin supple stems, which is probably a greater factor in clean,
well hackled dries than any other factor. The saddles may have more
fibers per inch -- a consideration when you only want to put two turns on
the fly and still want a decent density. Even the length of the newer
capes' feathers rivals short saddles (a neck I have is unbelievable, I could
pick a few feathers off it and put them on a table. I have little
doubt that I could run them off as saddles). Moral of the story, the
biggest difference is price. If you need the diversity of a neck, do
it. Otherwise I think the saddle is a better deal.
My 2 bits,
Brian
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I
think we could all agree that a high quality Whiting Saddle is both
convienent and economical to use, while a whiting neck provides a
greater
variety of feather sizes... but beyond that are there any
clear advantages of
one over the other? 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?
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