Stay tuned...we're about to try it again...;^) Because of the
popularity and the number of requests I've been getting, I'm going to
try and do the Whiting Co-Op on an on-going basis. A new batch of
birds has already been ordered. I expect to have details available
after this weekend.

Byard;

I wish I hadn't stayed out of the swap this year but I had so much great hackle from last year I flinched. I did buy a Brahma hen from LinesEnd during that time and love the wet flys they make. Thus, my desires.

The Brahma hen is a bit long in the hackle to make small soft hackle flys but makes some great 14s and larger. I bought some hen necks/capes that may or may not be Whiting early genetics and they make okay wets.

Will you consider including hen capes the next go round? I'd like you to pick some gray and olive for my favorite patterns. What say you Listmeister?

My perplexion with Whiting is that they have so much variety that I can no longer go to their website and choose what would work best for my needs. They need many more pages of detailed high resolution shots.

Maybe LinesEnd will expand on their offering even if on a special order basis. Can you get some detailed shots and add more choices from Whiting Byard? I'm willing to wait for just the right pelt if you can provide the pictures.

Regarding Deb's observation on the midge hackle from last year to this, I have from 2002 swap #26-28 hackle and if it got smaller in 2003 I'd have no way to use it. Also, my local TU (yes, I'm joining) chapter had a tyer showing me the midge packs and he said Whiting would no longer carry the tiny ones due to cost. Any word DonO, Byard, anybody?

Murf

Re: [VFB] Hackle-Hackle-Hackle.....and more hackle?

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