He seems like a nice guy. I haven't bought any of his hackle yet. I have a lot of the Whiting line. I seem to be using it more. I use Ewing also on my saltwater flies. Between these two companies I'm pretty happy so far. I will take a closer look at the Conranch stuff when I see him again at the shows. Thanks Tony, Deb ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 8:51 AM Subject: Re: [VFB] Wingers?????????
> Deb, > If you want small hen feathers, try the Conranch JV hen skins. I use > them for my wing feathers and soft hackles. > The skin comes with the neck and saddle. > Tony > > Deborah Duran wrote: > > >I'm pretty sure the wingers are hen necks. The winger patches tend to be a > >little smaller. I use the Whiting hen necks also. I just look for ones > >that have a lot of the smaller feathers. I'm not sure if Whiting is going > >to carry "wingers" or not. I haven't actually seen them packaged that way > >yet. > >Good question for Byard since Don O is off to California now. I know John > >Snively (Whiting Variant Rep) wasn't sure if he was going to get anymore in > >at the last show either. > >Deb > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Tom Davenport" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 12:16 AM > >Subject: Re: [VFB] Wingers????????? > > > > > >I'm not sure what you mean by "winger". Is it a product you heard > >about? I use hen neck hackle for patterns that call for traditional > >wings. > > > >Tom Davenport > >On Mar 4, 2004, at 7:35 PM, beckrich richard wrote: > > > > > > > >>Can someone explain to me about winger for dry flies. > >>Are they saddle hackle that you should be able to buy > >>from any fly shop? Or are they something unique that a > >>person runs across once in a while. > >> > >> > >>Rick > >>Grand Rapids MN > >> > >>__________________________________ > >>Do you Yahoo!? > >>Yahoo! Search - Find what you're looking for faster > >>http://search.yahoo.com > >> > >> > >> > > > > > >Tom Davenport > > > >Home Page: http://homepage.mac.com/tsmd > >Webshots Albums: http://community.webshots.com/user/tsmdav > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
