Re: [VFB] Coq D'Leon

[DonO]

Rene, First of all remember there are four basic products from a strain, the Rooster neck and saddle, and the hen neck and saddle.  All are CdL products and come in different grades and are quite different in appearance.  There are different sub-strains and color variations, also.  The hackles I'm using are Gold Grade Speckled Rooster Saddles for the caddis I mentioned, and these are better than anything I've ever seen, even the Spanish saddles I've see at the Fly Tackle Dealer Shows.  What Dr. Tom's growing and harvesting now is so good I'm giving away the old stuff from just a year ago, which is still superior for tailing material.   What I'll do is photograph these saddles and send you a pic to see for yourself.  You probably won't be able to see the waxy sheen (shine) on the spades, but the massiveness of the saddle and the speckling will blow you away.  Even the very long saddle hackles are speckled all the way to the tips.  Just awesome.   I don't know the price of these, but I doubt you'd touch one for under $60, probbly more.    Regards, DonO ----- Original Message ----- From: Rene Zillmann To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 12:33 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] Coq D'Leon DonO, here in Germany they sell CdL Necks and Capes labeled with the Whiting logo. Are this old capes, or what do you mean with ... not available .... BTW: On the sowbug there was a guy who sold CdL saddles whithout any packaging, out of a bin. He said the necks where from Whiting. I bought one for 11 bucks. WHat do you thing is the source of this necks. Rene --- DonO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... I've been experimenting with Troth-style caddis using speckled Coq D Leon instead of elk. I really like the results. Just need to get better so I can try them out. It takes a lot of barbs to make the wing, but the new Whiting capes have tons of feathers with very long barbs. This would not be commercially viable, though.