Coq de Leon Hen Saddle

The Coq de Leon Hen Saddles from Whiting Farms are much sought after and fairly hard to come by. Coq de Leon is the oldest known chicken strain specifically bred for fly tying feathers.There is nothing like the buggy, speckled, badgery goodness that these feathers bring to a fly. We use these around here for a variety of uses.

Most often sought as a tailing material and legs on wet flies and nymphs but also make for some great collar hackle as well on a variety of soft hackle and streamer patterns. Many of the feathers are large enough to tie some amazing looking Matuka style streamrers.  Feathers can be burned with a wing burner to make some cool looking mottled mayfly wings. Most excellent on March Brown and Drake style flies!

You'll find a wide variety of sizes of feathers here and will be using this saddle for a long, long time.

Whiting Farms Coq de Leon Hen Saddle available here in the Unique Variant color. These are Hen Saddles that don't fall under the traditional colors, but are unique in color and the same in the high quality that you've come to expect from Whiting Farms.

Whiting item #52802009.