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Offline bigjim5589

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Re: Super Rooster Hair
« Reply #15 on: 10/19/24 11:50 UTC »
Deer hair has some buoyancy to it, so it doesn't sink as well as other materials. That reply from the tackle shop mean they don't know, and Yakima means figure it out!

I tie with saddle hackle too, and all saddle hackle & neck hackle are not the same. I used to raise my own roosters, Barred, & White Rocks, to get wide, webby, neck hackles for tying Key's style Tarpon flies, which I was supplying to shops & guides at the time. A lot of the genetically raised chickens are bred to get short stiffer hackles, with very little web, for tying dry flies, and that's not what I wanted for tying the Tarpon & other saltwater flies.

So it really depends on what you want & need. I buy strung neck & saddle hackle, by the pound, and each has different uses for me, but for some tying I can use either one.

I again think that they're using strung neck hackle for the dressing on those spinners, because it is usually a longer fibered material than saddle hackle.

Offline RichieRich

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Re: Super Rooster Hair
« Reply #16 on: 10/19/24 12:05 UTC »
Here's the two Super Roosters with saddle hackle. It really looks like what they're using on the original. The ripple blade has folded hackle (best that I could do on first attempt). The scales blade is the same hackle but I stripped off one side before rolling on the wire.


Offline RichieRich

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Re: Super Rooster Hair
« Reply #17 on: 10/19/24 12:10 UTC »
Thanks, BigJim. Next purchase I'll get some neck hackle.

I started doing these baits when Covid-19 came along, something to do. Now I do it to try and keep away from the fridge and snack shelf. It's nice to catch fish on baits you've made. Nicer when your friends ask if they can have some.  8)

Offline ctom

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Re: Super Rooster Hair
« Reply #18 on: 10/19/24 20:32 UTC »
I started doing these baits when Covid-19 came along....  It's nice to catch fish on baits you've made. Nicer when your friends ask if they can have some.

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Re: Super Rooster Hair
« Reply #19 on: 10/20/24 08:48 UTC »
Looks really good RichieRich. Welcome to Custombaits!