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Whiting Bantam Hen Cape
Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2022 10:34 am
by DUBBN
I found this product on a Fly shops web page. Has anyone used it before? Does it have more feathers in the 20 to 16 range than the Herbert Miner, or Whiting Red Label capes/
Re: Whiting Bantam Hen Cape
Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2022 11:10 am
by Variant
Hey Wayne,
If you are talking about the Whiting Bantam Hen cape in the light dun color, yes, I have used them .The cost is almost about half the price of a Hebert - Miner cape. In my opinion the quality is not the same, on some of the bantam capes, the tips of the feathers were broken . I use them for my small soft hackle patterns .
John Whiting does sell a Bantam cape , the only color I know of is called light dun product code 78801000
Lou
Re: Whiting Bantam Hen Cape
Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2022 1:57 pm
by DUBBN
Variant wrote: Tue Feb 01, 2022 11:10 am
Hey Wayne,
If you are talking about the Whiting Bantam Hen cape in the light dun color, yes, I have used them .The cost is almost about half the price of a Hebert - Miner cape. In my opinion the quality is not the same, on some of the bantam capes, the tips of the feathers were broken . I use them for my small soft hackle patterns .
John Whiting does sell a Bantam cape , the only color I know of is called light dun product code 78801000
Lou
Thank you Lou. That is exactly as it is advertised. I was hoping they had it in other colors. I am up to my neck in Dun.
Here is the link to the Fly shop I found it at.
https://www.flyfishfood.com/collections ... m-hen-cape
Re: Whiting Bantam Hen Cape
Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2022 3:51 pm
by DUBBN
ForumGhillie wrote: Tue Feb 01, 2022 10:50 am
DUBBN wrote: Tue Feb 01, 2022 10:34 am
I found this product on a Fly shops web page. Has anyone used it before? Does it have more feathers in the 20 to 16 range than the Herbert Miner, or Whiting Red Label capes/
My guess -- The fly shop is switching the name from Brahma to Bantam so it is harder to shop their hackle.
Do they show it in a Whiting labeled package?
John
It is my guess that it is an actual (new?) product. Atleast to me it is. Should Whiting add other colors, I would gladly try it out.
Re: Whiting Bantam Hen Cape
Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2022 5:23 pm
by Variant
Wayne,
The Bantam hen cape is kinda new, I tried them out a few years ago.
I purchased mine from the shop you cited in your post.
If you are looking for smaller hackles in other colors , have you tried a Jungle Cock Hen cape ? The feathers are on the small side and are a tan- brownish color. Just a thought.
Lou
Re: Whiting Bantam Hen Cape
Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2022 6:04 pm
by DUBBN
No Lou, I had no idea. Thank you. You have been a wealth of information.
I always buy Dun hen hackles, yet I am always out of Brown.