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Feathers
Feathers of all kinds are used in making flies and were some of the first fly tying materials that were used. You can use them in tying dries, nymphs or streamers. In making dry flies feathers are used to create the hackle that keeps the fly floating. These dry fly feathers are pulled off of capes which can be seen on our hackle collection page. Special feathers with stiff fibers are also used to create tails on classic Catskill style dry flies. Feathers have a great variety of uses when tying nymphs also. Feather fibers are used in making webby tails, wing cases and complete peacock bodies like on the Prince nymph. The very effective Pheasant Tail nymph is made entirely with feathers except for the wire rib. No type of fly is characterized by the feathers that create it than the streamer fly. Of course the Rangeley area is home of the feather wing streamer and the tiers who created them. Carrie Stevens, Herb Welch and many lesser known tiers spent their years in our area in the pursuit of that perfect smelt imitation. We sell many types of hackle feathers used for making the wings of streamers. Strung neck and rooster saddle feathers are a beginners feather for wing making. Wing feathers can also be picked right off the cape to get a matching pair. The favorite streamer capes are called Whiting American saddles and can be seen in our Hackle collection.
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Ewing Hackle Dry Fly Cape - Silver Badger
Ewing HackleOriginal price $50.00 - Original price $50.00Original price$50.00$50.00 - $50.00Current price $50.00The cape has good feather count in the 14 - 4 size range.
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Ewing Hackle - Hen Cape
Ewing HackleOriginal price $24.00 - Original price $24.00Original price$24.00$24.00 - $24.00Current price $24.00Ewing hen capes have beautiful wide tip feathers for making wings on mayfly patterns. There are also patches of soft feathers for making collars o...
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Turkey Feathers - White
SwalefOriginal price $2.00 - Original price $2.00Original price$2.00$2.00 - $2.00Current price $2.00Two bleached turkey feathers per pack.
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Wood Duck, black and white, packaged by RRSS
Rangeley Region Sports ShopOriginal price $6.00 - Original price $6.00Original price$6.00$6.00 - $6.00Current price $6.003 lefts and 3 rights Black and white wood duck flank feathers are useful for fly tying due to their striking contrast and intricate markings. These...
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Whiting Farms Brahma Hen Wing Set
Whiting FarmsOriginal price $20.00 - Original price $20.00Original price$20.00$20.00 - $20.00Current price $20.00The Brahma is an excellent feather for tying soft hackle nymphs and wet flies. The wing offers smaller feather size then can be found on the full s...
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Hareline Fine Black Barred Marabou Feathers
HarelineOriginal price $11.00 - Original price $11.00Original price$11.00$11.00 - $11.00Current price $11.00Tie flies with Hareline Fine Black Barred Marabou and you'll be tempting just about every fish out there. The barring is closer together than the b...
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Pair of Duck Wings
SwalefOriginal price $20.00 - Original price $20.00Original price$20.00$20.00 - $20.00Current price $20.00A right and left pair of matching natural duck wings. Used for many fly tying patterns.
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Mini Marabou
WapsiOriginal price $3.25 - Original price $3.25Original price$3.25$3.25 - $3.25Current price $3.25This smaller marabou comes from chickens and is also known as Chickabou. Ideal for smaller flies and jigs, Bonefish, nymph and emerger flies. I co...
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Hareline Golden Pheasant - Complete Head
HarelineOriginal price $19.00 - Original price $19.00Original price$19.00$19.00 - $19.00Current price $19.00These beautiful feathers are used for streamers such as the Gray Ghost and Wood Special.
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Ewing Hackle Dry Fly Top Cape
Ewing HackleOriginal price $21.75 - Original price $21.75Original price$21.75$21.75 - $21.75Current price $21.75The top cape is a patch of feathers cut off of the top of a cape. The feathers on this patch are good quality dry fly material and will tie dry fl...
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Ewing Hackle Dry Fly Half Saddle
Ewing HackleOriginal price $26.00 - Original price $26.00Original price$26.00$26.00 - $26.00Current price $26.00The Ewing half saddle patch offers a smaller amount of feathers for the tier that only ties a couple of patterns of dry flies. It is possible to ge...
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Ewing Wooly Bugger Pack
Ewing HackleOriginal price $10.00 - Original price $10.00Original price$10.00$10.00 - $10.00Current price $10.00These Bugger feather packs give the tier a collection of feathers in the 4-10 size range. Many of the feather have some amount of webbing, perfect ...
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