I have some coq de leon feathers which have been brought into the UK by a friend who visited Spain recently.

They are beautiful feathers, but packed in small quanties of several Pardo colours.

I noticed recently that Whiting Coq De Leon capes and saddles are being sold on Ebay quite cheaply.

I wondered if anyone has used these, and if so have they compared them with the original feathers from Leon?
I have no idea where on the bird the feathers I own come from. If I buy some of the whiting feathers, should I buy capes (necks) or saddles?
Presently I only use the feathers for tailing due to their cost and my only owning a few treasured feathers. On a cape I will have lots more feathers than I can use for just tails. So what else have members used them for?? Are the whiting capes short enough in the hackle length to use them for dry fly hackles??

Lots of questions but I would be interested in knowing more before I buy!!!