Take the neck out of the package and bend one of the stems... Do the same with a better neck and you should see a pretty dramatic difference... The Keough capes I have tied with have not impressed me.

I think it would be fair to call them the new tyers' nightmare...

Grizzly is the first "have to have" and brown is usually listed as the second... I would prefer a gold badger or a furnace. But I also have dozens of top end capes and saddles so I am spoiled. No need to buy a whole cape to start. Several places will sell half-capes and half and quarter saddles... Stick to capes for the basics because of the size range of the cape hackle.
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