Migs,

I have used the Whiting 100 pack and like the convenience, but I did not find them to be of the quaility one would find on a cape.

As for Conranch hackle. Denny is top tier in my book. Sometime back I wrote about soft-hackle flies and Denny responded that his JV hens are an excellent subsitute for partridge feathers. I went to his website and picked out the colors I needed and contacted Denny. He told me the feathers would be in the mail that day and I told him that I could not have a check ready for mailing until that night. He replied "let the feathers and the money cross in the mail." He is honest and trusting as the day is long. The feathers on his JV hens are exceptional. The action the hackle produces on soft-hackle flies makes the flies come alive!