Whiting will be disassembling their EuroHackle saddles and will be repackaging them in a new product line called the “Whiting Fashion Pack”[i] .[i]"Sixteen long feathers of a single color will be affixed on our branded board, very much like our Whiting 100 Packs, but not sized as to hook size. The suggested retail price will be $20.00.
[/i][/i][i] In order to do this more fair allocation of our limited EuroHackle saddles we will have to cease selling full or half saddles as a product line. We are making an extra effort to keep our flagship Whiting dry fly saddles, and the new High and Dry saddles, in good stock to supply all the fly tier?s needs."
[/i](From an Email sent to Whiting Farms customers)
What a great opportunity for all you commercial fly tyers out there. Stop by those hair shops and bring your order sheets with you. Perhaps introduce them to some nice long furs or man-made materials. I really don’t think that anyone will have a problem getting the saddles that they want.
Oh no!.. Barb just called me up and wanted a slug of grizzly hackle for her hair-do and she’s been talkin’ too: “The one who washes the clothes and eats the food I cook and does not fish”(or know anything about it), so I decided, before I let her have it, to offer a one time deal to the board, or else Barb get’s it. In the ole time tradition of John P. Getty (capitalism) I’m offering my grizzly saddle up for Two Grand… Well it does have provenance. It’s been part of the Adam’s family (of TV fame?), and along with brown hackle the pair are priceless. I’ll throw in a few Gold Pheasant Tippets just in case you are short. Sorry, tying lessons are extra. Paypal only!
