Hackle and saddle feathers Each gender has a distinct shape to these feathers. Your pullets will have a rounded feather at the saddle, and hackle areas and cockerels will be pointed.

Roosters have more stamina and strength than female chickens. Hens tend to be more timid, while roosters are always more assertive. Roosters tend to be bossy, even when they’re young. As they get ...

Not long after I started this blog a couple months ago I wrote about how young women were so crazy about using dry fly hackle as a hair extension and fashion accessory that you couldn’t find ...

They bought out his display of hackles — the long, skinny rooster feathers fishermen use to make lures — months ago. But the calls keep coming at Eldredge Bros. Fly Shop in Maine, ...

There’s hot competition these days, in Maine and across the nation, for dry fly-tying feathers, also known as hackles. Industry officials say the shortage of feathers, which come from roosters ...

MINNEAPOLIS — When fashion and fly-fishing cross paths, feathers may fly. Off the shelves, at least. The long, skinny feathers favored by sportsmen come in an array of naturally rich colors ...

Hair salons covet them.<br><br>Fly fishermen want them but are finding them increasingly hard to get.<br><br>It’s fashion versus tradition . . .