Whiting Coq de Leon Soft Hackle With Chickabou package contains Coq De Leon hen back and Chickabou. Back contains soft hackle for wet flies. Hackle is similar to partridge but quality is higher. The most of the colors are beatiful speckled shades and they are very suitable especially for sculpin and other fish imitations wings.

Chickabou is a trademark on Whiting. Feathers are maybe the softest on market. It looks like marabou but in micro size. Normal marabou is very often too large for smaller nymphs and Woolly Buggers but Chickabou is an ideal choice for those.

Whiting Coq de Leon Soft Hackle With Chickabou is get from oldest genetic chicken line bred for fly tying feathers. Dating back several hundred years, these roosters have traditionally been bred only in Spain. Since the mid-1990's, Whiting Farms has continued the tradition by raising authentic Coq de Leon rooster stock from Spain. Whiting Farms is the only commercial breeder of Coq de Leon outside of Spain.