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Old 10-10-2009, 12:22 PM
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Thursday night I put in an order for a coachman brown Whiting Herbert-Miner Pro-Grade full cape at £25 from Lakeland:
http://www.lakelandflytying.com/2994...ter_Capes.aspx
The cape arrived this morning & I'm impressed to say the least!
Tremendous quality at a very competitive price. I reckon I can get at least 2, maybe 3 flies out of each feather. The fibre length is a very gradual increase & the hackle stalk is nice & thin.
The sheen on the cape is hard to describe, but I took a couple of pics on my crappy camera.
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Big thumbs-up to Lakeland!
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nice ,very nice .....
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It does look a very nice cape Steve.

What size of fly do you think would it be most suitable for?

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It does look a very nice cape Steve.

What size of fly do you think would it be most suitable for?

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Anything from a 10 to 18.
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Old 12-10-2009, 05:05 AM
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I've ordered the last cream badger, seems great value,I'll report back
10- 18's is perfick with my dodgy eyes

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Thumbs up Stunning!
Absolutely fantastic Cream Badger for £25 and going to order more in the near future. I've just tied a few of my usual Derbyshire patterns and they look way too good for my rough harse tying .
Truly stuck for words apart from cheers Steve and Big Thanks to Lakeland.

I'll be back

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Looks good to me.
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just ordered one myself, cant wait for it to arrive. jon.
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i cock neck cape arrived safe and sound in a fantastic package. what a bargain. now i must improve my tying to do it some justice. jon mcmillan.
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4 beautiful saddles arrived today, a rusty dun, 2 grizzles and a badger. The grizzles had just a few stray hybrid hackles which only adds to the possibilities.

I only hope i live long enough to be able to use most of the hackle material on these great quality, amazingly priced capes!
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