Keough Hen Necks

• 4/5

  darker brown than I'd hoped - 2/19/2015
  By: Dave1313 from Seattle, WA

  I had hoped that the necks would be from Rhode Island Red hens. They are darker than I'd hoped but I can use them anyhow. I had requested that one would be sent to British Columbia. I learned only after a very long call to Orvis that they don't do that. Unfortunately Orvis never e-mailed me about this restriction. They said they called, but unless I know the name of the person at the other end, I don't answer the call and no-one left a message.

• 5/5

  Small sized necks - 1/6/2015
  By: WoodbutcherMaine from Winslow, Maine

  Although the necks seemed a little small, they have a lot of nice feathers to make a lot of soft hackles patterns. Nice consistency of feather quality.

• 4/5

  Soft Hackle Hen Neck; Good Value - 12/2/2014
  By: FlyFisherMann from Midwest City, OK

  I wanted to try this for the Charlie Craven soft hackle emerger pattern after getting his book: Charlie's Fly Box. The color is good and it will tie a lot of size 16 flies and even some smaller flies. The alternative is a $21.00 neck, so try this out. Thanks- Ken

• 3/5

  It was OK - 6/11/2014
  By: NYCxJACK

  Expected more hackle on there for size 14-18 hooks. Will not pay for Dr. Whiting products, too much money. The search continues.

• 4/5

  Great for dry's - 3/25/2014
  By: wtforward from northern,Il
  Top 1000 Contributor

  These necks are great for dry fly wings.I can only use the bottom inch and 1/2 of the neck but that still accounts for alot of fly's. I just wish they would offer them in grizzly. Make that a good grizzly.

• 5/5

  Nice - 2/17/2014
  By: tobey73 from Maine
  Top 500 Contributor

  I got this to use primary for small dry fly wings. the quality is good and seems to be plenty of usable material.

• 5/5

  great colors - 2/10/2014
  By: fredfish from Branson, MO
  Top 100 Contributor

  These feathers add new color options to my soft hackles. It always seems that if your fly is a little bit different from the others, that fish pay more attention. In any case, they make good looking flies that catch fish.

• 5/5

  Good practical product - 9/22/2012
  By: Andy51 from East Yorkshire

  I've just bought one from the delightful Pickering, UK Orvis shop and was surprised by the reasonable cost and quality of the neck. Whiting hen necks are superb but three times the cost and when you don't need that level of quality and just want a good feather for everyday tying then these fit the purpose perfectly.

• 5/5

  7/11/2012
  By: BigCTexas
  Top 500 Contributor

• 5/5

  Exactly what i was looking for - 4/7/2012
  By: GoneFishingToo from PA

  For some reason brown hen hackle is hard to find. This was exactly what I was looking for and my local Orvis store (Downingtown, PA) had it shipped directly to my home.

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