Description
Rooster Schlappen is a material with a wide range of uses, from salt to freshwater, and with its webby properties, it creates flies that have movement and flow like no other. Hareline's Rooster Schlappen bundles provide you with a quarter-ounce of high-quality long feathers that are available in a variety of colors. These feathers come from the back of a rooster and have thin, flexible stems that are ideal for wrapping or tying in tails on large patterns.
Uses
The uses of Hareline's Rooster Schlappen are nearly endless. While conventional applications include tying throats and wrapping hackles on streamers, they can do much more than that, including tying tails on large streamers, making squid flies, palmering dense bodies or heads on Game Changers, and you can even use them in salmon and steelhead patterns.
Comparisons
Hareline's Strung Saddle Hackles are a good alternative if you're looking for feathers that have shorter fibers. Strung Saddle Feathers are sourced a bit closer to the neck of the rooster, so they have shorter fibers and aren't as long or webby. Both of these feathers are excellent choices for tying a variety of different patterns, but when you need the added length, webbyness, and a bit more movement, Rooster Schlappen is the way to go.