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Originally Posted by ThrowingTimber
I'll be there thinking 9am or so. Bro I meant to tell you the other day when you called. The thing with the flatwings is yeah they look and fish awesome! But to run out and dump dough on 4 or 5 saddle hackle capes grade one or gold or whatever gets spendy quick figure 50-60 per. Pick up materials a bit at a time some here some there, oh tie up some orange ruthless we're going to need them  |
For flatwings, check out the lower grades. They may do what you want better then the high grades while costing a lot less.
Lower grades will generally have wider feathers. Often the silver and gold grades (depending on the type of feather) have very thin feather, sometimes too thin for saltwater for most flatwings.
Some of the best flatwing saddles I've ever seen were "pro" grade from Whiting, which is bottom of the barrel. Unfortunately I think they've done away with that grade on some styles of feather.