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Black dyed over white Hareline Rooster Saddle patch with long, uniform feathers for tying woolly bugger flies.

Hareline Rooster Saddle

$29.99 - $29.99
$29.99
$29.99 - $29.99
$29.99
Color: Black Dyed Over White

Premium Hackle for Woolly Buggers & Streamers

Upgrade your fly tying bench with the exceptional quality of the Hareline Dyed Black or Brown Rooster Saddle. Universally recognized as a mandatory mainstay for streamer enthusiasts, these hand-selected rooster saddles offer the perfect combination of feather length, suppleness, and rich color consistency.

Whether you are mass-producing classic patterns for your personal box or tying highly responsive articulated patterns for predatory fish, this black saddle hackle delivers the premium performance you need to tie beautiful, durable flies.

Key Features:

  • The Ultimate Woolly Bugger Hackle: Featuring long, uniform feathers that average 10 to 12 inches in length, these saddles are the undisputed gold standard for palmering down the hook shank on Woolly Buggers, leeches, and large sub-surface patterns.

  • Optimal Taper for Sizes 8 to 14: The barb lengths on these feathers are perfectly suited for tying flies in the sweet spot of sizes 8 through 14. This consistency means less wasted material and cleaner profiles on every wrap.

  • Ultra-Thin, Flexible Stems: Tiers love the thin, incredibly pliable stems on Hareline saddles. They wrap effortlessly around hook shanks without twisting, breaking, or adding unnecessary bulk at the tie-in point.

  • High-Action Underwater Lifelike Movement: The soft yet resilient structure of the rooster barbules allows the hackle to breathe, compress, and expand with every strip of your fly line, creating an irresistible pulsing motion in the water.

  • Generous Overall Saddle Size: Each individual patch measures approximately 15 to 18 inches in overall length, providing you with an abundance of high-grade feathers that offer tremendous value.

Product Specifications:

  • Brand: Hareline Dubbin

  • Color: Dyed Black or Brown

  • Feather Length: 10" to 12" average

  • Saddle Length: 15" to 18" average

  • Ideal Hook Sizes: On average, hook sizes #8 to #14 (with select outliers)

  • Best Suited For: Woolly Buggers, leech patterns, large dry fly collars, streamer tails, and saltwater/warmwater accents.