Sakasa Kebari Hackle feather

[sakasakebariuk]

I was wondering what the best hackle feather would be for tying the Sakasa Kebari hackle.

I am sure I read an article or watched a video that described a comparison between different hackle feathers?.

Any help would be appreciated.

Kind regards
SKUK

[leckie]

SKUK

I've just tie some with a partridge necj feathers and they seemed okay to me. Not sure if this is the best feather to use though?
There are a lot of good videos on you tube that give details of the materials used as well as showing you how to do it of course.

leckie

[sakasakebariuk]

Thanks for your reply.

I'm sure I saw a video clip which demonstrated a comparison between different hackle feathers and how the hackle moves in the water during fly manipulation.

From memory sparrow hackle was the best so will give it a try and provider some feedback.

Kind Regards
SKUK

[leckie]

SKUK

I'll take a photo of some of the flies I've recently tied and you can have a laugh at my attempts ;D

maybe that's why I'm not catching any fish

leckie

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The most popular are partridge, India hen, grouse and hen hackle. I've recently found that jungle cock spade feathers also work well for sakasa kebari: www.tenkaratalk.com/2011/12/jungle-cock-sakasa-kebari-more-on-spectra-lines/

[dave1972]

indian cock cape is good,i use a dyed one in brown but have used others.check out lathkill fly tying on the web,loads of flytying stuff at reasonable prices.
its a few quid for a cock cape from them and they have plenty of different colours.
they also do a 477 chadwicks substitute for tying killer bugs which is good. tied some bugs with it back end of last season and caught consistently on my river.