What's the difference between a cape or a neck and a saddle? Isn't a rooster just a chicken? Are their feathers really that different from a hen's feathers?


This is the first instructional video in the "Fly Tying Materials for Beginners" series where we explore all the basics on what's what when it comes to hackle from chickens.


Savage Flies is a project with the mission of encouraging and teaching fly tying to as many people as possible. The channel is named after one of my western Maryland homewaters, the Savage River. I've been uploading at least three new videos a week (usually Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday).

Thanks for stopping by. Please let me know in the comments if you have any tying tips you would like to share or if you have any patterns you would like to see tied here.