The Whiting Heritage Hackle Saddles are the colours of yesteryear from the days of Ted Hebert and Andy Miner and then the quality has been improved by Dr.Tom Whiting with his selective breeding program. The Heritage hackle is all about the most sought after hard to get colours like Speckled Badger, Speckled Duns and the Champagne range of colours and those very special Unique Variants that you only see once in a while!! Owning a Heritage Hackle Saddle is something to treasure as the colouration on most is unique with each saddle being very special in its own right.
Whiting Heritage Hackles Rooster Saddle in Mixed Colours W Champagne Badger/Speckled Champagne Badger/ Badger Hackles/Rusty Badger/Rusty Hackles Approx Tying Size 12/14/16. Another Saddle where the images justdon’t do the saddle justice, so much colour shiftinggoing on, one minuteit’sa plain jane and then bang the light hits and it comes alive!!!So densely hackled with hackles that go from 12-21" (31-53cm). To get a true idea how special this saddle is look at all the images provided. As always with Heritage Saddles you BUY the Saddle in the image at Lakeland!!!
Sizing is done by nige, the Uk and Europe Tend to size different to the USA, as far as nige is concerned the size should be from the shank to the point, not 1 ½ to 2 times the hook gape. A nige 14 on the Whiting hackle Gauge is a size 18!!!!
Nige spoke to the Whiting Grading Team, Grade 3 is equivalent to Bronze Grade!!!
Remember this is a buy what you see product range so you get the saddle in the image. Read the description and look at the images to see the true colour range!!!!