capes

[loch coulter]

Could anyone recommend a source for capes to tie wet flies, at a reasonable price, i realise in most cases you only get what you pay for but dont want to pay top dollar!

[shad]

Theres a guy called Geoff Cherrett who Ive had some great capes from  he dyes cheaper genetics, might be worth dropping him a line to see what he has-http://www.fritz-n-marabou.uk/fishing%20flies.html

[loch coulter]

Thanks Shad, will do.

[Robbie]

Cookshill Fly Tying is worth a look:
http://www.cookshill-flytying.co.uk/capes.htm

[Fishtales]

Chinese capes are what you need.  Scrub that I didn't realise they had gone up that much in price. Get the Indian capes. The smaller hackles do for dry flies.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?client=opera&q=chinese+flytying+capes&sourceid=opera&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

[loch coulter]

Chinese capes are what you need.  Scrub that I didn't realise they had gone up that much in price. Get the Indian capes. The smaller hackles do for dry flies.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?client=opera&q=chinese+flytying+capes&sourceid=opera&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

Thanks Sandy

[Lochan_load]

Those Veniard Chinese cock capes aren't bad for the money, not for dries but ideal for palmering wets. I've started buying capes off eBay and dying them, buy them cheap and the dye really sorts them out. Failing that cliff Harvey angling usually reliable for quality

[Fishtales]

My Chinese capes are thirty to forty years old and they were only a couple of pounds, the Indian capes at the time were 3 or 4 pounds so what caused the price difference now?

For wings and palmers I use the long hackles from the Indian capes if I don't have a Chinese one that is the colour I need. I have never bought genetic or expensive capes and I never had any problems with flies that didn't catch fish, nor dries that didn't float