Since the first known evidence for the existence of its use as tying material (Astorga Manuscript, 1624), León roosters have been gained prestige wide world. Nowadays, it is customary material in the drawer of every single tyer, making them irreplaceable for any other feather or synthetic material.

  To know more about the origins of León roosteres, also named Coq de Leon, we have to penetrate into the depths of an almost-forgotten valley in province of León, in the heart of the Cantábrica range of mountains.

  Reaching the Curueño valley, one realizes why these birds were genetically improved in this particular region of Spain. Being oneself surrounded by crystalline rivers plenty of trouts, it is easy to understand why the inhabitants of the valley, well connoisseur of the fly-fishing details, started selecting hens and cocks by their feathers. The secrets of this breeding and selection are zealously kept by breeders and transmitted from generation to generation since then.

  Taking into account that genetic selection is a complicated and time-consuming process, and that it must be performed continously for many years, it is easily deducible why the quality of the feathers of León roosters is unbeatable: simply we have several centuries lead.