Thanks for the explanation Byard. Makes sense and I do see the great benefits. Also understand the US resident only policy for pluckers.
What size saddles (not the midge) are going to be used? Another question. This applies to normal fly swaps and this Whiting swap. Living in Canada, how do you label the package for shipping/customs purposes. I'd love to participate in swaps just don't want to pay the stupid taxes and duties for normal mail order items (which I don't think these qualify as but Customs Canada might). I think if it were labelled used fishing tackle or value less than $20Cdn (about $12US) I'm okay. Any Canadians out there (or Byard) with experience on this? Thanks again, Preston Waterloo, Ontario --- Byard Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Preston and others... > > For each group of 12 swappers 6 different colored > silver grade > Whiting saddles are acquired. Six of the twelve are > designated as > pluckers and each receives one of the saddles along > with packaging > materials. Their chore is to pluck all the dry fly > feathers from the > cape, evenly divide them into 12 piles, package them > and return them > to me. When I have received them all I send one > package of each color > to all of the twelve swappers. The swap allows folks > to get a broad > selection of Whiting saddle feathers at a very > affordable price. Each > package will contain enough hackle to tie WELL over > 100 flies. > > Here is a photo of some of the packaged hackles... > <http://www.linesend.com/product/whiting_swap_pic.shtml> > > And here is the link to the sign up form, where you > will see a > description of which colors are in which group... > <http://www.linesend.com/product/whiting_swap.shtml> > > The reason a plucker must be a US resident is to > avoid shipping delays. > > Hope this brief explanation is sufficient. If anyone > has any > questions..fire away. > > keep tyin'...byard __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com
