Preston I've been involved in many swaps through this list and haven't had a problem with customs.
I just put my flies in a cigar tin or an altoids box and then into an envelope. I label it "fishing lures" and declare a value of about 2-dollars. Usually you have to send a couple dollars with the package to cover return postage -- I usually drop in a couple american bucks because the swappers ususally don't have any problem exchanging them. Swaps are a blast -- you get to see some really high quality flies from some awesome tiers. I know there are at least 4 other Canadians who are members of this list and who post from time to time. Ken MacGillivray Coquitlam BC ----- Original Message ----- From: "Preston Quan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2002 8:45 PM Subject: [VFB] Whiting Co-op Swap- Explained - Shipping to Canada? > 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 >
