To add to Neville's comments re: C&F slots loosening up over time...the slots are fairly long so even if they did loosen up over time you could simply shift the flies a little "deeper" into the slot where it will be very tight.
Personally I stick my flies at a point in the slot where the tip of the hook is still exposed. Another reason why you could potentially loosen the slots is if you inadvertently rip up the slot with the hook point. I make sure to avoid that. Worst case if the slots do loosen you simply can replace the insert. The actual plastic box will last a very long time. The system is very modular, which is another advantage. You can insert trays based on which type of hatch is occurring. C&F also has storage containers for doing just this. Hope that helps, Preston "Go Leafs Go!" ...they're currently losing against San Jose. --- Neville Gosling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Mark: > > The foam rows in C & F fly boxes are designed for > certain hook sizes. I > wonder if your brother-in-law was using an > inappropriate size of hooks for > the slits in the foam. Generally, the more rows of > foam in the box, the > smaller the flies and conversely, the less rows of > foam the larger the hook. > For example, the 12 row foam box (six rows of foam > on either side)is for > sizes 14-24, and here I am talking of the smaller > size of box. I've had no > problem with mine. > > Neville Gosling > Greater Vancouver, BC > > > Bruce, > > My brother-in-law was thrilled with his box *two* > summers ago. However, > last summer he found that the foam slits had > developed a memory and that > the flies were quite loose. This made him pretty > unhappy. Don't think > that I'd get one as a result. > > > Mark > > > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com
