Wes: Send me your snail mail and I will send you a piece of what I have. If it is the same stuff or you can use it, please let me know.
Alan Di Somma Phoenix,AZ. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wes Wada" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 11:09 PM Subject: [VFB] Searching for a product > Hi VFB, > Here's a request that I may have a hard time fulfilling! > > Does anyone have a flyfishing acquaintance who lives in Japan or who > often visits Japan? If so, would you mind introducing me to that > person via email? > > I am interested in a Japanese-manufactured flyfishing product that may > soon be unavailable in the U.S.! Also, this product may be available > in Europe, so friends across the pond, please check your local flyshop. > > The brand name is Caps (a Japanese firm), and the product is SAAP Body > Fur. I am interested in the color white ONLY. If you know of a U.S. > flyshop that still has this in stock, please let me know. If you can > nab some for me in trade or purchase, I would do that also. You can > contact me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Besides being one of my favorite tying materials for minnow patterns, I > am making some interesting discoveries about the material that I will > share with the list post-Sowbug time. First, I need to take some > photos for illustrative purposes. > > Dan Bailey has been the exclusive U.S. importer of this product. All > the U.S. flyshops get their supply through Bailey's. > > However, for whatever reason, Dan Bailey is now marketing its own brand > label of body fur, and this is what you get when Bailey runs out of a > color manufactured by Caps. I know because I have just returned four > packages of the Bailey product. > > Among other lacks, the Bailey product has shorter fibers, is coarser, > duller, less white, and not as sparkly as Caps SAAP Body Fur. All of > that makes it a much less desirable product...crap, frankly. > > So please, let me know if you have a Japanese acquaintance who would > like another U.S. pen pal. (Sorry, I don't speak Japanese!) > > Also, please let me know the specifics if you yourself know where there > is some white Caps SAAP Body Fur in stock. Have some cool stuff to > trade too if you are interested. > > Much appreciated. > > Wes Wada > Bend, Oregon > > > > > > > > >
