See..... it's exactly these kind of guys you want to avoid!!! I got an ice-cream.... you don't have an ice-cream..... want a lick? PSYCH!!!! (not my line... stolen from Eddie Murphy) You're cruel Don! ;) <VBG> Your buddy, Deb ----- Original Message ----- From: "DonO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 11:59 AM Subject: Re: [VFB] re: cree and variants..and tying flies
> I have a question- maybe someone could answer. > Almost 20 years ago, I had the chance to purchase part of an estate which > consisted of 8 moving boxes of fly tying materials. I paid $150 and two > 14/0 monster muddlers for the whole batch. Not a bad deal, as there were 2 > jungle cock necks stashed in one of them (and a big bag of dyed pb). There > was also a bag of about 30 necks. These, I was told, were some of the > 'older' stuff in the collection. They were dyed rooster necks in every > color of the rainbow, and some. Most were from white stock, but some were > grizzly, and a couple were of the natural cree variant color like Tony's > necks. They were individually contained in unsealed wax paper bags with > green blotter-paper back-cards. The skins on many of them were still a bit > greasy and a couple of the necks had been compromised by this oil. There > were no markings or stamps or price tags on them, so I'm wondering if anyone > knows who used to market necks like these say 40 years ago. Were they > possibly a home-made batch, or did someone market them in such a way? There > was no evidence that this tier was a dyer, so I assume they were purchased. > The dry-fly feather portion consists of small streamer-like feathers, and > then they just get larger to the giant streamer feathers at the rear > portion, which have very long barbs. So is anyone familiar with these? > > A curious mind just wants to know... > > DonO
