I'd love to support my local fly shop...if there was one!!! some of have very long trips to get to any type of fly shop...130+ miles for me either east to Baton Rouge, (a shop that doesn't cary much stuff) or the same amount west to the Houston shops. Just not practical...so I do look at craft stores, sewing stores etc. as well as online. I get by fairly well for the type of flies I tie.
Mark Delaney --- rob poutre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bob~ > > I agree with you that you can buy certain materials > for a cheaper price at certain big stores, but this > just insures that your local flyshop may go under. > I > think you should be supporting your local shop > rather > than feed the coorporate beast. What do you think > Byard? > > Rob P. > > > > --- Robert G Haering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Be careful when you do that a lot of those > feathers > > are not colorfast! > > > > Bobh > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of mark romero > > Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 4:44 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [VFB] Wing Posts > > > > Birdie, i like turkey flats, and one of the best > and > > cheapest ways to get > > them is to go to your Walmart or wherever, and > just > > buy a duster. You can > > usually find them in lots of different colors, > pink, > > yellow, orange, white, > > green, whatever. Buy them all, lol. Fly shops will > > just rip you off in > > comparison price wise. All your going to do is > > scrunch up the tip of the > > feather anyway, and tye it in for a post. You sure > > as heck do NOT need to be > > > > paying fly shop prices for that. I buy feather > > dusters all the time for > > different things. Some have decent Ostrich > > Herl,..... others just have > > feathers dyed in a color(s) i like. Always keep > your > > eyes open for materials > > > > in places you might not think of as a materials > > place. I paid 79 cents each > > for huge packages of tinsel the other > > day.....Christmas decorations, silver, > > > > gold, and red. Go For It. mark... > > > > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Subject: Re: [VFB] Wing Posts > > >Date: Wed, 01 Dec 2004 21:03:53 +0100 (CET) > > > > > >Birdie, > > >the easiest way are the foam posts, but I don't > > like them. Maybe > > >because I'm more a traditionalist. Tying for the > > foam swap though... > > >I dislike the Antron as well, in this case > because > > of it's low > > >performance. I know, others are very satisfied > with > > this stuff for > > >parachute wings. Maybe you have different stuff > > over there. > > >Calftail. My no. 1 choise. Stiff, even when wet. > > Neat to handle, I like > > >natural materials. > > >Recently I tied a lot with feathers for the > posts. > > Got a big bag of > > >white feathers, I asume from hens or goose, like > > the ones you have in > > >your pillow. Yes, we still have feathers in our > > pillows here. <G> Maybe > > >like turkey flats, but from hens... > > > > > >Don't forget to add a drop of glue into the post > > after finishing the > > >fly. > > > > > >Best > > >Rene > > > > > > > > >Brian Burgess schrieb: > > > > OK so now I have talked myself into joining > > Ricks > > > > parachute swap. > > > > > > > > What I need to know is what is the best > material > > for the > > > > wing posts ? Foam, Deer Hair Antron Yarn ? > > > > > > > > Any help appreciated > > > > > > > > Birdie > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > ===== So much water, so little time! Website: http://chemprof.tripod.com/fishing.html E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
