Re: [VFB] Swap Flies - Displaying and Preserving

[KEITH PASSANT]

Deb
Do you display dries in these boxes too?
KP
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From: "Deborah Duran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <vfb@troutnet.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2005 9:53 PM
Subject: RE: [VFB] Swap Flies - Displaying and Preserving

Ed
The boxes come with a piece of cotton in them.   I put moth balls behind the
cotton.  You can also sprinkle the moth crystals in there and then I lay the
flies on top of the cotton.  The cotton holds them against the glass and
they don't move.  The box lets light in so if you don't store it in a closet
you should be alright with moths.  A lot of the moth infestations I've seen
are in flies that have been in a drawer or closet where it is dark.  The
flies I have in these boxes are full dressed salmon flies I haven't had time
to frame or flies I purchased from well known tyers that I like to look at.
I keep a copy of their business cards signed behind the cotton also.
It keeps them safe until I can get around to displaying them in a frame or a
glass topped table.
Regards,
Deb
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Ed Roden
Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2005 8:47 AM
To: vfb@troutnet.com
Subject: Re: [VFB] Swap Flies - Displaying and Preserving
Deb - how do you mount the flies within the box itself so that they
stay in the position you want?
Ed Roden
flyfished at gmail dot com
    - OR -
flyfished at questquality dot com
On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 21:30:17 -0600, Jack Lehman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
 Deb
 Thanks for the tip.  Just got a couple of these Riker Boxes in from
fleabay, and they look like they'll do very nicely.  They're sturdier and
much nicer looking in person than I thought they would be from the fleabay
pictures.
 Jack in Austin
 Deborah Duran wrote:

I have a small trunk with drawers also and I keep moth balls and small
cedar
sachets in the drawers.   I also keep some of my flies in Riker boxes.   I
keep a couple moth balls behind the cotton in the Riker boxes.  I have
some
very nice flies stored this way and haven't had any problems yet.   They
sell them on Ebay and Hunters Anglers has them also.  I show my more
delicate flies this way also when I tie at shows.  This keeps them in one
piece.
Deb

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Ed Roden
flyfished at gmail dot com
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flyfished at questquality dot com