John, Does the pack from Ebay say Whiting on it? If it does, it should be the feathers from the lower neck area, not schlappen-type feathers from around the tail. Other breeders are selling bugger-packs and it would have been easy to switch packs to get more money for them bearing the Whiting brand. Whiting has been selling bugger packs a few years now, along with others. Whiting also sells schlappen paks, and they could have been swapped.
I would hold off until you get your next order directly from Whiting or a shop. That will show you what the quality is and always has been. If the feathers you got from Ebay are not tyable bugger feathers, then they definitely are not Whiting products. I know the QC staff personally, and if they don't think it's the best product for the tie (they are all 1st rate tiers), they won't approve it for sale- period. You may sleep on a sub-standard Whiting feather, but you won't be tying with any. DonO ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 1:07 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] Spinner blades > the spinners I have do not have any size markings on them. I have a whiting question for you. It is about bugger packs. How long has tom been marketing them? I bought a new pack recently from a shop in colorado. They were fantastic. When I remove the patch from the bag it looks very much like a section of rooster neck. I then bought a pcack on ebay from a guy in michigan who closed up his flyshop 3.5 years ago. It was a solid orange bugger pack and for 2 bucks how can you go wrong. When I got the bugger pack from the ebay sale the feathers are completely different type of feathers,, almost schlappen. Extrememly wide, webby as all get out, not at all the same feather as the new stuff I bought. I have 3 more packs on the way that I ordered and I hope that they resemble the previous one I bought, not the ebay one. How long has tom been selling them and were the first run feathers really different? Could the guy I bought mine from on ebay have switched feathers? > > john > > "DonO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Eddie, > >Thanks for the offer. I have a few lines on them now, and am waiting to see > >how they pan out. I don't need a ton of them, yet, at least. Once these > >flies see some action, I'll have an idea of how many to get, and I'll > >probably buy them in bulk wholesale. > > > >DonO > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Eddie D" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[email protected]> > >Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 8:12 AM > >Subject: RE: [VFB] Spinner blades > > > > > >> DonO > >> Bass Pro Shops carries them, as I've stocked them on the shelves recently. > >> I'm headed in there tomorrow to buy some more stuff with my 40% discount, > >> want me to pick you up some? > >> > >> > >> -Eddie > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >From: "DonO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> >Reply-To: <[email protected]> > >> >To: <[email protected]> > >> >Subject: [VFB] Spinner blades > >> >Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 14:50:52 -0800 > >> > > >> > > >> >Does anyone have a source for small nickle Colorado-style spinner blades, > >> >in size 00 and 0 ? > >> >I've gotten them on a few swap flies, so I know someone out there has > >them. > >> > Ginger??? > >> > > >> >Byard, I checked Linesend and didn't find any. Do you carry them? > >> > > >> >Thanks, > >> >DonO > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > >
