the package says whiting, but the skin patch Which has 5 staples in it and is in two pieces does not have the normal whiting seal on it.
"DonO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >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 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> > > >
