Re: [VFB]Bugger feathers- was spinner blades

[mark romero]

Another classic example of just one of the reasons why i have NEVER messed 
with e-bay. mark

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To: <vfb@troutnet.com>
Subject: Re: [VFB]Bugger feathers- was spinner blades
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 16:45:51 -0500
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
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>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <vfb@troutnet.com>
>Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 1:07 PM
>Subject: Re: [VFB] Spinner blades
>
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>> 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:
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>> >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: <vfb@troutnet.com>
>> >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: <vfb@troutnet.com>
>> >> >To: <vfb@troutnet.com>
>> >> >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
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