Just a little reminder on the subject, Chuck. When you're going to pack your flies down... chose a box where there will be a little spare space. Just because YOUR fly batch fits perfectly in the box, the batch you're getting back might not. Other tiers might have tied larger flies than yours... so send some empty space too. Remember that what you expect to get back are beautiful flies... not flies with flat hackles and broken wings.
/Nick -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- Från: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] För Chuck Alexander Skickat: den 11 september 2005 20:05 Till: [email protected] Ämne: Re: [VFB] Fly swap boxes etc Thanks to everybody to the tips.. I have a lot of the altoid type boxes cause my boys love those, and I even know how to fold those priority box, cause when I was selling on eBay I had my then three yr old grandson teach me how to fold them LOL, Chuck ----- Original Message ----- From: "Allan Fish" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2005 7:51 AM Subject: Re: [VFB] Fly swap boxes etc > >When you guys (and ladies) send flies into a fly swap, what do you > >usually pack your flies in??? and then, to get the flies send back > >to you, do you pack a box, or big padded envelope etc inside another > >one for the return????? Thanks in advance, Chuck > > > >And I have Miles To Go Before I Sleep.... > >And Miles To Go Before I Sleep................ > > Robert Frost............. > > Chuck, > > My method's more expensive, but I really find it convenient. The > P.O. has a neat little Priority Mail box for video cassettes. (You DO > need a 3rd grader to figure out how to fold it to assemble it.) > > So I get one of those, address it to myself, drop in an empty cassette > and seal it with one tab of scotch tape (so it can be reopened without > destroying the box). > > Then I go to the P.O., buy the priority stamp ($3.85) and stamp the > box. Then I drop that in one of the big Priority mail Tyvek envelopes > and send it to the swapmeister (yep, another $3.85). > > The swapmeister can then put the flies in the cassette, drop it in the > mailer, pull the strip tab that seals it and drop it in the mail > without fiddling with tape, postage or anything else. > > PLUS, if the swapmeister is one who uses tyvek strips for bodies, > legs, nymph backs, trailing shucks, whatever, he/she's got a lifetime > supply in that outer envelope. > > a. > -- > Allan Fish > Greenwood, IN > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
