Nick: Thanks for this tip.. Those pre made boxes are too expensive for My
THIN wallet LOL, Chuck
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 5:41
PM
Subject: [VFB] Cheapo tip...
For those who have been looking at these
C&F Slit Foam fly boxes and felt a sting in the wallet every time...
here's a tip:
Recipe:
* Plastic
box with flat top/bottom
*
Sharp point scalpel blade (+ a handle which I didn't have... but
I was lucky to have a plaster)
* Ruler
* Adhesive craft foam sheet
... and that's about it. The "check if
work" I did a minute ago worked perfect. When the foam strips are prepared,
put them in "segment by segment", pushing them tight next to eachother... and
the slits will hold the flies nicely into place. My
little experiment box had 4 foam strips, 8 flies each. When done it
was loaded with 32 flies (from wet #10 to dry #16), dropped on the floor
a few times and banged against my knee a few times (with
the flies up-side-down). What did I see when I opened it... if not 32
flies sitting nicely lined up. To challange it I then took a Chili Pepper
on a #10, 2x long hook. Heavy hook with the bead pretty far out from the
foam. An up-side down bang bang bang bang... but no problem. Didn't
move.
Only "backside" was that the thickest of
the foam sheets I could find in the craft store (ca 2.5mm) was blue
(uuurrrrrkkk)... but I guess it's true: You get what you paid for. $1.20 for a
9x12 inch self adhesive foam sheet.
Now I will rip the foam
from my worn out boxes and convert them into N/J C&F
SB Inc. boxes.
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