At the risk of appearing to be stumping as an advertisement, where would one find said products by Chan/Rowley ? BjR ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 6:49 AM Subject: Re: Book and Product Reviews - CDC
> I second Mike's comments about Rene Harrop's CDC available through > Trouthunter. Les and I split several of their 1/8 oz bags last fall. > The feathers come in a variety of sizes and the natural colors (browns, > tans and duns) are excellent. The 1/8 oz bags are priced at about $15 > which amounts to a lifetime supply for the average tyer. Harrop also > introduced a line of CDC dubbing which was available at the Trouthunter > booth at the Flyfishing Show in Bellevue a couple months ago. I haven't > tried it yet but am looking forward to doing so. > > On another note, I see that Brian Chan and Phil Rowley have introduced > a line of tying materials aimed at stillwater fishers. Their maribou, > ostrich, dubbing, and other materials are coordinated in a range of > subtle matching colors that are marked improvements (at least in my > opinion) over the bright, almost garish hues one usually finds in > shops. If anyone's tried their new stuff, I'd appreciate hearing your > thoughts on using it. > > Kent Lufkin > > > > > On Apr 22, 2004, at 12:45 AM, Michael Santangelo wrote: > > > Andy, > > > > I don't know if you will find all three of your requirements: low > > price, > > quality and color selection in one place. If you do please let me > > know. > > > > Here are a couple of options that I'm aware of. However, neither of > > them > > are cheap: > > > > In the US, you can try Rene Harrop. His color selection is limited, > > but he > > has more than just natural. The first site below is his home page. > > That > > site's materials link is under construction so the site below > > "trouthunt" > > shows Rene's products, price and color selection. > > > > http://www.trouthunt.com/index.htm > > > > http://www.troutflies.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc? > > Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=h > > oh_cdc_oz > > > > FlyFishingCDC has the best commercially sold CDC that I have seen to > > date. > > At a show, we did a direct comparison to Marc Petitjean's CDC and > > FlyFishingCDC's. FlyFishingCDC's product is higher quality and the > > pricing > > better than Marc's. Every feather in the bag is usable. You can use > > the > > left over snippings as dubbing. > > > > http://www.flyfishingcdc.com/site%20usa/Fly/boutiqueusa/index2.php? > > url_princ > > ipal=cdc__0.htm > > > > If you order from FlyFishing CDC you may want to go in with a few > > folks and > > at least save on the shipping costs. > > > > Again, if you find another source of quality product at a good price, > > please > > let me know. > > > > Best Regards, > > > > Mike > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andy > > Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 5:56 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Book and Product Reviews > > > > > > And finally - speaking of new CDC tricks - can anyone recommend a great > > source for CDC (cheap - high quality, lots of colors)? The Magic Tool > > DVD > > did make me want to play more with CDC (with CDC callibaetis being the > > fly > > of the evening tonight -which should pretty much exhaust my dun and > > black > > CDC stock using four feathers at a time and not being able to use the > > "puffs/oilers" with this method...) > > > > Tight lines, > > > > Andy > > > > > > > > > > > > >
