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Swapping Materials #1241950 02/10/07
Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 50,688 Likes: 3 Anchorage, AK USA Sitka deer OP Campfire Kahuna
OP Sitka deer Campfire Kahuna Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 50,688 Likes: 3 Anchorage, AK USA	Grayling and I find ourselves with some huge surpluses in certain areas and I thought it might be a good idea to spread some of the "wealth" around. I would suppose others here must have some excess, too. Off the top of my head, we have an entire caribou hide that would be real easy to cut chunks from if anyone would like some. Obviously it will not be tanned, but we can dry some pieces easily. Moose mane is also handy. Don't try elbowing in on the caribou mask as HG has declared dibbs on that! We get chenile in skeins and most are a lifetime supply for several tiers, so I will post a picture of some of the colors we have... Anyone have any ideas on making this work? art Mark Begich, Joaquin Jackson, and Heller resistance... Three huge reasons to worry about the NRA.

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Re: Swapping Materials Sitka deer #1241958 02/10/07
Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 1,716 H Hunterbug Campfire Regular
Hunterbug Campfire Regular H Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 1,716	I've got tons of moose and deer hair if anyone wants some. The unarmed man is not only defenseless, he is also contemptible. Niccolo Machiavelli

Re: Swapping Materials Sitka deer #1243442 02/11/07
Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 4,080 Upstate New York land of taxes Q Qtip Campfire Tracker
Qtip Campfire Tracker Q Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 4,080 Upstate New York land of taxes	You can count me in; I have lots of stuff I don't use anymore. I'm keeping my eyes open for some male Hooded Merganser flank feathers. Qtip Soli Deo Gloria! "It's not a matter of legislating morality; it's a question of whose morality gets legislated"

Re: Swapping Materials Qtip #1243903 02/11/07
Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 50,688 Likes: 3 Anchorage, AK USA Sitka deer OP Campfire Kahuna
OP Sitka deer Campfire Kahuna Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 50,688 Likes: 3 Anchorage, AK USA	Qtip Just might be able to find some of them... quite dark brown, slightly yellow with black bars? art Mark Begich, Joaquin Jackson, and Heller resistance... Three huge reasons to worry about the NRA.

Re: Swapping Materials Sitka deer #1244171 02/11/07
Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 4,080 Upstate New York land of taxes Q Qtip Campfire Tracker
Qtip Campfire Tracker Q Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 4,080 Upstate New York land of taxes	The ones I had were a dark chocolate brown with black barring. Gorgeous feathers and they make nice wings on some patterns. Qtip Soli Deo Gloria! "It's not a matter of legislating morality; it's a question of whose morality gets legislated"

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Re: Swapping Materials Qtip #1244467 02/11/07
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,574 Central Oregon C castandblast Campfire Regular
castandblast Campfire Regular C Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,574 Central Oregon	I've only shot one hoody in my life but saved the flank feathers somewhere around here. If I can dig them up their yours. Cast

Re: Swapping Materials Sitka deer #1244735 02/11/07
Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 8,930 HoundGirl Campfire Outfitter
HoundGirl Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 8,930	COOL idea, Artsy! I don't have any materials to swap.....but I give great 'chick' advice.... HoundGirl Its not the size of the dog in the fight, its the size of the fight in the dog. -- Mark Twain Part of me lives with the wind in my face, while the other part is barely alive. --Mary Gauthier

Re: Swapping Materials HoundGirl #1244739 02/11/07
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HoundGirl Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 8,930	Would love to see the Hoody flank feathers....waaaaaaaaaaay cool...and I bet they really do make for some cool wings, QTip. HoundGirl Its not the size of the dog in the fight, its the size of the fight in the dog. -- Mark Twain Part of me lives with the wind in my face, while the other part is barely alive. --Mary Gauthier

Re: Swapping Materials HoundGirl #1244840 02/11/07
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 6,428 Not far enough from Atlanta! B Bootsfishing Campfire Tracker
Bootsfishing Campfire Tracker B Joined: May 2002 Posts: 6,428 Not far enough from Atlanta!	One ideal would be for someone to get all parties interested and start a traveling box of swapping materials....someone puts in their goods and sends it to the next in line ....... that person swaps a few things for some of the boxs' things and sends it on to the next and so forth ....it ends back up to the person who started it and they swap out some materials and then they donate what is left over to a scout group or whatever......there will be alot in the box.....the folks who are involved, post here as to the where abouts of the box as it travels........ Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other the person to die ...... "When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, "I used everything you gave me."

Re: Swapping Materials Bootsfishing #1244955 02/11/07
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,574 Central Oregon C castandblast Campfire Regular
castandblast Campfire Regular C Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,574 Central Oregon	Whoever puts in the jungle cock neck, send the box to me next!!!!!

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Re: Swapping Materials castandblast #1244977 02/11/07
Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 50,688 Likes: 3 Anchorage, AK USA Sitka deer OP Campfire Kahuna
OP Sitka deer Campfire Kahuna Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 50,688 Likes: 3 Anchorage, AK USA	cast Still have a complete junglecock skin from the '60s. Saw one at a fly shop a while back and it depressed me... to the good of some though. They must be growing them somewhere as the price was under $50 for the cape. I should have bought it. art Mark Begich, Joaquin Jackson, and Heller resistance... Three huge reasons to worry about the NRA.

Re: Swapping Materials Bootsfishing #1244983 02/11/07
Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 50,688 Likes: 3 Anchorage, AK USA Sitka deer OP Campfire Kahuna
OP Sitka deer Campfire Kahuna Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 50,688 Likes: 3 Anchorage, AK USA	Boots, A traveling box is a fine idea, but the problem I have is the volume of some items... Moose mane would be easiest to send direct to the recipient... And a whole caribou hide awaits the asking... Even if we trim some out of our Lifetime supply it will only mean someone else has a Lifetime supply, too! A lot of what I am looking at is simply moving some of our good fortune to someone that will use it, no return requested. art Mark Begich, Joaquin Jackson, and Heller resistance... Three huge reasons to worry about the NRA.

Re: Swapping Materials Sitka deer #1245012 02/11/07
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,574 Central Oregon C castandblast Campfire Regular
castandblast Campfire Regular C Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,574 Central Oregon	Wow, that was a steal, art. Can hardly buy decent grizzly necks for that! Last time I checked, (been awhile), jungle cock had gone from well over a hundred to "sorry, can't get em". Have you done anything special to your 40 year old neck to preserve it that long, or was just keeping it sealed up enough?

Re: Swapping Materials castandblast #1245350 02/12/07
Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,123 Likes: 1 Flagstaff, AZ RedRabbit Campfire Tracker
RedRabbit Campfire Tracker Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,123 Likes: 1 Flagstaff, AZ	I have a 2' square of elk hide. Hairs are about 1" long, should be good for EH caddis. It's not from the rump though. Looks like shoulder with some armpit attached. No problem getting more from my taxidermist. Doug~RR Doug's Photo Gallery

Re: Swapping Materials Sitka deer #1245676 02/12/07
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 4,742 C. Calif macrabbit Campfire Tracker
macrabbit Campfire Tracker Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 4,742 C. Calif	At least one of our 'Firemates owns peafowl. I don't know what he does with their dropped feathers, so I won't put him on the spot by name, but I can PM him if their is interest. Campfire Pistolero x2 Only one human captain has ever survived battle with a Minbari fleet. He is behind me. You are in front of me. If you value your lives, be somewhere else. -Ambassador Delenn, Babylon 5

Re: Swapping Materials macrabbit #1245700 02/12/07
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Hunterbug Campfire Regular H Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 1,716	OK, well the first person to PM me an address gets the traveling box. Someone get on it! The unarmed man is not only defenseless, he is also contemptible. Niccolo Machiavelli

Re: Swapping Materials Hunterbug #1246390 02/12/07
Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 1,716 H Hunterbug Campfire Regular
Hunterbug Campfire Regular H Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 1,716	OK, Elf got me first. I'll get it out in the next couple of days. How much stuff should I put in it? I will mark what each thing is. The unarmed man is not only defenseless, he is also contemptible. Niccolo Machiavelli

Re: Swapping Materials Hunterbug #1246405 02/12/07
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,574 Central Oregon C castandblast Campfire Regular
castandblast Campfire Regular C Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,574 Central Oregon	Way to go Elf! I need Tiemco hooks, who has a surplus?

Re: Swapping Materials castandblast #1246909 02/12/07
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castandblast Campfire Regular C Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,574 Central Oregon	Well, I have to fess up that in digging through all my stuff I couldn't find the hoody flank after all.....bummer. The one thing that I use the most of that is tough to come by at times is wood duck flank. Since I started tying with it I've only had one crack at a drake woody and I was so busy thinking of finally having a big bag of feathers that I choked the shot.

Re: Swapping Materials macrabbit #1247032 02/13/07
Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 50,688 Likes: 3 Anchorage, AK USA Sitka deer OP Campfire Kahuna
OP Sitka deer Campfire Kahuna Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 50,688 Likes: 3 Anchorage, AK USA	macrabbit They are some heavily used feathers, for certain, but the idea was not to pressure anyone, just to mix some things around a little... We are long on tail feathers, but some body feathers are quite useful, also. art Mark Begich, Joaquin Jackson, and Heller resistance... Three huge reasons to worry about the NRA.

Re: Swapping Materials castandblast #1247034 02/13/07
Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 50,688 Likes: 3 Anchorage, AK USA Sitka deer OP Campfire Kahuna
OP Sitka deer Campfire Kahuna Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 50,688 Likes: 3 Anchorage, AK USA	CAst At one time we had a bug problem and all the important feathers and such were put in big zip locks with moth balls tossed in. Have not had any issues since then (10 years ago or so) and do not want them to come back either. I did find a few Hoody flanks, but only a few. But I will send them on as soon as I get an address from him... art Mark Begich, Joaquin Jackson, and Heller resistance... Three huge reasons to worry about the NRA.

Re: Swapping Materials castandblast #1247036 02/13/07
Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 50,688 Likes: 3 Anchorage, AK USA Sitka deer OP Campfire Kahuna
OP Sitka deer Campfire Kahuna Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 50,688 Likes: 3 Anchorage, AK USA	Cast Boggy sent a nice package of woody flanks to Riley a couple years ago... And I built a ton of nest boxes and kept them up when I was going to college in eastern WA. BY the time I left there were a lot of woodies around there. Most left before they were truly prime, but some were mature enough to have a few good feathers. art Mark Begich, Joaquin Jackson, and Heller resistance... Three huge reasons to worry about the NRA.

Re: Swapping Materials Sitka deer #1247748 02/13/07
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Hunterbug Campfire Regular H Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 1,716	Cast, what kind are you looking for? I have lots of the traditional steelhead\salmon type hooks that we don't use a whole lot of here in Colorado. The unarmed man is not only defenseless, he is also contemptible. Niccolo Machiavelli

Re: Swapping Materials Qtip #1247818 02/13/07
Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 50,688 Likes: 3 Anchorage, AK USA Sitka deer OP Campfire Kahuna
OP Sitka deer Campfire Kahuna Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 50,688 Likes: 3 Anchorage, AK USA	Q-tip Shoot me a mailing address and I will get a small envelope of hoody flank feathers headed your way... Also found a bag of widgeon and so I threw some in... it is very close to hoody... Also included some harlequin flanks. No bars, but the prettiest cinnamon brown imagineable. Here are the neat little piles... Harlequin, widgeon and hoody in order. A single feather of each to show the bars and relative color intensity... Three feathers of each stacked to give a feel for what the color really looks like. art Mark Begich, Joaquin Jackson, and Heller resistance... Three huge reasons to worry about the NRA.

Re: Swapping Materials Hunterbug #1248033 02/13/07
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,574 Central Oregon C castandblast Campfire Regular
castandblast Campfire Regular C Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,574 Central Oregon	Thanks Hunterbug. I was just joking about the hooks, because they are the really spendy part of stocking up...

Re: Swapping Materials Sitka deer #1248101 02/13/07
Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 4,080 Upstate New York land of taxes Q Qtip Campfire Tracker
Qtip Campfire Tracker Q Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 4,080 Upstate New York land of taxes	Sitka, I shot you a PM. Wow! Qtip Soli Deo Gloria! "It's not a matter of legislating morality; it's a question of whose morality gets legislated"

Re: Swapping Materials Qtip #1248639 02/13/07
Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 50,688 Likes: 3 Anchorage, AK USA Sitka deer OP Campfire Kahuna
OP Sitka deer Campfire Kahuna Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 50,688 Likes: 3 Anchorage, AK USA	PM back at ya... Down your way tomorrow! Mark Begich, Joaquin Jackson, and Heller resistance... Three huge reasons to worry about the NRA.

Re: Swapping Materials Sitka deer #1249062 02/14/07
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Hunterbug Campfire Regular H Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 1,716	Someone gave me some feathers that had bugs one time. I took them to work and out them in our -80 freezer for a week, problem solved! Just don't tell CLIA or CAP. The unarmed man is not only defenseless, he is also contemptible. Niccolo Machiavelli

Re: Swapping Materials castandblast #1249063 02/14/07
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Hunterbug Campfire Regular H Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 1,716	Like I said I've got tons of them that someone gave me. I'll throw some in the box and maby they'll still be there when it gets to you. The unarmed man is not only defenseless, he is also contemptible. Niccolo Machiavelli

Re: Swapping Materials Hunterbug #1249243 02/14/07
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castandblast Campfire Regular C Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,574 Central Oregon	Great! Now what is it that we can fix you up with?

Re: Swapping Materials castandblast #1249760 02/14/07
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Hunterbug Campfire Regular H Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 1,716	I can always use some grouse, chuckar, and quail feathers for soft hackles. I have 2 whole phesant skins so I'm good there. The unarmed man is not only defenseless, he is also contemptible. Niccolo Machiavelli

Re: Swapping Materials Hunterbug #1249890 02/14/07
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Hunterbug Campfire Regular H Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 1,716	OK, I've got the box packed. There is a huge piece of moose so everyone just cut off what you want and send the rest on. There is also some deer hair, marabou and salmon hooks. Everyone enjoy! The unarmed man is not only defenseless, he is also contemptible. Niccolo Machiavelli

Re: Swapping Materials Hunterbug #1250491 02/14/07
Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 50,688 Likes: 3 Anchorage, AK USA Sitka deer OP Campfire Kahuna
OP Sitka deer Campfire Kahuna Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 50,688 Likes: 3 Anchorage, AK USA	We have ptarmigan and spruce grouse in large quantities... you're covered there. art Mark Begich, Joaquin Jackson, and Heller resistance... Three huge reasons to worry about the NRA.

Re: Swapping Materials Hunterbug #1251112 02/14/07
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,574 Central Oregon C castandblast Campfire Regular
castandblast Campfire Regular C Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,574 Central Oregon	Hunterbug- I have some Chukar here with your name on it. Shoot me an addy via PM.

Re: Swapping Materials castandblast #1252302 02/15/07
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Hunterbug Campfire Regular H Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 1,716	C&B, PM sent Elf, the box is going out today, you should get it on Monday. You might find a better box before sending it on. The unarmed man is not only defenseless, he is also contemptible. Niccolo Machiavelli

Re: Swapping Materials Hunterbug #1252869 02/15/07
Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 7,262 The Cupboard Under the Stairs Elf Campfire Tracker
Elf Campfire Tracker Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 7,262 The Cupboard Under the Stairs	Thanks I'll keep an eye out for it..sure we have a box or two here that will work..I told AkGrayling about it and he said "COOLNESS" http://elfinkennel.org

Re: Swapping Materials Sitka deer #1275247 02/26/07
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Hunterbug Campfire Regular H Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 1,716	C&B, I got the feathers, thanx! I hope to tie a few flies with them this week and with any luck I'm going fishin next weekend! The unarmed man is not only defenseless, he is also contemptible. Niccolo Machiavelli

Re: Swapping Materials Hunterbug #1275367 02/26/07
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,574 Central Oregon C castandblast Campfire Regular
castandblast Campfire Regular C Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,574 Central Oregon	Great, I hope the weather cooperates. March has a tendency to be the snottiest month of the year here, just when I'm getting the bug to get out!

Re: Swapping Materials castandblast #1439806 05/18/07
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,574 Central Oregon C castandblast Campfire Regular
castandblast Campfire Regular C Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,574 Central Oregon	Well, I stumbled on hoody flank and some teal in the attic tonite. If somebody is craving some let me know, or I'll toss 'em in the traveling box at some point.

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