GFS2007 - Shipping

Now that the tying is well underway, it's time to reiterate the tagging &
shipping instructions. A more verbose discussion is still on the temporary
website at http://mysite.verizon.net/gfs2007 but here's the Reader's Digest
version.

Tags: Don't make them too big, & make sure they won't fall off in transit.
Shipping boxes: Send them large enough to receive 25 unknown flies. The
oft-mentioned VCR-sized box remains the gold standard.
Postage: Please affix correct postage & return address to your return box.

Mail your completed flies to:

Joe Fleischman
P.O. Box 171
Bel Air, MD 21015

If anyone is shipping via a method that will not deliver to a PO box, let me
know.

Thanks,
Joe F.

rb608 a écrit :

If anyone is shipping via a method that will not deliver to a PO box, let me
know.


Hi Joe,

Being from Canada, I can't get American stamps, so how much is return
postage for my swap package?

And since you don't want anything in return for your services, please be
sure to post the exact fare, so I can put just enough money (to the
cent) in there to get back 24 flies for the 25 I'll send you. :-)

--
Hope to read you soon,

Denis
www.uqtr.ca/~lamyd

You'll have to eat the SPAM to E-mail

"rb608" wrote in message
newsiKsh.2427$yj7.1220@trndny08...
Now that the tying is well underway, it's time to reiterate the tagging &
shipping instructions. A more verbose discussion is still on the
temporary website at http://mysite.verizon.net/gfs2007 but here's the
Reader's Digest version.

Tags: Don't make them too big, & make sure they won't fall off in
transit.
Shipping boxes: Send them large enough to receive 25 unknown flies. The
oft-mentioned VCR-sized box remains the gold standard.
Postage: Please affix correct postage & return address to your return
box.

Mail your completed flies to:

Joe Fleischman
P.O. Box 171
Bel Air, MD 21015

If anyone is shipping via a method that will not deliver to a PO box, let
me know.

Thanks,
Joe F.

Mine (Zebra Caddis--size 14) go out tomorrow morning. Thanks for doing this
Joe.

Dave M

Dave Martel wrote:
"rb608" wrote in message
newsiKsh.2427$yj7.1220@trndny08...

Now that the tying is well underway, it's time to reiterate the tagging &
shipping instructions. A more verbose discussion is still on the
temporary website at http://mysite.verizon.net/gfs2007 but here's the
Reader's Digest version.

Tags: Don't make them too big, & make sure they won't fall off in
transit.
Shipping boxes: Send them large enough to receive 25 unknown flies. The
oft-mentioned VCR-sized box remains the gold standard.
Postage: Please affix correct postage & return address to your return
box.

Mail your completed flies to:

Joe Fleischman
P.O. Box 171
Bel Air, MD 21015

If anyone is shipping via a method that will not deliver to a PO box, let
me know.

Thanks,
Joe F.


Mine (Zebra Caddis--size 14) go out tomorrow morning. Thanks for doing this
Joe.

Dave M





damn you all! i've tied nuthin but throwaway mutants. my whip finish
don't whip, nor finish. the cdc looks like it came from the inside of
the duck's butt and won't stream backward as it should. elk hair wing
slips sideways on the hook, crowds the eye, and doesn't at all sit
right. yep, i forgot how much fun i had last time... if only i could
locate that valium prescription i got as a result of the last swap i
participated in. looks like another trip to the shrink soon.

jeff

jeff typed:
Dave Martel wrote:
"rb608" wrote in message
newsiKsh.2427$yj7.1220@trndny08...

Now that the tying is well underway, it's time to reiterate the
tagging & shipping instructions. A more verbose discussion is
still on the temporary website at http://mysite.verizon.net/gfs2007
but here's the Reader's Digest version.

Tags: Don't make them too big, & make sure they won't fall off in
transit.
Shipping boxes: Send them large enough to receive 25 unknown
flies. The oft-mentioned VCR-sized box remains the gold standard.
Postage: Please affix correct postage & return address to your
return box.

Mail your completed flies to:

Joe Fleischman
P.O. Box 171
Bel Air, MD 21015

If anyone is shipping via a method that will not deliver to a PO
box, let me know.

Mine (Zebra Caddis--size 14) go out tomorrow morning. Thanks for
doing this Joe.

damn you all! i've tied nuthin but throwaway mutants.

Hey, at least you started.
--
TL,
Tim
---------------------------
http://css.sbcma.com/timj/

jeff wrote:

damn you all! i've tied nuthin but throwaway mutants. my whip finish
don't whip, nor finish. the cdc looks like it came from the inside of
the duck's butt and won't stream backward as it should. elk hair wing
slips sideways on the hook, crowds the eye, and doesn't at all sit
right.

If you haven't already seen it, you might want to search for a
little video of Hans Weilenmann (sp?) tying his CDC/elk caddis. He has
a good technique for locking in the elk hair that involves making two
very tight turns over the elk hair and one through the clipped ends at a
45 degree angle. It works.

As for getting the CDC to stream backwards -- how you orient the
feather when tying it in seems to help some, but you really just have to
stroke the feathers back as you wrap.

(Just did a quick search and here's the page that links to both the
written and video instructions:
http://www.danica.com/flytier/hweilenmann/cdcelk.htm)


Chuck Vance (up to 19 of the Geehi beetle, but running out of
peacock herl ... and hackle ... and #14 hooks)

Smoking North 45° wrote:
Being from Canada, I can't get American stamps, so how much is return
postage for my swap package?

That international postage thing is always difficult to figure.
Because there are rarely more than a few international swappers, it has
been my policy that the Swapmeister will pay for return shipping on
international packages.

Between the diffent postages and currencies, anything else just gets
too complicated. Then there's the customs declaration and all that, so
I usually call it a "gift" with no monetary value.

It's cheap, so don't worry about it. You send me your flies, & I'll
send back your swap collection. Problem solved.

Joe F.

Too late Joe ... I allready posted mine last week, but 'cause such
relatively small amounts of USD cannot be changedin the local bank of my
smalll village without much more costs than the bill itself I sent an
Euro-bill along. It's up to you wetheryou change it someday, hangit on your
wall or make a paperplane with it ;-)

Hans van der Stroom


"rb608" schreef in bericht
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Smoking North 45° wrote:
Being from Canada, I can't get American stamps, so how much is return
postage for my swap package?

That international postage thing is always difficult to figure.
Because there are rarely more than a few international swappers, it has
been my policy that the Swapmeister will pay for return shipping on
international packages.

Between the diffent postages and currencies, anything else just gets
too complicated. Then there's the customs declaration and all that, so
I usually call it a "gift" with no monetary value.

It's cheap, so don't worry about it. You send me your flies, & I'll
send back your swap collection. Problem solved.

Joe F.

Hans van der Stroom typed:
Too late Joe ... I allready posted mine last week, but 'cause such
relatively small amounts of USD cannot be changedin the local bank of
my smalll village without much more costs than the bill itself I sent
an Euro-bill along. It's up to you wetheryou change it someday,
hangit on your wall or make a paperplane with it ;-)

This has always worked out fine for me. After the last swap, I ended up with
"funny money" from several countries and, after marveling at how pretty
other countries' money is, had it cashed with no problems by my bank.

BTW, Joe - you'd better stop with all this nicey-nice swapmeister stuff.
Once Frank gets back in the swapmeister throne, he won't put up with any of
this crap. ;-)
--
TL,
Tim
-------------------------
http://css.sbcma.com/timj

Conan The Librarian wrote:
jeff wrote:

damn you all! i've tied nuthin but throwaway mutants. my whip finish
don't whip, nor finish. the cdc looks like it came from the inside of
the duck's butt and won't stream backward as it should. elk hair wing
slips sideways on the hook, crowds the eye, and doesn't at all sit
right.


If you haven't already seen it, you might want to search for a little
video of Hans Weilenmann (sp?) tying his CDC/elk caddis. He has a good
technique for locking in the elk hair that involves making two very
tight turns over the elk hair and one through the clipped ends at a 45
degree angle. It works.

As for getting the CDC to stream backwards -- how you orient the
feather when tying it in seems to help some, but you really just have to
stroke the feathers back as you wrap.

(Just did a quick search and here's the page that links to both the
written and video instructions:
http://www.danica.com/flytier/hweilenmann/cdcelk.htm)


Chuck Vance (up to 19 of the Geehi beetle, but running out of
peacock herl ... and hackle ... and #14 hooks)

i studied that video before i decided to enter this swap. the fact that
it is such an apparently simple tie led me to the erroneous conclusion
even i could do that. a type 1 cdc feather is important simply to lock
in the lower feather branches allowing the upper ones to flow out and
backward. my mutants are... uh ...well, you'll see. hans ties his on a
15 hook...i'm using cheap 14s and 12s. it's been humbling. the 12s are
laughable, the 14s humorous but nearly acceptable. doubt they'll float
upright, and finding the eye will be tough...but you guys don't fish
with the swap stuff anyway. me...i fish em all.

but, i'll tell you, that is the best dry fly i have ever used. it works
everywhere. i bought some from harry mason (troutflies.com) a couple
years ago and it's my favorite dry fly now. the madison browns and
rainbows and slough cutts really liked it, and snowbird and hazel creek
trout couldn't resist it. as i ripen, i'm narrowing my preferred flies
to a few proven types. this one's tops.

jeff