Don, I did 3 of the co-ops and they were a great deal for both variety and
value. The guys I tie with in my club look at those packages with envy. I would
say that each of those is the equal of 3 Whiting 100 packs and I have barely
$100 tied up in the 18 packages.
--- On Sun, 11/16/08, DonO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From: DonO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: [VFB] Re: Mystery of Midge Saddles- co-op swaps
> To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com
> Date: Sunday, November 16, 2008, 11:05 AM
> Wes,
>
> The purpose of the co-op swap as to share hackles from
> different saddles, since one saddle will tie 10 lifetimes of
> flies for a non-commercial tier.
>
> Don't spend $100+ for a saddle if you are not a
> pro-tier. Just get a 10 pak, which is good for many years
> of tying personal use flies. Plus you can get many colors
> and sizes and have some variety for the same price- again,
> the reason for the co-op swap.
>
> The co-op swap was a good idea, if I do say so myself.
> We'll have to re-vive it some day, if Byard no longer
> has it on his site. We can still buy the saddles from him
> and get 'pluckers' from the list. Remember that?
>
> DonO
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Wes Wada
> To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com
> Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 8:09 PM
> Subject: [VFB] Mystery of Midge Saddles
>
>
> I was just looking at www.linesend.com, searching for the
> Whiting saddle swap, or whatever it was called. That
> feature is currently off the site (was nice while it
> lasted!)
>
> Then, I noticed that Whiting midge saddles are now at
> $116.00 !
>
> So, a question for our rooster experts...What is the
> difficulty in breeding or getting a good quality midge
> saddle? Is the bird part of a specific breeding line meant
> to grow a small rooster, or something? (The mind boggles.)
>
>
> Thanks,
> Wes Wada
> Bend, Oregon
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