Thank you for the link. this was very timely for me. I wanted to buy a red fox squirrel skin just last night. My search came up with a few different suppliers who wanted $35+ for just one tanned hide!
Scott On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 11:52 PM, The Smiths <aflyt...@comcast.net> wrote: > www.flytyingfurs.com has them for $3.50 each. > > Gary S. > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Wes Wada <wada....@gmail.com> > *To:* vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > *Sent:* Monday, March 01, 2010 11:28 PM > *Subject:* [VFB] Need a source for pine squirrel strips > > Hi FlyGuys and FlyGals, > > We've had three brilliant, springlike days in a row, here in central > Oregon. All signs point to an early spring and early bug hatches. Much > preferred over last year, when it warmed very late and turned wintery early. > It felt like our whole fishing season got compressed to July. Hope weather > goes better for you. > > > I need a source for inexpensive, quality pine squirrel strips, preferably > on hide. There are roughly 15-19 cut pine squirrel strips per hide. The > longest strip might be six inches long, the shortest maybe 4.5". I ordered > two half skins from Feathercraft, but the order came to $21.85 including > shipping. I can order full skins distributed by Wapsi through the local > flyshop, but cost unknown at the moment, and probably a bit pricey. The > local Wholesale Sports has some closeout Wapsi stripped full skins, but they > are all a dark brown. But at $9.99 a full skin, seems reasonable. > > That's the price range I have found so far. Does anyone know of a quality > source for DYED pine squirrel strips on hide? At a reasonable cost? > Linesend.com does carry natural pine squirrel hides at $4.95, but they are > not stripped and not dyed. > > Thanks for any info! > > > Wes Wada > Bend, Oregon > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" > group. > > To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en > > VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" > group. > > To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en > > VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com
