How about Goodwill? I got a stole and shared it from there years ago. Also you might contact mink ranchers. When I was in Utah I had a bunch around me - most gone now but they would give me the tails for free. I had other but I think they would have sold some pelts had I asked.
Mike On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 6:26 AM, Wes Wada <w...@wadaworks.com> wrote: > Hi VFB! > > Fishing season is finally getting untracked in Oregon and the Pacific NW. > Our spring has been historic, weather-wise. For starters, the coldest > month of May in recorded history. It's been windy and rainy and blowing and > wet and drenching and whooshing and did I mention the wind? > > Anyway, the worm has turned (pardon this expression on a fly tying list). > Favorable fishing weather actually exists, for a change. Even for heathens, > the fishing gods smile once in a while. > > I need help finding some fly tying material. Can anyone suggest a US > seller of mink strips, natural and dyed? Mink strips are not a common fly > tying material here. The UK offers the material for sale all over the > place. > > Anyway, can anyone please point the way to a US source of quality mink > strips? Nothing against UK strips, just trying to avoid unnecessary postal > costs and an unfavorable exchange rate. > > Here's a sampling of mink strips from a UK fly fishing store page: > http://www.flytek.co.uk/acatalog/Hair_and_Fur.html > > The skin on a mink strip is maybe 3/32" wide and easy to work with. Mink > strips have dense fur of shorter length than rabbit fur with prominent guard > hairs,and dyeing the fur can give variegated color qualities. > > Thanks for any help. > > -- > 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 > -- Mike Bliss Aloha from Hawaii -- 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
