I have purchased 3 sets of knockoff boxes and a couple of Greys boxes.
I think they are all coming from the same factory, the printing is
different, and on some there is a molded design on the cover. I have a
source to import and you can order them custom imprinted and the lot,
but the minimum order is $1000 us.At Somerset and Marlboro there were at
least 4 vendor booths selling the whole line offered by BTI sports of
Taiwan, so I think lot's of folks had the money. They offer tools, rods
and reels, lines, boxes and everything you need.
I have had a C @ F threader box break in a suitcase, and they don't
replace them. I just think the 'white box' imports are going to hurt
the local shop, but they have been ordering the same items for years and
charging full cost for them.
Peggy
On 1/24/2011 1:21 PM, Neville Gosling wrote:
Hi Wayne:
I purchased the larger of the two Irideus tube boxes after mistakenly
getting the smaller box first. I used the larger box for the first time
yesterday while chasing the elusive steelhead.
The smaller box will be useful for smaller tubes during low water and
also for rainbows and cutthroat trout.
Before these C & F copies became available, I used C & F boxes which I
purchased at the end of a season when a retailer was clearing them out
at a good discount. I now have a number of C & F boxes and
C & F knockoffs.
In terms of quality, the C & F are the best but 4 or more times the
price. The Irideus box pictured below worked well for me yesterday
without any flies dropping out unlike another tube fly box that I have.
Neville (Nev) Gosling
Greater Vancouver, BC
Canada
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*From:*vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-mail@googlegroups.com] *On
Behalf Of *Wayne Blake-Hedges
*Sent:* January-24-11 9:19 AM
*To:* vfb-mail@googlegroups.com
*Subject:* Re: [VFB] Somerset NJ show and new fly tyers
Hi Peggy;
Wish I could have gone, had to skip this year.
When you said "a lot of new families on board" what did you mean?
Was the attendance higher/lower than last years?
Did the No-name C & F knock offs look like these:
http://www.irideus.com/flybox.html
That's really cool having all those kids come back and show what they've
learned from you, must have made you feel pretty good!
Wayneb
--- On *Mon, 1/24/11, Peggy Brenner /<peggy.bren...@comcast.net>/* wrote:
From: Peggy Brenner <peggy.bren...@comcast.net>
Subject: [VFB] Somerset NJ show and new fly tyers
To: "Virtual Fly Box" <vfb-mail@googlegroups.com>
Date: Monday, January 24, 2011, 6:17 AM
I got back late last night from Somerset, NJ and the show was
packed, and lot's of very new families coming on board.
Lot's of no brand fly boxes from Asia, all of the C & F line and I
couldn't tell the difference with some of them. Mystic Rod makers
have a very sweet casting graphite and the Willow reels would look
fab on a bamboo.
Sat next to Bill Black and got to play with lot's of new Spirit
River product something I don't see a lot of.
And best of all seeing kids coming back for a 3rd or 4th year with
flies they have tied! I have a few young followers who are now early
teens doing good work and each year I teach them a new group, this
year is bass bugs. There are some lucky Dad's out there and one Mom
with a scout who is doing great, they like having a new fishing
partner as well.
-- Peggy Brenner
http://pbandj.us/SixSistersFlybox/
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Peggy Brenner
http://pbandj.us/SixSistersFlybox/
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