Mike, You people are doing a great service for our troops, wish I could help. The Smuckers at Wapsi are good people and they have donated to my tying classes when I was teaching. I am sure Tom, Joe or Eric will help you out on this. Feel free to use my name at Wapsi or with Chris. Chris is another good guy. Thanks for working with the troops. Tony
--- On Thu, 2/10/11, Michael Drew <mike.dre...@gmail.com> wrote: From: Michael Drew <mike.dre...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [VFB] Elk hair To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Date: Thursday, February 10, 2011, 9:58 AM I live in Colorado Springs, and volunteer at Ft. Carson. I have checked with the taxidermists here in the Springs, and although they are willing to donate (they have given us Mule Deer, Antelope, Bear and even Yak), but presently they do not have any Elk trimmings available. The fly shops in the area also help out quite a bit, but right now all the fly fishing clubs in the area are soliciting donations for their fund raising raffles and auctions, so I am a bit hesitant to ask them at the moment. The regional coordinator here does have enough for this class of soldiers, but would rather get a donation of Elk for the next class instead of purchasing it, and use the savings for a guided fishing trip for the soldiers. Thanks for the suggestion of Wapsi and Chris Helm. I'll check the prices, and if the cost is not too much for the amount of hair that we'll need for the next class, I'll probably purchase the Elk out of pocket. Mike Drew On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 8:29 AM, Don Ordes <f...@tribcsp.com> wrote: Where do you live? Are there elk being mounted in your area by taxidermists? One can walk in just about any taxidermy shop here (Wyoming) and get elk trimmings from head-mounts. It may not be the area of the elk hide you desire, since it will be the shoulder/neck cape area, but sometimes the hunters cut off more than they need for the mount and you get some short stuff. DonO ----- Original Message ----- From: Michael Drew To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 10:34 PM Subject: [VFB] Elk hair I volunteer with Project Healing Waters here in Colorado, and we are getting ready to teach the Elk Hair Caddis. I am trying to find a source for a fairly large piece of elk hide that we can cut up and give to the soldiers. Unfortunately, we don't have much money for a purchase, and I've been to the local taxidermists with no luck with donations. Any help with sources will be greatly appreciated. Mike Drew -- 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 -- 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
