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FREQUENTLY
ASKED QUESTIONS
1- Why do you
only sell flies four or twelve
at a time?
2- Where can I find
additional fly patterns and/or sizes?
3- Why doesn't your
catalog cover more fly patterns?
4- How reliable are
your images?
5- What materials
do you use and how do you send
my flies ?
6- When do you add
more flies?
Why do
you only sell flies four or twelve at a
time?
Gary Soucie in his excellent
book, Traveling with Fly Rod and Reel,
says, "Just don't do what I
usually do and carry one or two each of
empty-zillion patterns. All too
often, one particular pattern works
better than anything else in God's
creation, and you'd better have at least
a half a dozen of them."
Well,
another answer is we stock flies in boxes
of a dozen. It takes time to sort
and package flies by the each. And that
time translates into higher costs to you.
That's the reason we offer assortments of
two dozen odds and ends of decent
patterns at the one dozen price. You get several
patterns in our "Fly
Assortment Sale" that are
remainders of popular flies from the four
each purchases and we can move out all
those odd numbered flies. What you call a
"win/win".
We cover
just about every possible condition with
an assortment of flies. And with a
finite inventory, we try to stock the
patterns that have proven to be those in
the most demand in the appropriate sizes.
We'd rather suggest an alternative fly
than raise our prices to reflect more
inventory. Then too, despite our
best efforts we often end up adding more
patterns each year.
See
above. Frankly, we have found the
most successful anglers carry fewer
patterns and more backup of the most
appropriate patterns and sizes for their
species and season. Check out our "Articles" page for
selection information.
"What
you see is what you get ---
except!" Please realize
monitor colors aren't absolutely
standard. We check our materials
for color and quality and do the best job
we can with accurate colors, you can
expect a bit of variation. So it
something's not exactly the right tint
send it back for a credit or replacement.
We use
prime materials from the US, Great
Britain and elsewhere, including Hoffman
and Spencer hackle. Our chemically
sharpened hooks are from Teimco, Maruto,
Kamasan, and Mustad.
We
generally ship United States Postal
Service. Unless otherwise noted, shipping
is free on orders of $9.95 and over and
we charge a nominal $2.00 shipping on
orders of $9.94 and less. Arrangements
may be made for overseas or overnight,
and UPS, with the appropriate up charge.
Email us
with those special patterns you are
looking for. We receive flies year round
and add new patterns when demand
warrants. Let us know what we're missing
and we'll give you an idea if it is a
pattern we are considering.
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