Where to get Pine Squirrel Strips

[DBenner]

So as not to hijack the Slumpbuster thread below, I really like the pattern and would like to tie some. I don't have pine squirrel strips so as usual, went on the quest to try and find them. Well, googling around got me some hits for exactly what I wanted but the shipping to Canada was absolutely absurd, I mean like between $20 and $50 to get a package of them shipped internationally from the US!!!!!!!!!! They could easily fit in an envelope with a stamp on it!!!! So, I gave up.

Does anyone have any sources for these strips in Canada? or a company in the US that will ship US Postal for a more realistic cost?

Thanks, Dwight

[NJTroutbum]

Check TCO Flyshop. Was just looking at them yesterday in their State College store.

[crawfly]

You might try Superfly in Canada. They show half skins dyed. Or you can call them toll free for info.

http://www.superfly.ca/index.php/pro...-products.html

[Bass_Bug]

Don't know if they have squirrel but here are few site from the first 2 pages of searching Google for "Canada fly tying supplies". Should not be too difficult to find a Canadian based web site for Fly Tying supplies.

http://fishflies.ca/
http://about-flyfishing.com/cs/subject.phtml?cid=15
http://www.iflyshop.com/Fly-Tying-Materials_c_18.html
http://www.flytyingcanada.ca/
http://www.whistlerflyfishing.com/

[PigsEye]

Check your PM's.

[gerri]

Hi,
Try feather-craft.com

[dave potts]

Bass Pro shops also sells them but don't know if they ship to Canada. Also, Phil Lilly's shop in Branson,Mo sells them. He has a web site you can find through google. Again, not sure if he will ship to Canada or not but I imagine he would.

Dave

[Ron Eagle Elk]

DBenner,

Or.....you could ask one of your FAOL buddies to snag a couple packs and send them up to you. Maybe do a materials trade or something. Just a thought.

REE

[Bass_Bug]

I swapped with a fellow fly tyer from the Great White North a few times and shipping back and forth across the Canada/US border is a pain in back side, H3ll you cant even travel to/from the US & Canada without a passport now. And you just cant slap a few stamps on a package and drop in the mail. You have to fill out a Customs Declaration form at the P.O.when you have it weighed at the P.O.

I would just order from an in-country source for the same reason I myself in the US would not order internationally unless it's a last resort.

http://www.iflyshop.com/Squirrel-Tai...ing_p_244.html
Squirrel tail from shipped from a Canadian address
Canada & International
528 Cassell Street Suite B
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P1B 3Z7 Phone: (705) 495-1990
Fax: (705) 495-8867
Toll Free: 1-800-435-2755
Email contact: sales@iflyshop.com, info@iflyshop.com