Hi Eight Thumbs and Jamie,

Thank you for welcoming me!!!

Glad - and sad - to hear that I'm not the only one having rust problems with elk and deer hair flies! There's got to be a way to protect the hooks. I'm going to try Orvis's new "No Rust" fly boxes: right now for ten bucks you get the medium-sized fly box plus twenty flies, and to top it all ther's no shipping cost.

If I find anything new, I'll let you know!

Tight lines & thread,

G.A.