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    Smile It must be the heat

    In reviewing my catalogs for making up an order I note one thing that seems strange.
    Natural materials are desctibed by the animal or bird that the stuff comes from. There is Moose mane, Squirrel tail, Muskrat fur etc. A real exception is Comparadun hair. I don't recall ever having seen a an animal called a Compara. Why not just say: short, fine deer hair?

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    Yep, Ray, the heat is getting to you. HA! HA!

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    Ray,
    The Comparadun is only very distantly related to the North American Spam Animal and the Scots Hagg. Surely you don't want to rake up all of that again, do you?
    (Please don't discuss the pelts of Naugas. I couldn't stand another debate on the Nauga hide.)

    Ed

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    Poor Naugas... everyone wants to leave them out of the game.

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    Wow. The last time I saw a listing for 'capra' as a tying mterial was in an old Herter's catalog. Not sure what flies call for it in recipes.

    Allan

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    Gee - I completely forgot about the Nauga. This is a real embarrassment for me since I live only 3 miles from the town of Naugatuck where the "initation leather" was produced.
    Last edited by Ray Kunz; 07-26-2011 at 02:06 AM.

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