An unbelievable trade

[Fatman]

Several weeks ago on one of my fly tying boards a buddy was looking for some really pale elk hair. Sent him this small piece

and for the trade told him to surprise me!!!! Well surprise nothing!!! Absolute shock when I opened the box -

He called it a Dun Variant. It's a full saddle. Here's a close-up pic of some of the colors in it.

 

[toadfrog]

Holy crap ! I'm gonna have to come rub your nogg'in for luck .

 

[JUNGLEJIM1]

Great trade for you.

 

[Jig Man]

Shazam!!!!!

 

[AtticaFish]

Did you keep his addy....... i'd be sending a follow-up thank you package if it was me. It can be tough to find those and that one is a beauty.

 

[Fatman]

The pics don't do it justice!!!!!! and yeah we chat every couple of days. so if I have something he needs it goes

 

[Radtexan]

Score !!! Thats a beaut .

 

[flounder pounder]

That will work just fine on that jig swap about to kick off, percent timing I would say .. LOL

Doc Crappie is alive and doing well...

 

[LRB]

GREAT TRADE...!!!...




ML...

 

[quivira kid]

Ohhhh yeah! Sweet deal there, Doug. I had something similar happen to me once. Sent a guy some duck feathers and got two full nearly unused quail skins and the upper third of a jungle cock cape!

 

[StumpHunter]

That's a awesome trade! Very nice saddle.

 

[smalljaw]

That is an incredible looking saddle, and I can kind of relate. I made a trade with Toadfrog, 100 3/0 spinnerbait hooks and I got 6 big bags of hackle feathers, a pack of grizzly hackle a pack of white marabou, a pack of chartreuse marabou, and pack of yellow marabou and a nice patch of Arctic fox, pretty good trade in my book. So I kind of have an idea on how you feel so congrats on the saddle patch, that kind of quality is very expensive for a full saddle, nice trade.

 

[Fatman]

Debating on what I want to tie with it!!! I see some awesome Catskill dry flies coming out of this!!!

 

[yellowjacket]

what flytying bord is this??

 

[Fatman]

On this trade it was really just two good friends trading some stuff up like we've been doing for years.