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The Northern Lights had a fly swap recently – in which I participated. The theme of the swap was Packing Foam, and the only requirement was that packing foam had to be one of the materials used in your chosen pattern. (I’ve created a gallery with photos of all the flies submitted in this swap)

I tried a couple different Stimulator patterns – once of which is using cat fur for dubbing – our cat was pretty co-operative – likes getting brushed I guess, for a little while anyway.  Used packing foam for the bodies.

I wasn’t completely happy with them though – and ended up tying a dozen red floss chironomids.  I used thicker pieces of foam at the head – I think that these will actually be pretty effective – hopefully keeping the chironomid right at the surface film.

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I’m becoming pretty disappointed at the customer service from North Fork Outdoors. The frame component with the crushed wheel mount was never replaced, and all 3 pontoon boat frames have major issues with the powder coat separating from the aluminum. Something is definitely not right.

I have contacted them – most recently via email, and the response was to phone later and talk to Dave.   Sorry, but having an email record is kind of nice from my perspective.  Waited all of last week for a response, and received none – so today I phoned them – twice, both times an answering machine. 

If someone were to ask me for a product recommendation today, I certainly wouldn’t be recommending a Scadden product – purely based on customer service.  It’s too bad, as the pontoon boats are nice (despite the powder coating and shipping damage).

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