lykos33 0 Report post Posted December 16, 2009 i am not affiliated with this guy or anything , I just saw the add and remembered some people talking about how hard it was to get.. http://halifax.kijiji.ca/c-buy-and-sell-ho...QAdIdZ172663126 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChuckingFluff 0 Report post Posted December 16, 2009 At $15 it's a little on the pricey side. I got mine from a trading post in Sault Ste. Marie for $5 and twice the size. Quality was really good. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
5 weight 0 Report post Posted December 16, 2009 Again no affiliation but this was recently posted on my provincial Fly Fishing Site hope it helps. http://forum.flybc.ca/index.php?showtopic=20580 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wellman 0 Report post Posted December 17, 2009 :scared: Haha 15 bucks for that little piece. I get mine in way larger pieces then that for 25$ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytire 0 Report post Posted December 17, 2009 would it be hard shipping to buyers in the USA Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
5 weight 0 Report post Posted December 17, 2009 I dont think shipping to the US would be an issue at all. Not sure if Polar bear has an import ban or anything like that i cant see why tho there certainly are alot them in certain parts of the world. I would look into it first tho just to be safe. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChuckingFluff 0 Report post Posted December 17, 2009 It's illegal to ship polar bear to the US. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FKROW 0 Report post Posted December 17, 2009 Search for: CITES Polar Bear Treaty of 1973. USF&WS enforcement of CITES. I agree that you cannot import Polar Bear from outside the USA. Only certain USA native indian tribes can use the PB for selling on art type articles. The only PB that presently is legal is pre 1973 rugs and pieces that have documentation proving dates of harvest, etc. Some Fly Shops do obtain pre 1973 rugs and will cut up for sale, these are usually rather rough condition and should be inspected prior to purchase. Regards, FK Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the saltydog 0 Report post Posted December 18, 2009 I was lucky enough to get some from a friend of mine that is a 'bit' older then me (thanks and you know who you are if you read this) and then I got some from ebay when I bought a complete collection of an estate sale.... the seller had no idea what he was selling. So go trolling in the nursing homes! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DrVette 0 Report post Posted December 18, 2009 There must be some kind of loop-hole or someting to this law. I saw a taxidermist putting together a mount for/of one in Canon City about 2 years ago. He said it belonged to the hunter who had just gotten it not long before. I also saw a long show on arguing if a bear was polar or griz...turned out to be a rare hybred and that hunter, along with several others interveiwed, were allowed to bring them back for mounting. They did say that they had to have Inuet (?SP?) guides since the one who told the hunter to take the shot was also facing trouble for shooting a non-polar bear on the polar only license...What is the word on that??? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ArticWolf 0 Report post Posted December 18, 2009 importing any part of polar bear, including the fur into the States is against the law, and here in Canada any of the companies who sell polar bear fur states that they will not export to the states. That is why deer hair is used on a lot of flies [in the USA] rather than polar bear or even Arctic Fox as this is what we use here in Canada. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ridleyffo 0 Report post Posted December 18, 2009 I was lucky enough to get some from a friend of mine that is a 'bit' older then me (thanks and you know who you are if you read this) and then I got some from ebay when I bought a complete collection of an estate sale.... the seller had no idea what he was selling. So go trolling in the nursing homes! Salty Hopefully its only fly tying material that you are trolling the nursing homes for. We all know how Salty you can get! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
halcyon 0 Report post Posted December 18, 2009 ArticWolf, With the exception of Canada suppliers not shipping to the USA your post is incorrect. FKROW and DrVette have more correct information as to polar bear fur in the US. And as polar bear was legal, cheap, and common as dirt in the US until 1973 and as hundreds of fly patterns were developed using deer hair before 1973 I would suggest that it was the material of choice because of its properties. Properties that are not found in either Polar Bear or Arctic Fox by the way. Furthermore, in the case of patterns that called for polar bear, the substitutes included, for example, materials such as various synthetics, goat hair, and calf tail. In a very few cases white belly hair of deer was listed as a substitute. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FKROW 0 Report post Posted December 20, 2009 I have some PB that was purchased from a fly shop years ago (pre 1973). A very nice substitute is clean and straight calf tail, it will have some of the translucency qualities of PB however, the fibers will not be nearly as long. Regards, FK Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the saltydog 0 Report post Posted December 20, 2009 Salty Hopefully its only fly tying material that you are trolling the nursing homes for. We all know how Salty you can get! I'm trolling wherever I can! :bugeyes: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
