FINEST FLY COLLECTION OF THE CATSKILLS ADIRONDACKS DETTE BETTERS WULFF COME SEE

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Come on along for an adventure with me!!! I make no excuses for possibly the finest collection of hand tied flies in the world!! My father (name given to new owner) was one of the most renowned anglers in the United States, starting back in the 1940's all the way to the late 1980's. He lived on the Beaverkill and was a friend with all the most well known fly tiers that ever lived along the river. He was also very good friends with Fran Betters up along the Ausable river in the Adirondacks. We have a collection here tied by the best of them all. There are Rare Ausable Wolf's tied by Fran Betters, fly's by Lee Wulf, Walt & Winne Dette, Harry & Elsie Darbee, Art Flick, Mary Dette, and many others. Writing this description I am brought back to a time when my father spoke of these great tiers and anglers of the Catskills. My dad was raised in the South Bronx in the 1920's and was brought to the Beaverkill on the weekends with my grandfather. He was a Sargent in World war II, and one of the greatest fisherman of the Beaverkill and the Ausable known to all that worked and lived along these rivers. He was good friends with each and every fly-tier I just named and more. He was one of the kindest people of the era and went out of his way to buy their flies and learn all he could about them. My father passed away six years ago and this collection was sent to Arizona to have them identified by the most well known afficianado of the fly-tiers of the era. When this collection arrived the gentlemen passed away the very week he was going to identify each one. This was arranged by the most acclaimed fishing tackle and fly dealer in the United Stated (Name withheld) the Collection came back to me and I have had it ever since. I can't hold onto them my entire life and I know this collection contains many examples from these famous tiers. Some of the flies I have seen in antique magazines sell for upwards of 00 each. Fran Betters flies mounted are a lot of money. I will allow any who wants to inspect the collection to come and see for themselves, but I know there are hundreds and hundreds of flies in this collection and my father always brought the trout in with the fly attached. He never let them go and if he did, he would go back to the Dette's or Wulf and have them make another one. I myself cannot identify which one's are made from who, but I know many of you will and the Ausable wolf's are pretty easy to spot. I have photographed what I can, with the amount of photos I can here on ebay, but it will take the keen eye of you the collector and angler to find out who made what. I "Guarantee" there are a bunch of flies from each and every maker I named plus more famous makers, as my father (again) was in constant contact and friendship with all of them. I have been told I should donate these to the Metropolitan museum, Catskill museum, Adirondack museum, but a series of unfortunate events force me to part ways with this historical collection of the finest magnitude. I am not giving this collection away as I know many of these flies are hundreds if not a thousand dollars a piece. Check out my other items also.. DO NOT Pay until I send you a Invoice. We ship all over and Shipping "Is" more money if you live East of the Mississippi, such as California or Western States. Please no returns because you do not "Like" the piece. Thank you
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I do my best to find great piece to bring to ebay and always am searching for new ones. I have a great return policy which is 30 days but I ask that you do not ask for a return just because you do not like a piece. If I make a mistake in the listing I pay for the return, but if you decide differently you are responsible for return shipping cost. I do ship ALL over the world, but now use nothing but "Express" Shipping which is signed for in Europe & elsewhere. Please ask if you have further questions on shipping.
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On Jan-27-18 at 12:50:22 PST, seller added the following information:
PLEASE NO RETURNS or EXcuses. This is in fine condition and NO I "Don't want in now" Please.