As I mentioned in a blog post back in January, I received a large batch of flies by Marc Madore as he had sent them to Ronn Lucas, Sr. I finished framing 6 sets, which will go to the Atlantic Salmon Museum in April. That man could surely tie a fly, and I love the way he sent them to Lucas, which I've been able to preserve in the frames.
Importantly, I bemoaned the fact that I was worried about how his flies and writing would survive over the years on a framers forum I belong to (www.thegrumble.com). Got many suggestions about using UV-blocking glass or acrylic, but that stuff is above my paygrade. A gentleman in Florida who owns Sunshine Frames in Jacksonville, FL came to the rescue with a great batch of leftover cut-offs of Optium, the state of the art UV-blocking acrylic. The flies and messages are safe thanks to his generousity.
Here ya go (click on the pic for the larger version):
