Big Fish Saltwater Fly Swap? CLOSED!!!!

[Surf_Candy]

Ol' Bob got me thinking with his mini-fly swap. Why not a big fly swap? 6-12 tyers, saltwater patterns including baitfish (herring, anchovy, eel, sand lance, mullet, bunker, sardines etc), squid, crab and surface poppers/attractors. Size 1/0 stainless steel hooks and larger only.

I am thinking of these more in line as travel flies when pursuing salmon, striper, bluefish, tuna, dorado, jacks etc while on vacation to other parts of the country or world.

One would submit a fly used successfully for a particular species and/or location.

End of June date.

Any takers?

I'm in with my Cabo Surf Candy (tuna and dorado)

Surf

[rockfish]

I'm in, so what have you been up to lately surf candy?
catch and release wild sculpins

[Surf_Candy]

Hey Ben,
just the usuual - work, house, kids....not much fishing at this point. How are you?

[Flip]

what the hell, im in every other swap known to man.. now to come up with some 1/0 hooks.. i think the biggest saltwater ive got around is a 4 so ill need to buy some. ill tie a bucktail baitfish

tom

[Surf_Candy]

cool Tom - great excuse to get more stuff.

Surf

[Anil]

I'd love to take part as long as I don't need to use a Stainless hook.
Wouldn't a tube or High Carbon Tin plated hook be an option? If so count me in.
Anil
www.pugetsoundflyco.com

[Flip]

hey candyman, can we have a low limit on this swap? i dont use a 5-minute epoxy, so when i tie these flys each one takes me about 1 1/2 hours actual working time. they look awsome though, and are my favorite flys for shallow water salmon, and when tied smaller, work very well for SRC and dollies. i also got a nice dogfish on one.

thanks for the consideration

tom

[barbless]

I'm in. Some type of Lefty's Deceiver type pattern.

barbless

[Surf_Candy]

Anil - yes - please join. I got one of your tube flies in the SRC swamp and they are wonderful. Your hook choice - I'll just make sure I wash it off.

Tom - great idea. So far it would be everyone ties 4 flies. I'm trying to get one more - so let's wait one more day. It will be worth the wait if I can get him to join.

Surf

[Andy]

I'll join in.

I'll be fishing the salt up in Kodiak this summer, and some nice big saltwater patterns will always be nice. Let me "do some research" tonight to find a good pattern and I will post it up tomorrow when I make a decision.

Edit: I am leaving for AK on June 28th, so I hope that we can get them done before that.....:dunno

[Surf_Candy]

Great Andy - let me know. Tom's idea about keeping it small makes sense since the flies are generally more time consuming. We'll close it tomorrow.

I would expect with this bunch of tyers that we will be timely. Worst case is I send them to AK.

Surf

[Rob Blomquist]

I'll join in.

Rob

[Surf_Candy]

Cool - thanks Rob

[Flip]

hey candyman ( i like callin you that;-) ) we are up to 6 tiers, was there one more you wanted to join? i think its time to get ready to close?

[Bob Triggs]

Im in with a Striped Bass Flat-Wing pattern, if you want that.

[Surf_Candy]

SWAP IS CLOSED! Let's get some lipstick on this pig get it rolling.

Due Date June 11th.

Tyer List:
Surf Candy
Rockfish
Anil
Barbless
Flip
Andy (due to travel might have to bow out...)
Tightloops
Bob Triggs

All tie 7 flies - (if Andy can do it - if not 6 flies)

Mail to:

Jim Williamson
c/o Mahlum Architects
71 Columbia
Suite 400
Seattle, WA 98104

Send $2 for postage, or include your own addressed and stamped envelope. Please include some form of protective box that I can put the flies into for the return trip.

thanks

Surf

[Flip]

ill tie 8, if andy drops you get to keep 3! i will make the extra one a little different

[Surf_Candy]

Nice! I'm excited about this swap....10/0 Marlin Flies?

[Bob Triggs]

"10/0 Marlin Flies?"

Sure, no problem.

Hook: Mustad 10/0 Shark Grapple
Thread: Not necessary
Body: Basketball
Dubbing: Clown Wig ( Colors: Chartreuse, Cherise or some other waitress's name )

Instructions:
Impale the basketball with the hook.
Use superglue, or Aquaseal with Cotol, to affix the Clown Wig to the Basketball.

Present with a big splash, directly behind the transom, using a 20 weight flyrod and a long length of # 100 twisted wire cable.

[rockfish]

doing good I guess, just bought a bass boat, and waiting for the silvers to return I guess, will be tying something, got to think of something first.

catch and release wild sculpins

[Surf_Candy]

LOL -
or wait for corn season...- pull the husks back, core the entire cob and slip your leader through, 10/0 hook, troll behind the boat.

[Anil]

My flies are in the mail.
7 'original' tube flies (nicknamed "Shock and Awe")
They have been effective locally and abroad on Silvers, Rockfish, Lingcod, Tuna and several other species.
Anil
www.pugetsoundflyco.com

[Surf_Candy]

Anil -package has been delivered - sweet tube ties!

thanks

Surf

[Andy]

I'm not bowing out, I will be tying something really cool....
I am leaving June 28th so I should have them in time. Will be getting them done ASAP!!!

[Surf_Candy]

thanks Andy!

surf

[Andy]

I am putting mine in the mail tomorrow. I can't remember what the pattern is called. Anil showed me some killer patterns on Saturday and I tied some of them up.

Andy

[Anil]

Andy,
We looked at some 'Sea Bait' patterns when you came in. Many people are familiar with Trey Combs 'Sea Habbit' flies, but the unique head on these flies was developed Mark Waslick for a tube fly that he eventually called a 'Sea Bait'.
I am looking forward to seeing them.
Anil
www.pugetsoundflyco.com

[Andy]

Ah yes, the sea habbit flies. Thats what they were called. I didnt tie them on tubes, but they are still cool ;)
Those flies are really fun to tie, I tied a dozen just cause I was having fun with it.

[Surf_Candy]

Andy - got your Sea Habits in the mail - nice color selections! I agree - big flies are fun to tie - more rewarding to me than bugs.

Will be epoxying the 5" Cabo Candies this weekend during the Lord of the Rings fest.

Surf

[Surf_Candy]

Bump! 2 packages in the mail so far....

Surf

[rockfish]

will be sending mine out tommorrow

catch and release wild sculpins

[Flip]

im the lazy man here, i still cant find 1/0 salt hooks. im goin ina few hours and buying the biggest ones i can find. should have them in the mail in the morning, ive been doing alot of saltwater tying latley so all stuff is around. somewhere. i hope.

[Surf_Candy]

Ben and Bob - got your flies in the mail the past couple of days...was out of town, mail server died etc etc.

2 outstanding and the promises are good since both tyers are stellar folks - so I hope to get them back to you in Friday's mail.

Surf.

[rockfish]

you should have recieved them by now, I hope they didn't get lost in mail, Ben


catch and release wild sculpins

[Surf_Candy]

got em - no sweat.

[Andy]

Hey y'all

I was supposed to get on a plane for Kodiak yesterday, but there were some problems with the airlines:reallymad so I am leaving today instead.

Anyways, if you havent sent the streamers to my house yet, just send them to my address in Kodiak . The shipping should be the same, it'll just take two weeks instead of two days :thumb

Andrew Perrault
c/o Saltery Lake Lodge
1516 Larch St
Kodiak, AK 99615

Again, keep those lines tight this summer!!!!

Andy

[Surf_Candy]

Hey Andy - Flip is getting his in the mail today....I will send them to you in AK this week - have a good time up there!

Surf

[Andy]

yeah, flip told me he was putting his streamers for the streamer swap in the mail a month ago..... still havent seen them.....

:dunno

Anyway, thanks again and I'll see y'all in October!!!

[Surf_Candy]

I will be mailing the flies July 2 in the morning mail. Missing one package, not holding breath.

thanks

surf

[Anil]

Got the flies today...very nice!
Is anyone going to take some pictures?
Anil
www.pugetsoundflyco.com