We are all meeting face to face to trade flies
I was in on Mumbles face to face swap and it was great
here are the players
get tying
we are meeting on Friday July 17, 2009
Tides Tavern in Gig Harbor
5:00 pm
1 Kelvin
2 DimeBrite
3 John Hilt
4 Steve Saville
5 Ed Call
6 Ben Waldschmidt
7 Chester Allen
8 Mathew Gulbranson
9 Rob Ast
10 Richard Torres
11 Eric Tarcha
12 Kerfwappie
13 Rockfish
14 Sean K
15 Banzai
Here's what I'm working on. The pattern is still evolving. I'm thinking the fish will hit these worms in the middle somewhere, so I'm trying a few with the hook on a stinger line. They're all about 4" long and weighted with dumbbells. The dubbing rope is really articulate in the water. I'm not happy with the hackles the way they are, so I'm working on an idea with a bead or cone and a marabou wingcase kind of thing tied with the ends of the marabou forward like a reverse spider. Maybe it'll look like a tube worm out of it 's tube. I'm also thinking about adding some olive color to the mix. Whadda ya think?
Send that first one to me, I'll get it wet. I like it but those with the hackle on the bottom will probably draw more attention with pulsating action. I guess I'm a simple fool!
I tied up the full set for the swapers...I think I did seventeen. All I need to do is insert the glo-bug hooks that I'm putting into them and I'm also tying on a short piece of flourocarbon with a perfection loop (for you to use or cut off but to hold my tag). I was considering tying a second set. No promises. Sessile version is finished. Motile will be teh second set if I decide to go that route.
This face to face swap and social thing is becoming a cult classic, no?
Can you believe the reaction to this swap? It's still a month and a half away and we're talking private room, twenty plus flies in case others show up, extra flies for non-swappers, social phenomina, cults, classics, and it's all because of Chester's original post. Somebody buy that guy a beer!
Damn Rob! That is one Huuuggeee worm!! That's some freaky stuff. I would hate to run into that while digging up a geoduck. But good thing they don't live around here
there is an Atlantic Salmon pattern called an Ullsock I have caught SRC on looks like your bristle worm only I like yours better
can't wait to have those in my fly box
Wow! I like your creativity. I haven't started tying yet because i'm trying to get some ideas of what kind of materials I want to use.
You're throwing the book at everything.
Ed it's swapmaster not brewmaster
I am not buying everyone beer
Here's what I did work out though
we are going to vote on the BEST marine worm pattern either the one you tied for the swap or some other marine worm pattern you tied and you bring to the swap
best pattern wins a $25.00 gift certifacate to the Gig Harbor fly shop
in case of a tie (no pun intended)
person with picture of biggest fish caught on that fly wins
Yeah, The first beer that the swapmeister buys does taste really good! I think that next face to face swap should include a nice frosty half barrel. Up the ante a bit! :beer2:
Ben - You mean like a "kegger swap"? Sounds like a good time! Next it will be a destination swap, meeting on some piece of water for the weekend to test out our flies, and of course we can bring our tying stuff to get creative! Throw the keg in there and sounds like good times :thumb: :beer1:
Full set of sessile tube worms done. I have 1/3 of them with hooks and flouro leader attached. All I have to do is tie up the rest of the hook/leader/perfection loops. I've seen some really creative stuff in this swap. Kelvin, thanks for hosting this one.
Kelvin, my drive is long enough I'll likely skip the beer (unless Rob is driving). I dig the idea of the gift certificate. You've stepped up the whole face to face swap thing! Well done my man, well done.
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