I know it is early but they are coming and lets face it some of us spend more time on here than with our families So why not get together trade some flies and see some people demo their favorite patterns, raise a glass of holiday cheer, have some food,smoke a stoggie, what the hell bring the family too like a WFF holiday get together... we all get busy that time of year so lets start now I know I like the holidays because they are a day off I can go fishing winter steelhead blackmouth rezzies searuns the most wonderful time of the year I was thinking 20 tiers ten flies each five of your favorite pattern to tie 5 of the one you catch the most fish on exchange five of each pattern with two other people or some kinda secret fly fishing santa thing event will be held at All About The Fly Flies are due Saturday December 4th location will be All About the Fly 212 East Main Street Monroe WA 98296 360-863-1833 who's in ? 1-Kelvin 2-Flybill 3-scottflycst 4-Chef 5-constructeur 6-Mumbles ( to be voted out of the swap at a later date) 7- Colton Rogers 8- Paul Norton 9-Dryflylarry 10-Steve Saville 11-bugwhippersnapper 12-Eric Tarcha 13- Islander- Camo Careys and Lady in Red 14- Richard Torres 15- david.schepers 16-Banzai 17-bennysbuddy 18- 19- 20-
Great idea. Maybe we can go out and eat or perhaps a pot luck or something like that. Food, drinking a little, fun and tying.
I'm interested and can ask my friend the fly shop owner if we could do this at his place! Count me in!
Kelvin, Are you thinking along the lines of a "white elephant" exchange? Now that would be interesting...
I'm down fer a swap. Count me in! Already got a red-n-green bug to trade, damn thing won't catch any fish.bawling:
Not really white elephant unless thats a fly you tie... more along the lines of your favorite fly to tie and you can demo it for us and the fly you you catch the most fish on if they are one and the same tie 10 of them If not tie 5 of one and 5 of the other you in? then one person in the swap will get one set of 5 and another person will get the other five that way we can have 20 or more people in the swap and each of us only ties 10 flies
Kelvin, tentatively interested base on date/time/location. It does not have to be close to me, just has to fall on a favorable date. Great idea! I don't even mind that Flybill will be there. I'll gladly demonstrate ten things not to do when tying flies.
I don't want to be the driving force. I'll work whatever the group wants into my schedule. I was really just trying to stir it up so that a date/time/location could be tossed around. I just want to blend in...
Kelvin.. can we vote whether Ed joins or not?? :clown: Ed, you demo 10 things not to do.. and I'll demo another 10! Oh wait, now people might find out I'm not perfect.. how will they handle that!?!?
I vote Ed comes and shares his demo with us. I'm hoping with the knowledge gained from that I'll finally be able to do with out the large box of bandaids on my tying bench! Heck It might even lower my health ins. premiums!! WOW this is going to be GREAT. More coffee please.
Mumbles never realized you were so popular I just thought as the guy who started these face to face swaps you should be included It's looking more like I should pick a day you can't do it and schedule it for then I am working on finding a place to do this and then I will pick a date anyone know a place let me know
if we can't do it at a fly shop, maybe a restraunt? i know round tables all have those big rooms, and serve beer
Kelvin, as always, I'm in providing the dates work out. Don't have any idea what to tie but it won't be what I did last year for the Gift Wrap swap. That was just plain torture.
lets have the flies due by December 4th I am working on a location for that same day I think early in the month before the family and office parties start
anything you want What you love to tie-5 What you catch the most fish on-5 or 5 of one style -for example 5 spey flies and 5 sea run cutthroat flies
