Okay folks, this will be my first swap as swapmeister. Stonefly season is coming soon, and I only wish I had thought of doing this swap a little earlier, since we are now short on time.
We will be tying either a salmonfly or golden stone DRY fly, whichever species is your preference. The due date will be Friday, May 17th. Sorry about the somewhat short amount of time to complete these, ideally I would have thought of this a month ago. But this should mean we'll all get our flies back with enough time to fish them. PLEASE SEND THEM TO ME WITH A SELF-ADDRESSED AND PREPAID ENVELOPE, rather than just money.
We'll tie two patterns per swapper, minus yourself, so ten flies tied total.
What?: Salmonfly or golden stonefly dry
When?: Due Friday, May 17th.
1. Travis Bille- Salmulator- finished
2. Ben Swaner- received
3. Gary "shackleford" Knowels- received
4. Thom Collins
5. WABOWMAN
6. Randall Clark.- received
Tried mailing mine today but the postal nazi didn't like my packaging. Was on my to a job and didn't have time to "fix" it. Will go out tomorrow a.m. for sure.
Thanks...I re-tested the ones with the golden pheasant tied in as an under-wing. a resounding success. I had many more fish commit outright to that than any other fly I threw.
Thanks...I re-tested the ones with the golden pheasant tied in as an under-wing. a resounding success. I had many more fish commit outright to that than any other fly I threw.
Got mine today. Love em! Echo Randall"s sentiment, you guys roll some amazing bugs. First swap, so much fun, felt like Christmas. Will definately try get into others if I can get up to your guys level.
I'll check once I get home (Tuesday), it's a Gami, but I don't recall the exact model. I've found that fish seem to stick better on the Gami's than anything else I've used (mostly Tiemco).
Well, the rogue river rainbows sure liked Ben's pattern today! I didn't get to try any others because the hatch was short, sweet, and too dark to tie on anything else
Huge thanks to Travis and the rest of you for sharing these amazing flies. The quality of these ties is likely the best I've seen in any swaps and some creative patterns to boot. Stoneflies are flying on the Henry's Fork right now, I'll have to go give these a whirl this week.
Well, the rogue river rainbows sure liked Ben's pattern today! I didn't get to try any others because the hatch was short, sweet, and too dark to tie on anything else
excellent! I'll be doing some field testing probably this Sat.
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