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Swingin' for Summer Steel Swap

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#1 ·
Hey all,

I would like to host a summer steelhead fly swap with a focus on flies you would swing or skate on the dry line. 10-12 tiers, flies due to me by Thursday August 19th. Please let me know if you are interested ASAP and an idea of what fly you will be tying.

1. Eric Tarcha- a Leylandesque Fat Style Fly
2. chattmr-Striped Bass fly for the swing
3. Brain Thomas-Waking fly on a tube-RECEIVED
4. robspe7370- Kreelex fly-RECEIVED
5. Chris Johnson - Spey style fly-RECEIVED
6. Thomas Mitchell- Max Caddis- RECEIVED
7. Jarad Skeels- Bunny Spey-RECEIVED
8. Sean Beauchamp-Wooly worm variant-RECEIVED
9. bjornjon-Crystal Caddis-RECEIVED
10. Trevor Thorp-??
11. Matt Baerwalde-Freight Train-RECEIVED
12. XXXXX
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#47 ·
Mine hit the mail tomorrow. I ended up not doing a spade. Started thinking about small dark flies on desert rivers in Sept/October and decided on a new pattern.

For inspiration, I used the "Half-Ass" pattern by Jeremy Floyd in last year's Summer Steelhead swap and combined it with a Mack's Canyon color palette. The result is the "Max Caddis".

Hook - Alec Jackson Spey #7
Tail - black crystal flash pointed up
Tag - gold flat tinsel
Rear body - orange natural seal fur blended with dark orange trilobal flash
Front body - black natural seal fur blended with black flash simi-seal
Rib - medium gold oval
Rear hackle - Coque, half-bronze
Front hackle - Orange dyed Guinea

 
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