The flies are being mailed today.
Thanks
KAHUNA
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The flies are being mailed today.
Thanks
KAHUNA
Count me in......will need suggestions on a fly though. I got into tying classic wets when that article came out a few months back. I had never gotten the classic wing but after going back to it....finally got it! :lol:
My main problem has been finding good wing material. Anybody have a good source of white goose wing feathers maybe?
Barry
I bought every pkg of matched white goose quills I could find at two different sportsman's warehouse for the purpose of dying them for classic wet fly wings. the local cabelas and orvis stores did not have them in stock. my guess would be that the major material merchandizers s.a. feather-craft etc.
would carry them.
you can use paired mallard wing feathers. if you buy a pair of duck wings you'll have quite a few pairs of feathers for slate to light gray wings, which are found on a good number of wets. natural gray goose quills are also an option.
I recommend using mallard wing quills rather than goose. Goose is too big for the size flies that I'd use for fishing (12 & 14).Quote:
Originally Posted by bjanzen
Most fly shops carry pairs of mallard wing quills in most of the colors you'd need. They're relatively easy to find and inexpensive. The trick is to pick the right part of the quill to cut your segments from.
Somewhere between the edge of the feather and the stem, you will see a line that runs down the length of the feather. You want to make sure that the quill gets tied in at a point that corresponds to the "outside" of this line. If you tie in the quill at a point on the "inside" of this line, the quill will collapse. You need to pick segments where the "outside" material is long enough to make the wing you need. Basically when you get a new pair of quills, start cutting your segments from somewhere near the bottom of the quill and then work your way up the quill. Eventually you will get to a point where the segments will be to short and you then need to go to a new set of quills.
I recommend getting a copy of Ray Bergman's Trout if you don't already have one. There you will find more patterns than you can shake a stick at.
I was slack this past weekend with keeping up on my swaps but everythin g is updated now. Just one more spot and we got a full swap.
I just have to get to the city to pick up my feathers and I will get tying myself. One stop and I will have all the colors I need and then some.
-HIllard
Mailed mine yesterday. Not sure how long it takes but let me know when you get them. :D
KAHUNA 8)
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Originally Posted by HMD
Bump
I've got these done and they'll be in tomorrow's mail.
block house in #2 and widow #6.
fun stuff.
mgj
I've only participated in one other swap before, but I have this one question. Being that the swapmeister is Canada and most of the rest of us are in the US, are there any postage issues that I have to worry about?
What I had planned to do is put my flies in an Altoids box and then put the box in one of those padded mailing envelopes, along with another similar envelope tucked inside. Then I would weigh the whole thing and figure out the postage from the USPS website. Then I would put stamps convering this amount of postage on the outer envelope and the same number of stamps inside for return postage. Does this sound right?
you will have to fill out a "Customs Declaration" form at the Post Office. Its free and doesnt hurt. :D
Heres a sample
http://www.usps.com/forms/_pdf/ps2976.pdf
I just fill it out and declare the worth of about $10 and say they are fishing flies, 1 dozen. its that easy.
Read step 4 in the first post of this thread regarding postage.
I swapped internationally before and just sent some US dollars to cover the return postage.
The swapmeister should chime in on this one.