Carp Fly Swap!!! - FULL! Get 'em in folks!
Howdy-
I am interested in hosting a swap during my break from school. Let's do a Carp Fly Swap. Any fly you use for Carping! Mulberry, Corn, Damsel Nymph, Bugger, Crawdad, anything! Let's see what you got!
Here's how we will get 'er done: Twelve (12) people, name your fly for Carp and tie twelve (12) flies. I wanna try and stick with Bassman's swap etiquette... ya know, self-addressed stamped envelope for return, crush-proof box, toe tags, recipes are welcome with fly or on the BB! I will PM those that sign up with my addy by PM.
Due Dates to be mindful of: Sign-up by December 22nd (Saturday) and Flies IN by Saturday, January 5th, 2008 (if that is too quick, we can back it up a bit if everyone is on-board)
Let's have some fun tying!!! :tieone:
1. cholcomb13 - Carp Globug - RECEIVED
2. Chad C - Andrew's Carp Slider - RECEIVED
3. RDL - tba - RECEIVED
4. Bassman - CDC Corn Fly for Carp - RECEIVED
5. nen-bran - Sharks Caddis - RECEIVED
6. Gigmaster - Gigmaster's version Clouser Swimming Nymph - RECEIVED
7. White43 - Cottonwood Fluff Thingy - RECEIVED
8. ibrb - Chubby Caddis Larva - RECEIVED
9. Mr. Blur - cornbread - RECEIVED
10. iaflyfisher - Carp Candy - RECEIVED
11. Scott (SKershaw) - Skip's Dad - DONE
12. kb8uvm - Lil' Bugger - RECEIVED
Come join the fun,
Scott
Re: Carp Fly Swap!!! - 3 More Spots!!!
Ok. Thanks for letting me in! I will tie some Gray Swimming Nymphs.
nen-bran
Re: Carp Fly Swap!!! - 3 More Spots!!!
My CDC Corn Flies are in the mail. Thanks again for letting me join in on this one. John
Re: Carp Fly Swap!!! - 3 More Spots!!!
Scratch that. Sorry. If allowed, I would like to switch to a Sharks Caddis pattern rather than a Gray Swimming nymph.
nen-bran
Re: Carp Fly Swap!!! - 3 More Spots!!!
That's cool. I will switch it on the main thread!
This is getting to be more funner than I thought! I am way excited to see these flies!!!
Scott
Re: Carp Fly Swap!!! - 3 More Spots!!!
okay.
I'll play.
fly pattern tbd...
mgj
Re: Carp Fly Swap!!! - 3 More Spots!!!
Sounds good Mr. Blur. PM Sent!
Scott
Re: Carp Fly Swap!!! - 2 More Spots!!!
I will be mailing my flies in the morning.
I made one change to the design. I took a few to the tailraces the other day, and I didn't like the way they swam, even though I caught 3 carp , all in the 10 lb. range on them.
I changed the ribbing to medium sized, copper Ultra-Wire to weight the back end a bit for a more natural swimming action. Nympths don't usually swim up and down like a fish. They swim in a more heads-up position. It also gives the body a bit more segmentation I tested these this morning and I caught 2 carp around 5 lbs each, 1 buffalo that weighed in at 16.2 lbs, 1 drum at 6 lbs., and 10 large bluegills, all in about 2-1/2 hours. This pattern works better than the other one.
http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n...mingNympth.jpg
I hope y'all have as good luck with them as I have. I going to see if they work on snakeheads next week.
Semper Fi!