Spey Fly Swap

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08-25-2008, 11:58 PM
bugman

Spey Fly Swap

I decided to give hosting a swap a try so here goes a first.. Registration ends on October 30, 2008 for a total of 10 tyers, ending earlier if the 10 slots are filled before then.. Flies are due November 20, 2008..

The flies are spey flies of any type tied on spey / salmon hooks.. 10 flies each of the 10 tyer with toetags, 5 flies each if there is 5 tyers, so on & so on with return shipping..

Please send the flies to :

Ivan W. Crews
822 Bean Ave.
Kilgore, Texas 75662

Tyers :

1. steelieslayer (joined) (tying the Green Butt Spey) (RECEIVED !) and a (hilton green !!)
2. speyfly (joined)
3. sparkeymat (joined) (tying the Black Herion)
4. wet fly guy (joined) (tying the Golden Crush) (RECEIVED !)
5. jdubach (joined) (tying the purple crush) (RECEIVED !)
6. Chrisdindover (joined) (tying the wascally wabbit)
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08-26-2008, 12:18 AM
steelieslayer

count me in. i will let you know what i end up tying.
08-26-2008, 12:54 AM
speyfly

I'll join, not sure what I'll tie yet.
09-01-2008, 07:22 AM
steelieslayer

this swap isnt full yet? my first swap was a spey swap and i didnt think i could tie a spey fly so i tied something else. cant be that hard its only 10 flies.
09-01-2008, 02:44 PM
sparkeymat

im in if there is there is still room. i will tie the black herion.
09-02-2008, 03:55 AM
bugman

so far there's 3 tyers.. still have openings with 2 weeks & 5 days left before registration ends.
09-05-2008, 08:49 PM
steelieslayer

Im going to tie the Green Butt Spey. A very popular fly for salmon and steelhead.
09-10-2008, 12:00 AM
bugman

steelieslayer, received your flies today.. Nice flies !
09-15-2008, 01:50 AM
steelieslayer

Thanks man. I have been wanting to learn that pattern so i figured this would be a good learning tool. I might use calf tail on them instead of wolf next time but i wanted to try it out.
09-18-2008, 02:00 AM
bugman

i do beleive that the wolf is better than calf in that patern..good job..
09-28-2008, 07:24 AM
wet fly guy

Count me in I will do one of my steelhead speys

Wet
09-29-2008, 01:13 AM
steelieslayer

we should extend the sign up date untill the end of this week the 4th. i think some egg sucking leeches would be acceptable if nobody else wants to tie spey patterns
10-01-2008, 01:39 AM
bugman

dates extended.. refer to 1st post...
10-11-2008, 04:37 AM
jdubach

I'll tie a purple crush
10-13-2008, 03:43 AM
steelieslayer

im gunna tie another one. I think its called the hilton
10-13-2008, 04:59 AM
bugman

5 slots still available & still have time to sine up & tie...
10-13-2008, 05:21 PM
Chrisdindover

Guys I will do the wascally wabbit if I can get in.
10-13-2008, 11:56 PM
bugman

registration is now closed... this is gona be a great fly swap for my first one so far... all is left is tie some flies
11-08-2008, 06:50 PM
bugman

Quote:

Originally Posted by steelieslayer

Im going to tie the Green Butt Spey. A very popular fly for salmon and steelhead.

received the flies... nice ties...
11-08-2008, 06:51 PM
bugman

Quote:

Originally Posted by wet fly guy

Count me in I will do one of my steelhead speys

Wet

got your flies in the mail today... nice ties...
11-18-2008, 04:44 AM
steelieslayer

bump.. lets get those flies in. i need some for thanksgiving. Ive got some longer skinny eagle claw hooks. should i use them for another set. i have tied a couple using then and they kind of work. what do you think?
11-19-2008, 12:03 AM
jdubach

If they work I don't see what the problem would be. However, make sure the eye is turned up and not down like with bait hooks. Steelie/salmon hooks have the eye turned up (away) from the point for better set.
11-19-2008, 01:49 AM
bugman

Quote:

Originally Posted by steelieslayer

bump.. lets get those flies in. i need some for thanksgiving. Ive got some longer skinny eagle claw hooks. should i use them for another set. i have tied a couple using then and they kind of work. what do you think?

should be fine... i used those when i was learning to tie salmon & spey flies then went on to the traditional hooks... when i use a spey fly to fish with i still use the eagleclaw so i dont feel so bad loosing one...
11-20-2008, 10:17 PM
bugman

jdubach flies came in today... gota say, the flies that came in so far have all been well tied... as soon as the other 3 sets come in i can sort the flies & send them off to each of you...
im gona give another 2 weeks time for the last 3 sets then they are going out...
11-21-2008, 01:30 AM
steelieslayer

ive got something coming for ya bug.
11-21-2008, 04:16 AM
Chrisdindover

Man i didnt need two weeks they will go tommorow should be there monday whats the best way to package what needs to be on the toe tags (this is only my second fly swap anywhere?
11-22-2008, 02:17 AM
bugman

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chrisdindover

Man i didnt need two weeks they will go tommorow should be there monday whats the best way to package what needs to be on the toe tags (this is only my second fly swap anywhere?

on the toetag ya put the name of the fly & your faol members name... some tyers listt the materials used to tie the fly but isnt necessary... im just giving an extra 2 weeks to give the other flies time to get here before i sortem & sendem on theyre way... due date was the 20th but sometimes mail is slow so im allowing for that just to be fair...
11-22-2008, 02:18 AM
bugman

Quote:

Originally Posted by steelieslayer

ive got something coming for ya bug.

ok, ya tie another fly ?
11-24-2008, 01:11 AM
steelieslayer

yeah i have a feeling we were going to be short a set.. slayer
11-25-2008, 01:00 AM
bugman

Quote:

Originally Posted by steelieslayer

yeah i have a feeling we were going to be short a set.. slayer

got another fly from ya today... hilton green i think it was...
11-25-2008, 01:14 AM
bugman

just a reminder... due date was the november 20th... flies will be sorted & sent out on december 4th wether all the flies have come in or not... any sets received after that date will be sent back to the owner... just trying to be fair to everyone...
12-05-2008, 02:29 AM
bugman

just an update... flies were mailed out today... please reply when ya git them... been a great first swap & some really nice flies... a big thanks to everyone who perticipated in the swap...
12-10-2008, 03:31 PM
wet fly guy

Got the flys today.
Thanks for the swap
12-10-2008, 11:49 PM
jdubach

Got mine yesterday. They all look nice. Too bad we had drop-outs on such a low turn-out for sign-up. Many thanks to Wet Fly for turning his in, the swap host and of course SteelieSlayer for giving me an even four flies to fill out my wall display. The extras will come in handy.
12-11-2008, 01:16 AM
bugman

i dont know what happened to the tyers that dropped out... but it was my first time hosting a fly swap so it turned out well anyhow with some nice flies being tied...
12-12-2008, 12:03 AM
steelieslayer

yes bugman thanks for hosting. i still havent given it a try so much thanks. they will be seeing some action for sure
12-12-2008, 11:31 PM
bugman

Quote:

Originally Posted by steelieslayer

yes bugman thanks for hosting. i still havent given it a try so much thanks. they will be seeing some action for sure

yes and thanks fer going beyond to tie the extra set of flies...