Cripple Swap

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The tiers we have are:

1. Steve
2. Essobee
3. RoyChristie
4. Bbrothe1
5. Kgilroy
6. Mikeytwoshoes
7. Waterbum
8. Millerwb

That means all tiers will have to do 7 flies each, or 8 if they want one of their own back. Flies due to me by April 1. I will email you all today. Feb.21

Steve


Anyone interested in a cripple swap?

I havent hosted one in a while.

I'll host and will limit it to 15 tiers including me. Signup will be open till Feb.20 or until there are 14 more tyers. Whichever comes first. Flies will be due April 1.

Steve

[This message has been edited by Steve Murphy (edited 15 February 2005).]

[This message has been edited by Steve Murphy (edited 21 February 2005).]

Steve, I've been doing this for a while but the term"cripple" has me a bit confused. Could you give a brief definition? kev

Hey Steve!

Sign me up for a "Crippled CDC & Elk"


Al Corey

A Cripple is an emerging insect that get stuck in its casing on the way out. The basic cripple fly is half dry fly, half nymph. It sits on the water as a dry fly, but its abdomen is submerged.

The Quigley Cripple is a example pattern.

Steve

I'm in for that.
thanks
Roy

Count me in. I will tie a royal coachman cripple.

Steve, Sounds interesting. You can count me in but there will be a couple more questions. kev

may as well. april fools day is a holiday in my honor.

pattern tbd.

mgj

[This message has been edited by mikeytwoshoes (edited 11 February 2005).]

I'd like to join this. Please put me down for a "Quigley's Mayfly Cripple". I tied a set of these for the "Quill" swap and IMHO they came out real nice.
Thanks
Jim

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If the women don't find you handsome:
They should at least find you handy

Moving post up. Still lots of spots left.

I'll join.

Steve.......

Gotta change patterns........

Was: CDC & Elk Cripple

To: CDC & Hare Cripple

(Ain't got enuff "Elk"!)


Al Corey

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If you get to thinkin' you're a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else' dog around.

[This message has been edited by essobee (edited 15 February 2005).]

Still lots of spots left.

Only a couple of days left to sign up.
8 tiers in so far, room for 7 more.

Steve

Update #1:

No flies in as of yet. My Quigley Cripples are finished.

Steve

mine are finished (and have been for a week) and will be in tomorrow's mail.

mgj

Flies received today from Al Corey, keep em coming lads.

No more news yet guys, only one set in so far.

Steve

Mine are done and will be in the mail today.
Thanks for the swap
Jim

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If the women don't find you handsome:
They should at least find you handy

Mine went out yesterday. I changed my fly to a #16 pheasant tail cripple.

Bill

Flies arrived yesterday from Michael Johnson, and they are beauties.

thanks for the kind words, steve.

glad to hear that you finally got them.

mgj

Steve,
mine went in post last Thursday, should arrive on time,
Roy's Cranky Cripple emergers.

Thanks again,
Roy

Hey Steve

What's the curreent status????????

Al Corey

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If you get to thinkin' you're a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else' dog around.

Hi Guys,

So far there are three sets of flies plus mine in my hands. Keep them coming.

Steve

Steve;
Have you received mine yet, I sent them about 2 weeks ago.
Jim

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If the women don't find you handsome:
They should at least find you handy

Steve,

I understand that you have 3 sets of flies (plus yours) in hand. Could you please list the participants that you've received flies from? We just want to make sure ours made it.

Thanks,

Bill

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Flies are in from Kevin Gilroy, and we had one tyer that dropped out yesterday. Couldn't meet the deadline.

Hi Steve,

My flies were mailed March 14. Did you happen to receive them???

Thanks,

Bill

Hey PEI Steve,

How 'bout listing the flies you have/have not received. You know, kinda status chart.

There's a lot of us that would like to where we stand, and a list would sure help put our minds at ease.

Thanks PEI Steve..........


Al Corey

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If you get to thinkin' you're a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else' dog around.

[This message has been edited by essobee (edited 02 April 2005).]

Hi Guys,

I received Roy Christies flies yesterday. Mr. Miller had to drop out, so I now have all of the flies in hand.

Roy, Jim, Kevin, Michael, Al, Bill, I will package the flies up before the weekend and get them out to you on Satuday morning.

Great looking bunch of flies guys, I cant wait to try them out. Thanks for your patience and thanks for joining the swap.

Steve

Flies are now winging their way back to you guys. They were mailed out on Saturday morning. Thanks for joining.

Steve

Hey Murphy what happened to the fly box I sent. Don't you have a place you can buy them there on the island???

Murphy, that's a cheap shot!

There, that's out of the way.
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Hey you guys, this is a great group of "Cripples". My thanks to all.


Al Corey

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got 'em.
nice work by all.
thanks to the participants and host. well done.

I almost hate to bring this up, but I don't think I got one of the host's flies...I got one of roy's and kgilroy's and bill brothers' and two each from waterbum and essobee. nor did I recieve one of mine back, though I'm not sure I sent 7 or 8...

might be nitpickin' but...

mgj



[This message has been edited by mikeytwoshoes (edited 25 April 2005).]

Good to know the flies are arriving.

Al, sorry about the box. I sorted the flies into the altoids tins as they arrived and just set your box aside. Send me your mailing address to slmurphy@gov.pe.ca and I'll send it along to you.

Mikey, my fly is the one with the brown marabou tail, pt body, and deer hair wing. Check to see if you have one and let me know.

Steve