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Sorry guys. Life has been crazy around here lately. We are in the process of moving (again), getting ready to go on vacation next week, and I've also started a new job. Anyway, I haven't checked the...

A paraloop fly presents (in my opinion) a more realistic footprint than a parachute hackle. Rather than all of the hackle radiating out from a single point (the post) the hackle moves out from points...

You can definitely do it with 6/0. I almost always use 8/0 for spinning. You just have to develope a feel for the thread and how hard you can pull. If you're breaking your thread you're obviously...

We're finally getting some good weather here in central oregon. Problem is, all the rivers are blown out because the runoff has begun and we're at somewhere around 150% snowpack. Oh well, this winter...

This just in by email from Mikey. He asked me to post the following here:

I'd like to apologize for the delay returning the flies from this swap. one tier's flies were lost in the mail. because...

Diane, take a piece of backing (so you can see what's happening) and start it on a pencil like it's tying thread. Now do a whip finish on the pencil with the wraps progressing backwards and tighten....

No offense, but if sounds like you need to work on your whip finishes. You should be wrapping from the back of the head forward to the eye, that may be part of your problem.

Jeremy

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Jeremy

If you're at all handy you could alway build something similar to a bug box, but les cosmetically impressive. Even better it would be built to your own specs.

Jeremy

Photos are up! Great work guys! Flies will be sent out as soon as I can get to the post office, probably Wednesday.

Jeremy

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Well, the last set of swap flies came today. They should be in the mail to all of you folks on Wednesday.

Jeremy

Diane, I think you might have missed my joke about the kids and the hatch time. http://www.flyanglersonline.com/bb/smile.gif

Actually though, there are sound reasons for daylight savings time....

Clearly you don't have a child that goes to kindergarten 1/2 day. Right now the BWO hatch has moved forward to the point that it's basically over when I get to the river. Once we set the clocks...

Diane,

I just bought a tent camper myself. Ours is 14' long and will sleep 8 comfortably, yet we could tow it with almost anything. It only takes about 5 minutes to set up. I think it's great. I...

Are you tying in your hackle with the dull side down? If not, that could be part of your problem. Are you using a dubbing that's suited to dry flies? That could cause problems as well.

Jeremy

I received flies from feenom, tyflier, and biot midge today. Excellent work by all! I'm still waiting for flies from Dan Gober, but he says that they are in the mail. Hopefully this swap will be sent...

I would just stop by and ask if my paycheck was ready yet. If you go to work ANYWHERE and quit after the first day whether they are happy about it or not you're still going to get a check for the day...

Do you mean a sparkle dun?

As far as proven products go, they're all "proven" to leak eventually! http://www.flyanglersonline.com/bb/wink.gifIf there is someone near you that's carrying them I'd strongly encourage you to take...

At least in my area there were many problems with the G3s. They suffered quality control issues and very long delays with warranty work. Several people I know had their brand new G3s leak the very...

I may be wrong here but I believe that Gudebrod E is rod wrapping thread. I believe that all of their tying threads except for G are marketed with the /0 sytem. I'm too lazy to go to the other room...

I received flies yesterday from Bill Knepp. Excellent work Bill, thank you. I now have more than half of the swap flies in. For the ones that I don't have, we still have a little bit of time but the...

I received my swap flies today. Thanks everyone for your understanding, and thank you JG for sending them along. I really appreciate it. And again to everyone else I'm sorry. The flies look great...