celebrity swap #1 will be the flies of Gary Lafontaine. this should be an easy one to find patterns to tie. you can tie flies from any of Garys books, website and other online sources. heres one place to start: http://www.thebookmailer.com/Flies/FlyCategories/flycategories.html
now the rules
all standard rules apply. toe tags, recipes, the correct size shipping box, self address stamped envelope for returning your flies etc etc etc.
i am giving you plenty of time to tie your flies, so if any flies are received after the due date, they will be returned WITHOUT any swap flies. i dont like to receive flies from a swap 2 weeks after the due date because somebody forgot. i’m sure others dont like waiting either. if you think that is too strict of a penalty, then maybe this swap isnt for you.
due to the limited interest in my earlier post regading “celebrity tyers swap” i will limit this one to 9 tyers including myself. this will be a 6 tyer minimum to make the swap work. any number under that and its a no go.
please NO DUPLICATE swap flies. this is not a swap for sparkle pupas.
sign up deadline: Sept 20, 2009
swap deadline: Oct 31, 2009
so who else wants in
Norm - lady heather DONE
ibrb - diving caddis RECEIVED
mr blur - deep sparkle pupae and throw in a bonus set of gray coughlins RECEIVED
badbug - airhead RECEIVED
biot midge - ostrich twist nymph RECEIVED
johnr - ocassion RECEIVED
rangerman - were wulff RECEIVED
sanctyphillia - enchanted prince RECEIVED
[COLOR=black]9. waltryan - Diving Blue-Winged Olive Egg Layer RECEIVED[/COLOR]
if this inaurgaral “celebrity tyers swap” is successful, then others will follow. time will tell!
I just bought Caddisflies about a week ago, so I’m afraid I dont really feel competentenough to participate, but I would love to see any pictures of flies that you guys might post.
Its funny, I find it an incredibly fascinating book, but the first thing my one friend said was, “You mean that entire book is about some little bug?”
