I’ll send out mailing info in just a couple of minutes. As far as tags go, the minimum is your handle and the pattern name. Any other information is good, and I would also say if you don’t put the recipe on the tag, you should post it here so it can be referenced later if need be.
My flies will be in the mail today. Thanks again for letting me join in on this swap. John
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I wish you all everlasting flies and tight lines.
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You have to do what keeps you comfortable. I’ve taken your name off the list.
Got the flies in the mail this afternoon. Thanks for hosting a fun swap.
Greg Qualls
OK, mine are tied, tagged, and almost ready to mail (I have to get an envelope to put them in plus one for return mail).
Here are a couple pics of one of the flies:
Side view:
Top view:
Recipe:
Hook: Mustad 3906, size 12
Thread: Black, 8/0
Tail: Whiskers from the Hare’s Mask
Abdomen: Hare’s Mask underfur
Wing Case: Grizzly Hackle
Thorax: Peacock Herl
Legs: Grizzly Hackle
Tying notes:
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Use the longest soft hackle you can find for the wing case.
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After folding it forward over the thorax and wrapping a couple times, fold half of the hackle back to make the left legs, add a couple wraps, and fold the rest back to make the legs on the right (near side).
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Trim the legs after completing the head. I like the legs to reach almost to the hook’s point and I cut at an angle from the point to the end of the abdomen (don’t snip off a tail though).
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Any nymph hook would do fine. The Mustad 3906 in size 12 was the first reasonable size nymph hook I found in my piles of tying supplies.
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The long whiskers can be used to make tails for several flies but they get thicker with each fly.
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The really thin portion near the tip of the whiskers looks great as a tail but is very fragile.
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I tried to position the whiskers so their natural curved helped keep the tails apart but some portions of the whiskers didn’t have a very good curve and the usual dubbing ball didn’t work well on thicker portions of the whiskers.
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Those look pretty cool! I’ll have to tie a couple up tonight and try them on the local trout before the season ends here. It looks like something that would produce well.
The prototype for this pattern was done using a hare’s mask that was died “rust” color. It looks much better in my opinion (assuming you have local bugs in a dark reddish brown). The grizzly hackle is too similar in color to the natural hare’s mask but provides a great contrast against the rust colored hare’s mask.
I also prototyped a spinner pattern using the rust hare’s mask. The “wings” are just grizzly hackle tied like you would for a normal dry fly, but then gathered to the sides using figure-8 wraps. Again, the contrast between the rust colored hare’s mask and the grizzly hackle really looks nice…makes a great looking rusty spinner (typical trico spinner color since it’s fairly dark).
I don’t expect the “tails” to last long against trout teeth, especially the really thin portions of the whiskers. I’m also curious how flimsy the tails will get once they’re wet since they’re just hair (thick hair…but still hair) and that tends to soften quickly when wet.
For catching fishermen, the whiskers work pretty well though.
The one in the pic should be trimmed down a bit. The tail looks way too long (should be about the length of the hook shank).
I put the two rust colored prototypes in the package I’m mailing as part of the “thank you” for our swap host. Maybe he’ll let us know if they fish well (or I’ll have to tie some more for myself).
Finding grizzly hackle long enough to fold over for the wing case and still be long enough to grip, pull back, and hold back while locking in place for the legs was the most challenging part. 
I even tried stripping the white fuzz from the chenille and mixing it with the hackle so I could claim to have used all of the ingredients but it didn’t work very well.
Later, I realized I could strip out the fuzz, and use the resulting plain string core as ribbing. That would work better than my other ribbing idea…the stem of a stripped grizzly hackle feather which would no doubt snap quickly when hit by fish teeth.
I didn’t prototype anything that needed ribbing (since I ended up liking the way the nymph turned out) but I did figure out how I could do a reasonable knock off of the Prince Nymph using only what’s on the list from this swap (unweighted of course).
Flies came in from bassman today.
My flies were handed over to the Post Office this morning. Return postage is tucked inside the Altoids tin with the flies and there’s a Priority Mail envelope pre-addressed sitting in there next to the Altoids tin (no way I could fold it small enough to fit inside the tin).
Thanks for the update ol’blue. And thanks again for letting me join in on this swap. John
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Ugh…a buddy of mine who knows more about photography than I ever will took a look at my pics and said, “Did you sharpen them at all? One of the ‘rules’ for web posting is that when you shrink an image down for the web, it needs some extra sharpening to overcome the smaller size and the JPEG effects.”
D’oh! Now he tells me.
So, I sharpened the posted pics and edited the earlier post to show the new versions (much cleaner though I probably didn’t sharpen them properly…they’re still a big improvement).
Next time, I’ll try to get it right on the first try.
I got flies in gqualls today.
All right … I’m done will drop in mail Monday…I’ve added another picture on page 1 with receipe.
ol Blue…I’m calling mine the HE Loop-wing Adams
cholcomb
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Mine are hitting the post office tonight . I’m calling them " Prince Harry " .
Life is like a fly swap…You never know what your going to get.
ol’blue, please when you send out the flies to everyone, keep any extra’s I have sent with my compliments. Thanks again for letting me join in on this swap. John
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Sorry guys I’ve been sick just dropped the package off at the post office…should have next week.
I finally got mine figured out. I am roughly copying a stimulator pattern using grizzly hackle for the tail, rabbit underfur for the rear dubbing, herl for the front, more grizzly hackle on the fwd section, and rabbit guard hair for the overwing. I could have used guard hair for the tail also, but I liked the barred look of the grizzly on the tail. Anyway, here it is so far:
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Here are the photos. I’ll update as more flies come in.
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Received flied from 2beadpupa and cholcomb13 today.
Thanks for posting the pics. Looks like some cool flies in there!