Sowbug Round-up Swap

Michael_Brown · February 1, 2006, 11:53pm

If you’re going to be in attendance or tying at the Sowbug Round-up in Mountain Home, Arkansas March 16-18, this is the swap for you!

Number of swappers: tbd by response
Sign-up deadline: March 1
Flies to be exchanged: March 18, 2006 at Noon at the table where I will be tying.
Pattern: anything you want to share with your fellow FAOLers

This should be a whole lot of fun, especially to put faces with names.

Michael Brown: Marcus’ Mowhawk or Matt’s Bug
Night Angler (Leonard): Sowbug
Antron Midge: Biot Midge?
Cctyer: The Dena
Big Willy: tbd
Rick Z: Eight Color PTN
Parrotheadcrb: Trout Crack
Coffinfly (DEE): sowbug or coffin fly
Seaweed (David): tbd
Griff: tbd
Cal. E. Batis (Chris) by proxy: Matt’s bug
Biot Midge (Steve by proxy AM): tbd

[This message has been edited by Michael Brown (edited 05 March 2006).]

Night_Angler · February 2, 2006, 12:00am

Im in

I’ll jump in with the Sowbug

biot_midge · February 2, 2006, 12:30am

Michael,
You know I’m in! Pattern TBD.
Steve

“If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went”-Will Rogers

Antron_Midge · February 2, 2006, 2:22am

Mike you know I will play, pattern to be determined by i bet you can guess what it might be

lets go fishin
Toby >> ))*>

…fly tying is the next best thing to fishing; it is the sort of licking of the lips that eases a thirsty man in the desert

Arthur Ransome

Cal_E_Batis · February 3, 2006, 2:28am

Of course I am in. I cannot wait to meet everyone. I will tie the Matt’s Bug if Mike will allow. If not I will come up with something else.

cctyer · February 3, 2006, 3:21am

Hey guys! I would like to meet some more Faolers. I will probably tie up the Dena it’s a wooly bugger variation that works well for me. i gave steve one last sunday. Or If I get a bug in my pant’s it might be somthing else. Anyway looking forward to seeing everyone there.

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Big_Willy · February 3, 2006, 11:23pm

I would like to be in too! Chad and I will be driving together so I hope that I can make you all proud. Don’t know what to tie yet but I am Sure that something will hit me, probably Chad.

Willy

biot_midge · February 4, 2006, 1:13am

Willy,
LOL, I hope he doesn’t hit you too hard! It was fun fishing with you guys last Sunday, looking forward to doing it again.
Steve

“If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went”-Will Rogers

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Rick_Z · February 8, 2006, 10:28pm

I will join.

I will do an eight color PTN.

I am gong to tie some of these during the meeting.

Rick

parrotheadcrb · February 10, 2006, 7:38pm

I just saw this swap, missed it earlier or forgot about it.

I will join and I will tie the Trout Crack.

Look Forward to seeing everyone at the show.

Rick_Z · February 13, 2006, 9:57pm

Do you want the flies toe tagged so we can keep the flies straight?

Rick

biot_midge · February 14, 2006, 9:52pm

Michael,
I’m going to have to drop out. I will not be able to attend the roundup.
Steve

“If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went”-Will Rogers

Michael_Brown · February 15, 2006, 3:47am

A couple tyers have dropped out due to not being able to attend Sowbug. If you know people who will be attending Sowbug who’d like to participate but are not active on this board please invite them to do so.

As for toe-tagging the flies, it helps everyone know who tied what. Please put your email address on the tag, so that fellow swappers can contact you for recipe if desired.

Antron_Midge · February 16, 2006, 2:13am

My wife Dee (aka coffinfly) would like to join this swap. She will either tie a sowbug or a coffin,in honor of my midge brother I will tie a biot midge, and a zebra midge ( I know that is biot’s go to midge pattern)

Lets go fishin
Toby >> ))*>

…fly tying is the next best thing to fishing; it is the sort of licking of the lips that eases a thirsty man in the desert

Arthur Ransome

seaweed · February 21, 2006, 7:30pm

Count me in Mike. I will be there tying. Pattern to be determined. Maybe a smallmouth spey???

Often the greatest growth takes place under the hardest of circumstances. Look deeply to learn the lessons of the coldest, most painful times, for within them lies your greatest potential for transformation

anon

Michael_Brown · February 23, 2006, 12:02am

Still have a week to sign-up for this swap. If you have friends who will be attending, encourage them to sign-up. I’m looking forward to seeing everyone at Sowbug… who knows, maybe even do some fishing.

Michael

Michael_Brown · March 2, 2006, 12:29pm

I’m going to leave the swap open with this caveat, everyone should tie 15 flies to swap (based on a goal of 12 participants)… Since this is an in person swap you never know when someone will want a couple extra of a certain pattern and it’s nice to be prepared.

Michael

Michael_Brown · March 5, 2006, 1:27pm

If anyone else wants to participate please let me know ASAP.

Michael

Rick_Z · March 24, 2006, 2:00am

Thanks for hosting a neat swap.
Was also neat to meet you.

Rick

Antron_Midge · March 24, 2006, 10:17am

Micheal

Thanks for a great swap, Dee and I really enjoyed it. It was great to meet some fellow FAOL tiers as well as say hello to friends. It was also great to finally get outfished by you at Norfork. Maybe next time we can have over an hour on the river, and it won’t be so blasted cold!

lets go fishin
Antron Midge >> )))*>

…fly tying is the next best thing to fishing; it is the sort of licking of the lips that eases a thirsty man in the desert

Arthur Ransome