OK, THIS FLY SWAP IS DONE, ALL FLYS IN, AND RETURNED.
GOOD JOB ALL.
I will IM my address
CHECK YOUR INBOXES
Flys due June 3
Please toe tag all flys, send 6 If you want one of yours back.
Send flys with a self addressed envelope with proper postage.
Look forward to seeing them!
Flies to be mailed to me, I will IM the particulars when full. Mail flies in box you want them returned in, enclosed in envelope self addressed with proper return postage. Please ,toe tag, flies with fly and tier info. One fly for each entrant+ one extra if you want one back.
I will also post pics of flys when finished.
I will enclose a small gift with all returned fly sets.
TYER_______________________fLY_____________________Recieved_____________Shipped back And received
QUOTE=WWKimba;536734]If not too late I’d like to be your 6th (I hate hosting or signing up for a 5 person/six minimum swap!). Put me down as a TBD if you don’t mind.[/QUOTE]
sent you a half dozen “duckstones” yesterday, keep any spares i dont need any back. duckstone is what i decided to name my ptottype stone fly nymph. the reason is, if you dont slow down your forward cast and open up your loop, you better duck.
the pattern is as follows:
hook: umpqua size 10 u555
bead: 3/16 copper colored slotted tungsten
thread: uni thread 6/0 olive
tail: olive goose biots
rib: spanflex, ginger color
abdomen: whitlock slf golden stone nymph dubbing
thorax: whitlock slf golden stone nymph dubbing
hackle/legs: spun sculpin olive pine squirrel
covert: mottled oak golden stone thin skin
head: whitlosk slf golden stone nymph dubbing
any questions or comments will be greatly apprecited
Went to tie my Clark’s Golden Stonefly patterns and found, much to my chagrin, that I was out of 1 XL dry fly hooks. They came in the mail today and I will get them in the mail on Monday 5/18. Thanks for your patience.
Flies went out on Monday, returned today! “Need $1.00 additional postage.”! I had the postal clerk weigh before I sent, the PO answer man said that maybe they didn’t understand what I was doing/saying? Set for Wednesdays mail with additional postage. The way things are going, if all goes well that is, you should receive the flies by Christmas!
Thanks again for hosting - additional postage for my return stamps in a separate cover - FYI.
Okay my flies are in the mail and separately the postage to mail my package. I did
General Stonefly
Hook: Daiichi Stonefly # 12
Thread: 6/0 Danville Black
Tail: Hareline Medium Round Rubber Black
Abdomen: Black Wapsi Awesome Possum
Rib: Larva Lace Black Body Material
Wing case: Black dyed Pheasant Tail
Thorax: Black Wapsi Awesome Possum
Antenna:Hareline Medium Round Rubber Black
I left the tail and antenna long so that each person could adjust them to their needs.
Can’t wait to see what I get!
Mike