Swap is closedThanks to the 36 hardy soles that have signed up. It is gonna be fun!!!
Looking for tyers for this one. I have run this for two years on another site with great results. Just want some new tyers involved. Room for 6-10 tyers.
Anyway we have until 15 Jun to sign up and 30 Aug to complete the flys.
Let’s look at some more streamers (warmwater or coldwater)> (trout, gills, steelhead - your decision).
Self-addressed stamped envelops (MANDATORY), toe tags etc (all the
normal rules or guidelines)
Again for our friends not in the US, send 3-6 extra flys and I will pay the postage back BUT you still need a self-addressed envelope.
Also will need your email address so I can make a group list of all the tyers. This will make it easier to keep everyone up to date.
Some of the lurkers and newly signed up - get your vises dusted off and get to tying.
Note: This will be a large swap with 36 tyers as this is being marketed on other forums.
This is the reason for the long due date and why I need your personal email address (not forum address).
It will be fun…
Thanks for the support. This will be a pretty large swap and the number is not known at this time. I will most likely stop it at 24 - 36 as a max as this swap crosses several forums (VFB, Panfish flyfishers and flytyers, Faol, Flyrecipesdotcom, and FTF).
Jim, I bought a box of dye yesterday for my feathers and ordered some more hooks so I’ll be ready to start tying in about a week. This will be fun. Jim
FOUR more tyers needed from FAOL!!
Make the jump and tie some streamers. There will be a total of 36 tyers (NO MORE). Yes a large swap BUT we have until the end of Aug to complete them and get them to me and you will get 35 in return plus some of my secret mohair chennile.
Any extra flys given will be donated to Casting for Recovery and/or Wounded Warriors (Vets in VA Hospitals recovering from injuries).
Think about it and get on board with the BEST swap on the forum!!!
Talk about production fly tying. Too bad I don’t have access to a dozen or so Chinese laborers to pay 25 cents an hour to whip these babies out for me.
I have to apologize for not staying in contact. as most of you know I started treatment for an illness eight weeks ago. The first two weeks were OK but since then, after my weekly injection, I am bed ridden for two or three days (this time four) Seems the meds build up in your system. When not in bed, I have no coordination, motivation, energy or appetite (I have lost 15 lbs since starting). What is worse is that I can’t even fish!!! Enough about me - now to our gigantic swap.
I have received four packages of flys from you all and two more are on their way that I know of. We also have had two dropouts. Remember that flys are due 30 Aug.
Big Daddy Hub’s Streamers arrived today from Kentuky. Nice bunch of Closures, Hub! This make six in hand and two more in the mail.
We have had one more drop out due to being too busy meistering other swaps. Please if you can not get the flys tied or have other reasons for not completeing the swap, let me know. Do not disappoint the other tiers that have put a lot of energy and effort in this swap. I had to drop out of a classic wet fly swap today due to the inability to concentrate, lack of coordination and shakey hands (not condusive for tieing flys). This is the first swap I have had to drop out of and it bothers me but STUFF does happen and we just need to contact the meister and let them know.
See first post for edit. Four more sets of flies arrived this week. WOW!!!
Some great tiers out there. Thanks for all the support. I hope to have the flies back to you by next Friday. We have numerous sets in the mail with one from Canada and one from Germany. They will be the ONLY ones I wait for past next week.
This will be a pretty large swap and the number is not known at this time. I will most likely stop it at 24 - 36 as a max as this swap crosses several forums (VFB, Panfish flyfishers and flytyers, Faol, Flyrecipesdotcom, and FTF).
Please if you can not get the flys tied or have other reasons for not completeing the swap, let me know. Do not disappoint the other tiers that have put a lot of energy and effort in this swap. I had to drop out of a classic wet fly swap today due to the inability to concentrate, lack of coordination and shakey hands (not condusive for tieing flys). This is the first swap I have had to drop out of and it bothers me but STUFF does happen and we just need to contact the meister and let them know.