Hobo, I just received your great looking Chili Pepper flies in the mail. Thanks for the extra’s you including. Also thanks for joining in on this swap. John
Dang I just mailed them out and you got them already talk about speedy delivery. Your welcome, I don’t know if you ever saw a coffee bean bettle before so I sent one to you.
Hobo, for some reason I don’t know why packages seen to get to me real fast. No I have never seen a coffee bean beetle before, but it sure does look great I plan on trying it soon. John
Bassman, I am sending out my fly’s today. Can you let me know when they are recieved? Chris
Chris, thanks for keeping me up to date. I will be looking for your flies in the mail. I will notifie you as soon as they arrive. Thanks again for joining in on this swap. John
Hey Bassman, I sent mine out, let me know if I owe you anything for the return. The lady at the post office did not act like she was too confident in the cost to return. Chris
No problem on the postage Chris. Thanks again John
John:
Mailed flies this morning, in addition to the #14 Foam Ants I also tied 11 #18 “Punch Yarn” Ants.
Bill
Sounds great Bill, thanks for the update. I will be looking for them in the mail. Thanks again for joining in on this swap. John
Just received some great looking spiders from CKHanna. You are all going to like these. Great job Chris. Thanks again for joining in on this swap. John
I got the flies from bdesavage, today. Bill I think both of your ants look great I am sure everyone else will also thank so. Thanks again for joining in on this swap. John
The swap is going real well so far. I have received 5 sets of flies so far and we still have about a month to go. Thanks to all of you for joining in on this swap. John
I have received some beautiful sets of flies so far, some great tyers out there. We have a little over 3 weeks for all of the flies to get to me. I look forward to see what the rest of the flies will look like. Just as soon as I receive all of the sets I will get them sorted out and get them in the mail. Thanks again to all of you that have joined in on this swap. I look forward to being in many swaps with all of you in the future. John
Sent the flies today.
Thanks for the update gfmd33 I will be looking for them in the mail. Thanks also for joining in on this swap. John
John,
My flies are going in the mail today. I changed my pattern from a foam parachute hopper to a foam baby hopper, no parachute. I have had very good results with baby hoppers, so I think everyone is going to like these.
Foam Baby Hopper
Hook: Dry size 12
Body: Tan dubbing, with yellow foam on top.
Legs: Small yellow rubber legs.
Dub body with tan dubbing. Cut foam in a rectangular strip around 1/4 inch wide or so. Tie in foam at 1/3 the distance back from the hook eye. The body should extend to the end of the hook. Advance the thread towards the eye of the hook, compressing the foam as you go. Dub the compressed foam area, fold the foam back, forming the head. Clip the foam behind the body. Knot the rubber leg material, tie in and finish off the fly.
This fly is an excellent terrestrial searching pattern, it is also boyant enough to fish with a dropper. I hope this one can bring everyone a tight line or two.
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Cheers!
Bill
Thanks very much for the update Bill, I will be looking for them in the mail. Thanks for joining in on this swap and helping to make it a success. John
I received some good looking Chernobyl ants from gfmd33 today. I want to thank you for joining in on this swap. John
Bassman,
The flies are in the mail from Matthew and me.
Don’t panic when you see the metered mail on the envelop I sent you. My return envelope has regular stamps on it. 
Also, I held out the 2 flies for Matthew and myself so you wouldn’t have to worry about sorting them out for us just to turn around and mail them back to me.
Thanks for meistering the swap for us!
Terry
Thanks for the update Terry, I will be looking for them in the mail. Beleive me I never panic. I just take things in stride and do my best to make corrections. Thanks again for joining in on this swap and thanks also to Mathew. John