Flys will be put in the mail today. It is a Turkey Feather-Marabou Damsel Nymph. Easy tye. I can tye about 10 an hour.
Any extras are marked for the Swapmeister!
Kahuna
Ah, but the joy of being the swapmeister. After seeing the direction of the first sets of flies I decided I needed to step out of the box. You’re in for a surprise. JGW
Three came in today’s mail. Two to go. Soon as they’re here we’ll ship. Hopefully to arrive before Thanksgiving . . . as promised. Fun swap. JGW
Mailed mine Friday the 11th, Veterans Day so the Post Office was closed. I’d suspect you’ll get them in a day or two.
Kahua
Mike (Kahuna) – I got some yellows in the mail. Those yours? Neat flies and assuming they’re for this swap. Thanks. JGW
Tuesday was the deadline and I still haven’t heard a peep from Gardenfish. No flies, no responce to e-mail. If nothing tonight the flies fly on Thursday. JGW
Thanks, Gardenfish!!! All the flies are in. I’ll do some photography tonight and mail them in the morning. Hopefully you participants will be as thrilled as I am with the results. JGW
Folks, the “homing” turkeys have been released into the air!!! Hope you’ve had as much fun with this as I have. I can’t to hear what your reactions will be, and I truly appreciate the spirit everyone showed in this swap. And, of course, they mystery. Hopefully we’ll do something like this once again. And, special thanks to Diane’s Quaker for the inspiration! Happy Thanksgiving. JGW
ps: I’ll be sharing this with Doug Smith with the Minneapolis Star Tribune who was on the hunt where the turkey met it’s demise – and gave rise to some incredible creativity.
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Yep, It has turkey feather in it.
Kahuna
Received an excellent bunch of flies today. Not a Turkey in the lot.Excellent imagination and a great variety of flys from just three turkey feathers.
Thanks John for hosting and for letting me be part of the swap.
Featherfastener
thanks folks. super flies!
My recipe is ez. The tail and the wing are from the tips of the feathers. For the body I dubbed the frizz (I forget the literal name) stuff at the bottom of the shaft. So you each have an all turkey fly. The trout will love them. Iused Daiichi hooks. They seem to be the sharpest.
My pattern is from right here! FAOL!
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I Substituted “Mardi-Gra” beads for the eyes and copper wire for the ribbing.
Ed Engelman is the one who got me started useing these Mardi-Gra beads . You can get them at Part Shops in all different colors for about a buck a string.
Thanks!
Kahuna
Just got mine!! Only thing in todays mail. THEY ARE ALL GREAT!!!
Thanks to everyone and the SWAPMEISTER for the quick turn-around of flies…etc…etc…
Kahuna
Got my batch of flies today. All I can say is these are very creative and great looking flies, some of us were thinking along the same lines. I really like your streamer John and thank you for hosting another great swap.
“A smart man learns from his mistakes,
A wise man learns from others”
JGW, Flies arrived today!looks good
thanks again
G
Mine arrived Wed. Looks like most of us were on the same wave length. All were great. Dan