Lancer09

Since I have some flies, and Mr. Cold bailed. Still send 10 and everyone will get 10. Yall... I had to take college algebra twice. I have excel for math in my life now, not splitting flies for a swap. I. Am. Not. That. Smart.

I'm in the same boat as @FlysmallieI think I have a pattern picked out. The wife leaves town Friday night and gets back Sunday morning. Won't have the toddler boy until Saturday morning. If I can avoid falling asleep at 830 on Friday night I might just be able to knock these out. Looking at doing a little skating caddis number.

it should work just fine!

@BilletHead I have you two's and Ham's flies in my possession.

@Ryan Miloshewski I didn't send you my number. I'm sorry. That said Mail really is the easiest way so that I have everyone's return address. Also please send your flies in a puncture proof container if possible, I know it's tougher than an envelope but I don't want anyone's flies getting mangled because they got crushed, or confiscated by USPS. I have a few fly cups to spare but it's not an unlimited supply.

I will be around ill shoot you a message with my number and I'll grab them from you.

@ness if it didn't run up against a "deadline" would it even be a fly swap?

Nope. Just a lack of reading comprehension, and posting while distracted at work.

I think I've sent an address to at least one person in each household, Coldwater - I'm including your friends in your message. I missed adding Daryk to the original message. So if you have nine flies ready to go. Send them out and I'll make sure that everything gets sorted properly. Sorry for any confusion. I'll probably be something in the Fat Albert / Amy's Ant camp. But I may switch it up and do some sort of caddis.

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Updated list is in my first post. Please tie the same number of flies of people that are in the swap. It makes separating out everyone's packages much easier in a month, yes you will get your own fly back. Buy a small box and keep them all together in there so you know all the contents from everyone, including yourself. Please have them in the mail by March 15. I'll make sure that once I have everyone in it only takes me a couple days to turn them all around. Also.. please send them in some sort of puncture proof container. Keep in mind you may tie something very small, someone else may tie something not.. small. Please make sure that box / cup / etc will hold approximately 10 flies. I don't want to be overly grumpy about rules but they will make everything run smoother and we all get flies back quicker.

well shoot boys. making me feel loved. Lets keep it easy for now. Trout flies that have some foam somewhere in em sounds good to me. hoppers, stoneflies, caddis, plenty of options. Have fun with it. How does everyone feel about having them in the mail to me by March 15, then I can get them out to everyone before the weather gets nice and we need to start fishing some of 'em.

Anyone fancy getting a little swap going? 8 People, send 8 flies and everyone gets the same package back (includes your own) trout flies that use foam? nymphs? Something that isn't overly arduous and could be knocked out relatively quickly? 1. Devin (Me) 2. Ness 3. Coldwater 4. Ham 5.Billet 6. Ryan 7. Flysmallie 8. Mrs. Billethead 9. Coldwater's friend 10. Daryk

I've got a Kuat Piston Pro X Hitch mounted bike rack. Brand new in box. Retails for 1300, would like to see 1100.00.

Shoot partner. I'll be in touch and we can just make it happen, no need to hope.

We are back. Between Rent and Child care hitting us for over 5k a month we moved back last summer. It really was the best with Jim was there. I don't know if anyone else is on the board that was a part of the shop in an official capacity but that seemed to be the best. Those few years when it switched from back country to plateau was amazing. Great community, classes, people stopping in and talking and it SEEMED like someone almost always bought something. I think it's hard here with BPS down the road but it really can, and should be a different crowd that hits the two hard. The sense of community is what is going to keep a shop going here in swmo. Having been to shops all over the west it can be amazing if you foster it. Fly fish food in utah, also bought Jimmy's out in IF are amazing. Half the ones in colorado or west yellowstone i'd go back to in a heart beat. Like I mentioned I know a bunch of people out in the Jackson shops too and it was always good how much local support they got because they catered, did outreach and were trying to grow fly fishing in the area.

Sitting at my desk and eating a muffuletta, RPS, those look great (i didn't make mine). Made a duck gumbo last week Ness, Yours looks great. back to work I guess.

Just saw this thread. Plateau closing is a real bummer. There has been a fly shop in that spot since as long as I can remember when I started college back in 2008. Back in the what felt like the glory days of it, 2011 to 14 maybe it was amazing. Great stock , events, everything you wanted your local shop to be. After moving to KC in 14 it still seemed to be great until I moved, and when I got back last year I was less impressed. Just didn't seem to have everything or the vibe that it used to. When I lived in Jackson I was good friends with people who ran the orvis shop and knew a lot of guys and guided with a few that worked at JD's. Going to tying classes, and even just stopping in to talk fishing was another level. There is enough around here that I feel like it could/should work with getting stuff stocked, community outreach, things like that. Either way, I'll miss plateau.

As someone who started with the same kind of rods and have moved to some of the higher ends I definitely understand it. That said The highest end rods aren't probably worth it for you unless you have the means to spend, or WANT to spend that. I've shifted and primarily only fish orvis recons, some tfo bvk rods , a sage or two , and some lower end tfo "pro" rods. Those are fine but I definitely notice a difference when fishing the nicer rods. They are lighter, crisper, i enjoy fishing them more. my favorite rods the last couple years have actually been 10 footers. even for short close stuff i've found mending much easier.

First foray back into the board in a while... but for Christmas dinner my wife's cousins and I decided we were tired of the traditional dinner so we fixed a bunch of thai food. It was FIRE and outside of their grandma being worried about everything we knocked it out in an hour at our house while everyone watched the chiefs game. They did a nice light thai dressing salad, pad thai, and red curry dumpling soup. We made Shrimp Pad Woon Sen (my FAVORITE thai dish), pork satay with peanut dipping sauce, fried pork and veggie spring rolls, Shrimp red curry. I also made a FUNKY chili fish sauce drizzle if you wanted to add a little zjusch (sound it out and it makes sense) to your food. Pretty happy and I think we have the family convinced of doing something new for every holiday, thinking vietnamese for easter. We also have family over for pretty much every chiefs game. Las week Ash made Smoked sausage and Kielbasa soup with homemade bread bowls and I made a nice Albondingas. Trying to up the soup game so I've also made a nice brothy (I don't like the creamy ones) Chicken tortilla soup and white chicken Chilli. Curry buttnernut squash soup with crab and topped with pecans has been great lately. Also made a nice blue cheese and butternut squash pasta the other day with some crispy chicken thighs over top. well.. back to real life.

We started keeping whities 2 summers ago. We would make a smoked dip quite a bit for anytime we hung out with people. Also braised some in a tomato sauce and picked clean, was unbelievable. It sounds weird but it's also FANTASTIC pickled and actually have a jar in my fridge right now. There are still PLENTY down south of yellowstone in the snake and in all the tribs.

Sorry just saw this. Love hatchet. We live about 20 minutes away right now down Buffalo Valley rd. Know the full crew over there. They are awesome.

No.. it's not trying to eliminate the riff raff it is people buying second homes and using them as investment properties for vrbo and air bnb. Everyone wants to visit here so they have no trouble filling spots. They make their money on less than six months of the year between summer parks and fishing, and ski season. It was already tending this way and COVID royally screwed the working class here. A lack of state income tax and not having to work from an office totally changed the dynamic for people buying houses here. In 2019 teton county topped Manhattan for the highest average adjusted family income in the country, topping 300k for the first time ever. There is a MASSIVE housing crisis here and it is being addressed but not well enough. It is almost impossible for people who want to be here and truly invest in the community to make it work. However we are lucky and have sorted it out. Frankly the jackson area isn't a millionaire's playground anymore. It's for the billionairs.

We have definitely had some highs and lows. We grew a lot together moving from a 1500 Sq ft house to 300 in our rv. Sometimes there is always a worry about after "this season" where do we head next. Very nomadic, yes you make friends but a lot of them are for a few months and then never again. We have made some lifelong friends but it can be very isolating. Thankfully we got on with a guest ranch and have done a few seasons here that has given some stability. Jackson is incredible for its food, vibe, skiing, and everything that is at your door step. Don't move here unless you have housing figured out as it is ridiculous. We lucked out and found something through some back channels but this winter a 1 bed 1 bath house hit the market with barely a lot the size of the house for 1.25 mil and a 2 bed 1 bath apartment is on average between 2500 and 4500 per month. But I have LOVED guiding but I definitely see where career guides can burn out, 5hankfully I do a few other things and still find the joy in fishing. Habits that have come out of living and fishing up here... I HATE nymphing. I get it, but it sucks, time on the water matters more than anything regardless of how good you are, and don't ask me where to fish... you won't get the primo spots that I have had to work for. Overall I wouldn't change how we have done things but we are definitely ready for a bit more stability and sense of community.

Oh we are trying to for sure. Still tying a lot but the shop culture up here isn't as conducive to just hanging out as plateau was back then. Good to see you are still on here!