Baghdad Fly Swap

[Kansas Fly Fisher]

Update as of 27 Nov 2006

Recieved Zach's, jOrOb's, and Okieflyfisher53's today. As of today, and we still have some coming in, we have collected 59 dozen fly's, 10 fly boxes, and 29 spools of tippet, plus various other items. This does not include the kind donation LMW made. I'll post a complete list of items, with pictures, when we are finished and it is in the mail to the troops. Thanks, and a hardy pat on the back, to all involved. Job well done!

John

[Don]

John,

You should expect my stuff soon. I finally got it in the mail this morning.

Don

[Kansas Fly Fisher]

Update for 06 Dec 2006.

Got Don's and Jim's boxes in today. With the deadline getting close we are only one away from having 100% returns. As of today we have gathered 82 dozen fly's, 35 spools of tippet, 26 packets of leaders and a multitude of other items including several packages of tying materials. Thanks again for all that you have done.

John

[Kansas Fly Fisher]

Sorry for not posting sooner, but it's been busy around the house and at work. Our #2 and #3 granddaughters are coming home for the holidays. We haven't got to see the youngest yet. So you know Grandma's been keeping me busy. Work's been equally as busy as we are still down two paramedics. Anyway, the point of this post. The box went out in the mail the afternoon of the 12th. I'll post an update to the inventory tomorrow. It's been a busy shift and I'm heading to bed. Just wanted to get everyone up to speed while I had a little down time.

John

[Kansas Fly Fisher]

Congrats everyone! This was an outstanding project. We had 15 members participate in this swap; Myself, Tim, Steve, Terry, Jim, LMW, Phil, JoRoB, Okieflyfisher53, Dano, Larry, Don, Rolan, Zachary, and Michael. The box I used measured 24" long, 16" wide and 9" deep. We could not have gotten another item in there if we wanted to!

Here is the inventory as sent:

82 dozen fly's, 17 fly boxes, 46 leaders, 2 Leader Links, 1 spool of 4lb test line, 2 spools of fly line, 12 btls of Zap-a-Gap, 1 tying vise, 4 btls of head cement, 3 btls of fly line cleaner, 3 btls of fly floatant, 200 streamer hooks, Tippet: 14 spools of 2x, 5 spools of 3x, 11 spools of 4x, 15 spools of 5x, and 6 spools of 6x, and a LARGE assortment of fly tying materials!

Bravo Zulu

John