Winter Fly Swap - Streamers

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1 hour ago, Ham said:

Can I be the last guy in? Please !

Yes you can... Rules are at the top of page 2, please read.  I added a simple one later, please add your OAF handle/name to the return address of the flies.  

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Jan 25 Update

1. Fshndoug:  Congo Streamer - Got Address (thanks)
2. Trythisonemv:
3. nomolites: Squirrel and Herl - Got Address (thanks) - Flies received (thanks)
4. Daryk Campbell Sr: Black Ghost Streamer - Got Address (thanks) Flies received (thanks)
5. budman:  JQ Streamer - Got Address (thanks) - Flies done - Flies received (thanks)
6. BilletHead: The Fish Catcher - Got Address (thanks) - Flies received (thanks)
7. Flysmallie: Murdich Minnow - Got Address (thanks)
8. MIC: Fish Candy - Host
9. Budman (2): Pistol Pete - Second fly - budman
10. ColdWaterFshr: Barr's Meatwhistle - Got Address (thanks)
11. Ham: Need fly's name - Got Address (thanks)

[mic]

It looks like Trythisonemv is a no show.  I've reached out multiple times via his email as his OAF messager here is full.  I'll give it a couple more days, but if anyone wants his slot, let me know.  

[Ham]

Thank You! I sure will mic. Still deciding on the fly. Maybe my Seegar Minnow. Maybe a Clouser 

I am trying to wait for power to be restored to start tying 

[Flysmallie]

I neatly packed all the things I would need to create these wonderful flies while I was traveling this week. Last night in the hotel I pulled everything out and made sure I had everything ready to get these done. Unfortunately, the most important item, is still at my house. Kind of hard for me to tie a fly without a vise. 

[Ham]

Well, I spent a few hours at the bench and got my SeeGar Minnows tied. It’s a Size 10 streamer intended to glide along with the hook point up.

I devised it to drag in front of Gar high in the water column, but I have caught drum, white bass, and yellow bass on it as well as gar. 
Durability has been an issue. So, I tied these with craft fur instead of buck tail. 
I am a wildly inconsistent tier. So, each fly is a one of a kind of sorts. They aren’t all that much to look at, but they were purpose built. #bekind

[BilletHead]

33 minutes ago, Ham said:

Well, I spent a few hours at the bench and got my SeeGar Minnows tied. It’s a Size 10 streamer intended to glide along with the hook point up.

I devised it to drag in front of Gar high in the water column, but I have caught drum, white bass, and yellow bass on it as well as gar. 
Durability has been an issue. So, I tied these with craft fur instead of buck tail. 
I am a wildly inconsistent tier. So, each fly is a one of a kind of sorts. They aren’t all that much to look at, but they were purpose built. #bekind

            #weallstartedsomewhere. 

[fishinwrench]

Back in the day, the only way I could learn about John Wilson's Trout Crack was by entering into a fly swap that he was participating in......or hire him to guide me for a day 

When I finally got my hands on it I messaged him and said "Seriously? This is IT?" 😅 

He messaged back and said...."Just shut-up and TRY IT".    

Bingo!  Lesson learned.   The JW TC is one of my most productive scud patterns EVER.   And I understand 100% now.   

You can learn a ton by participating in fly swaps. Don't discount any of the flys you get......Go get them wet !    👍 

Coffey's Sparkleminnow was the same way.   Had I not gotten an original in a swap, and reverse engineered it, I would have missed out on a wicked good fly pattern.   

[kjackson]

I wanted to participate in this, but my tying skills are pretty rusty and along with a couple of other issues they kept me from embarrassing myself. I hope we will get  photos of the selection, though. 

 

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1 hour ago, kjackson said:

I wanted to participate in this, but my tying skills are pretty rusty and along with a couple of other issues they kept me from embarrassing myself. I hope we will get  photos of the selection, though. 

 

Hey... crappy flies are very welcome here.  You are welcome to tie ten simple flies... something like a micro leach if you can knock them out this weekend.  Let me know if you want to give it a go.