These bugs need to be tied with weight (I prefer tungsten bead heads, but that's just me), and proven patterns would be nice. Up to 12 tiers, you could tie 11 of one pattern and 11 of another pattern or you could just tie up 22 of the same pattern.
Once we have enough tiers, I'll set a due date and send out my address.
1. Irafly. Done
2. WABOMAN Done
3. dbk Done
4. Jeff Dodd Done
5. Nailbender Done
6. Caveman. Done
7. Fishingcheftim. Done
8. Nick Clayton Done
9. troutpocket Done
10. Brian Thomas In the mail
11. Chris Lum Done
12. Mike Ediger Done
My sincerest apologies for the delay fellas . I can assure you I mailed the bugs on the date I said I did .
Maybe the pony on the express broke a leg ??
Brian's flies arrived Thursday after I left for my trip. I made it back today. I will mail them all out tomorrow. I will say that I fished several of the patterns on this trip and some performed stellar. Nick's maroon Leech absolutely slayer for a couple of days and Nailbenders brown leech did as well. I need more of those and I'm already looking into those jig hooks.
Sweet can't wait to see all the bugs. I have been tying like mad the past few days. My leech collection was decimated after Saturday. I had literally nothing left. Getting stocked back up is half the fun.
I'm just glad something I tied for a swap caught fish!
Sweet can't wait to see all the bugs. I have been tying like mad the past few days. My leech collection was decimated after Saturday. I had literally nothing left. Getting stocked back up is half the fun.
I'm just glad something I tied for a swap caught fish!
Not many greater sights than shredded flies after fishing.
I've been trying to come up with ways to make these more durable. They are a simple tie so easy to replace but I would like them to last longer. I would also like to find a stronger curved nymph hook to tie them with. Half the time the hook gets bent to hell before the fly wears out
I think I'll be tying up some copies of Nicks leach, when I get them. Glad we waited for Brians flies, this is going to be a great swap. Ira those hooks are umpqua C400bl jig fly. I get those and the slotted beads from J. Stockard (couldn't find any local)
I just got my flies today. They look great and I see all of them are worth reproducing. Thanks for padding my chironomid/indicator box and i look forward to pictures so I know who to thank & for what.
OK, OK, I finally finished putting up the photos! For some reason I lost Brian's photos, but I'm fairly sure I know which mids were his and I think I can pull them out of my box and take new photos.
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