professori

Every time this or similar topics come up, I am amazed at how many tiers chime in with "It doesn't matter if it is perfect, if it fools fish, it's good enough." or something along those lines. If you want to become proficient, strive to make every fly perfect. For me at least, the act of tying a fly has to satisfy me above all else. I know my flies will catch fish, but I also know that my best flies will catch bigger fish, more fish and more fish on fewer casts. It might not be the actual perfection of the flies that counts, but for certain the confidence I have in them does. Keep working at it and you will become more proficient.

I think I have settled on a pattern. I'll tie up an adult damsel fly.

I just got back from a 6 day fishing trip and the clousers were sitting on the kitchen table. Look out bull trout, here I come fully armed. Thanks for hosting Jason.

You can pm me the recipe, and I'll send one back to you.

Count me in (I think there is still room). Not sure what I'll tie right now, but I'll come up with something.

I have heard this on more than one occasion and the answer is really pretty simple. You need to check in on the site at least once a day, more times is better. When you see one, hop in, even if you think you might not be as good a tyer as the other participants. If you do that, you will have no trouble getting in. Most swaps take more than a day to fill up. I do notice though, that there seem to be many fewer swaps started up than there were 3-4 years ago.

Well, they sat on my desk for a week, but the OMPs are on their way. I tossed in some cash and few extra flies as well.

Adam go to paypal.com and it will fill you in on all the details. It works world wide (as far as I can tell). It doesn't cost you anything as a sender and is fool proof and a truly safe way to make payments.

I'm in if there is room. How about a slump buster.

Ready for the Address.

Why not just open a swap. In 5-6 years, I have never seen a swap go unfilled. If you are going to the bother of asking people to tell you they would be interested in a swap, how is that any easier than offering a swap and seeing who signs up. Maybe something like "I am hosting a swap for x type flies. If we get 8 (or what ever number you wish) people It will go ahead. If we can't get 8 people it won't." Just saying.

On their way.

Henrick, I took white biots and dyed them with grape Kool-aid.

This is a bit of a tricky recipe to follow, but I think it's going to be: Oh My Prince HOOK: #10 2xl THREAD: black 8/0 TAIL: peacock swords BODY: muskrat RIB: blue Krystal Flash WING: purple biot HACKLE: grizzly hen HEAD: red thread

If neither ihang10 or mybadhabit step up do we get to have bob back? (It's been more than 48 hours since the last pattern was posted.)

If neither ihang10 or mybadhabit step up do we get to have bob back? (It's been more than 48 hours since the last pattern was posted.)

If there is no overwing, wouldn't there just be a wing (not an underwing)?

I could use an address.

I can always use more clousers-I'm in.

I crush the barb if I am using beads, but otherwise I leave the barb intact. In my area, all rivers and streams require barbless hooks, as well as many lakes, so when tying my personals, the barbs get crushed in the vise before I even wrap the thread on.

As I said earlier, I have #10 sewn up.

I will take spot 10. Either way it will be the same for me (assuming rockworm will take the 12th). The one advantage to the prearranged order, rockworm can enforce a 48 hour response rule. If there is no clear order, it might take more time to get all the choices made.

I'm in, if you will let me. I owe a lot of you an explanation from the last Evo swap. I dropped out of the swap without notice and dropped off this site completely for almost a year. Last spring was perhaps the worst I have ever experienced. My wife underwent serious back surgery, we lost a nephew in a tragic accident and his brother was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Both young men were close to us and our kids. To cap off the events of our lives, my brother was diagnosed with liver cancer and died in less than 3 weeks. He was my closest friend and had been living in Australia for the past 5-6 years. He went so rapidly, I didn't even have the chance to get down to say farewell. With that final blow, I withdrew from virtually everything, and was not able to even go to work for several weeks. I truly am sorry for letting everyone down, and for not communicating, even to those who reached out to me, but I couldn't handle anything outside of my immediate family. Life is much better now. My oldest son and his wife are expecting our first grandchild at the end of July. He (my son) has embarked on a new career that is working well for him. My other son and his wife just bought a condo (if you lived in Vancouver, BC you'd know what a huge accomplishment that is) and are taking possession tomorrow. I am embarking on a 16 month paid leave in the next week and spring is in full swing with all the lakes ice-free and the rivers rapidly coming into shape. I had been trying to find my way back to this great site when Bruce contacted me with a notice that this was coming up. That reminder came at the perfect time. Thank you.

Count me in.

One more to tie up, should be in the mail tomorrow latest.