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Boy, some of you guys are fast! Rich, been out of state for a little while, but I do know what I'm gonna tie--put me down for an Orange Mud Hopper. Can't wait to get started John

Absolutely brilliant! Thanks for sharing Terje. John

Been out of state for nearly a week, so haven't been able to keep y'all up to speed. But here's the good news... all flies are in! Received both Houndog's and boynabubble's flies this past week. Houndog - outstanding boynabubble - beautiful work That now means that I'm getting to work on returning these flies. I won't be able to get to 'em on Saturday 'cause, poor me, I'm attending an all-day fly tying class with Jay Fair I'll for sure get to work on dividing everything up on Sunday and keep you posted as to when they leave the building. If you could let me know when you receive them too, that'd be great. Thanks to everybody. I'm gonna take pictures and post 'em here too, so be on the lookout. John

I'll be on the lookout. Thanks!

Flies have left the building... John

Shad's beautiful Takayama Sekasa Kebari flies arrived yesterday. Yeah! I can think of a half-dozen places already where I'm gonna fish this. Thanks! John

Really nice, Bob! I know exactly where I'll be taking some of those this summer John

Dry flies? Absolutely. I'm in... TBD

Just letting you guys know each day gets better and better! Arriving in today's mail was a beautiful set of fish-catching flies from flon18 (Justin), AND, all the way from New Brunswick, a splendid group from kbranch (Kevin). Thank you gentlemen! I'm gonna be grinning from ear to ear this summer whenever I break out this group. Wow! John

Great! I'll keep y'all posted. John

Sweet! Thank you. John

Nice gesture

My pleasure. And no, it never seems to end Shipping was incredibly reasonable -- 3.33 GBP which translates to $5.41 US.

WOW! I go out to check the mail today and what do I find... packages from rockworm, Old Hat, and truckdriver! Holy cow you guys, these are awesome! rockworm, stunning work. Old Hat, absolutely gorgeous. truckdriver, outstanding. I can't wait to hear the expressions of everybody else when they see these flies. Thank you! :thumbup: John

And I'll echo JohnP... wow, what a great set of flies! All arrived safe and sound today. It's really fun to join a group like this. Thanks Devin for hosting. John

Ha! I had to do a bit of research to figure this one out. The jackdaw is a European/Asian/North African cousin to the crow. And apparently, they're a bit on the small side. Check this out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackdaw I found the skin at: http://www.northcountryflies.com/english-game-skins.html I bought some others in addition to the jackdaw. I figured if Nemes actually specified it in the description of the fly, then why not try to be truly authentic And now I gotta figure out where else I can use these feathers... John

Boy, some of you guys are quick And now that I've secured my jackdaw skin, NJ you can change my TBD to an Iron Blue Dun. Thanks! John

Justin, You got it. Check your PM. And one more update... I've now sent my addy to everyone in the swap. Please let me know if you haven't received it. Glad to see everyone's on top of this, and we still have 3 weeks to go :thumbsup: John

Wow! Got my flies yesterday, and all I can say is you guys are artists This is a very impressive set of flies, and it's been a privilege to participate with all. Thanks troutguy for putting it on. John

Justin, Sounds good. Sully's are Ishigaki Kebari as well, black body with olive hackle. Black or dark brown bodies work well, and you can get creative with the hackle. I have no problem with a like-styled fly, 'cause we are trying to keep it tenkara simple. You make the call. John

Kevin, Love the combo of materials! Looks really good. John

All I can say is WOW! I'm still working on spun hair techniques and don't know that I could ever touch that. Beautiful job! John

Exactly right The more you do, the better you get. Looking forward to adding some more nice flies to this great set. John

I just love going to the mailbox... Redneck's flies arrived today, with "eat me" written all over 'em. Nice job! John

I'm in TBD. Just finished his book (for the second time)... so many good flies, it's hard to choose just one John