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    Just a heads up y'all... the flies have left the building! Everything has been sorted, collected, perused, and dropped off. I would expect some of you might see these as early as Saturday, maybe Monday for others. Let me know when they arrive.

     

    Thanks to all for participating :)

     

    John

     

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    Alrighty ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls... we have our flies! Received Dezod's Lime Trudes in yesterday's mail. Wow! You are going to love these flies. They have "fish me" written all over them. Gorgeous.

     

    So, that now means my job is to sort and collect and get them back to you. Give me a day to put them together and I'll get them right back in the mail for you. As soon as they're outta here I'll let you know. Then, if you all would post a reply or send a PM to let me know that you received them, that'd be great.

     

    Thanks for participating, and here's to looking for goodies coming your way soon :lol:

     

    John

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    What a great day to go to the mailbox. Actually, it was this afternoon when I picked up yesterday's mail. Received cencalfly's Kings River Caddis and Racer X's Foam Deer Hair Caddis. Cencal, these are great! Attention to detail is fabulous. And Racer X, nice job. I love the simplicity of the materials. Thanks guys!

     

    John

     

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    Received another set of gorgeous flies in yesterday's mail from Big E. This guy knows how to raise the bar. Thanks!

     

    And, we're getting close. Just a few more to receive. As soon as they're all in, I'll turn 'em around as quickly as possible. You guys should hit the water with this set ;-)

     

    John

     

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    Maybe I should put the one I have in a frame! Hate to fish it now...........NOT! :devil:

     

    Ha! Bob, too funny :D

     

    Files are headed downstream

     

    Thanks, Big E!

     

    And just a bump for everybody else. We're a week out from the deadline. If you haven't sent your flies yet, I'm PM'ng you my address. Can't wait to put 'em all together. Thanks, everybody!

     

    John

     

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    Been looking to try something new with the foam. Found an article on foam gurglers that I had saved and figured why not. Still need to do better at times with my tying. Dont know about the color combos as I was just trying to throw some stuff together to see what works. Let me know what you think.

     

    Jeff,

     

    Those are killer looking! Seriously beautiful job!

     

    One of the color combos that works for us locally is bleached elk hair (or white bucktail) for the tail, orange ice dub for the underbody, orange foam, and black and white centipede legs.

     

    All the combos look great.

     

    John

     

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    OK you guys, I have a confession. My imagination carried me away. I had dreams of using Softex on some partridge feathers for a mottled caddis wing, furling a brown antron body, adding some black CDC, furnace hackle, and peacock herl to come up with a different kind of caddis. I've now tied close to 30 of these little buggers, and I'm still not happy with 1) the consistency of the wing shape, and 2) the way they sit in the water. The only one of these that I liked, I gave to fishingbobnelson when we had lunch ;-)

     

    Sooooooo.... I'm going to make the last fly in our group an olive X-2 Caddis. Hope you don't mind. I took some pix already of the Softex "dipping" process, so I can post those and show you how the wings turned out. I still think there's a use for 'em somewhere. Thanks!

     

    John

     

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    Theses are my first attempts at tying dry flies. I'm still new at tying..What can I do to make them better?

    Do you think they will catch trout???

     

    They will catch fish :-) Be sure to save the fly too, when you haul in your catch. I saved the first Adams I ever tied that caught a rainbow. The fly was big, ugly, and all out of proportion. The fish didn't seem to mind.

     

    You're doing a great job. Just some tips that helped me:

     

    - Remember, less is better. Whether it's the tail, the body, or the hackle.

    - Some of the hackle appears to be oversized for the hook.

    - Think about tying in the tail directly above the barb. That'll also be your starting point for the body.

     

    You've done a good job too of not crowding the head. Get out and fish those bugs :-) You're well on your way.

     

    John

     

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