BBBruce77

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I'm in . This sounds like fun as its something I think we all have done out of necessity when we are missing a particular material.

I am in and the pattern that I will do will have rabbit fur in it but haven't decided which pattern I'll tye up yet. Got to think about this for awhile. I will photograph all the flies and post the results here at the end of the swap.

Count me in as I've been tying flies for these beasts most of my life.

Mine are in the mail along with 9 dozen extra. I have a lot of inventory left from when I did contract tying for numerous shops around Montana. I did an extra dozen of the swap fly and put in 8 dozen of flies that I thought would help in a good cause.

SherriB you mentioned extra flies for a casting for recovery group. Does your group have an event coming up soon or are you looking to stock pile some flies for future events? What type of fish are targeted on these outings in your area? That way if I know that I can tie up species specific flies to sent along with the swap flies.

I will gladly photo all the flies in the end and post on the site. I just did in the highland swap that just completed.

I will do a glass bead head pheasant tail nymph. That is if there is still room.

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My guess is that it is not all there. There are missing pieces it would seem to me. Yah the knife ! I didn't have a clue.

Flies are in the mail. This fly has an unusually long tail for a reason. I use this fly as a dropper and when it hits any cross currents or slight drag occurs the tail becomes quite animated thus making it , the tail, a primary trigger of this fly. On another note I would gladly photograph and post all the flies after the swap has concluded.

An interesting variation is to wrap lead in under the body and shred the wings so they look bedragled and just dead drift it through the deeper holes and under cut banks. Seems the big guys laying in those places find dead hoppers to be an appealing snack.

Kevin, would you rather I held these until after the first of the year?

The U.S. distributor is Gordan Griffiths. They are a British company but they have an outlet in Michigan. This may be history as it has been a few years since I've done any business with them. You will the hooks are identical to Dia-Riki as they are made at the same factory. I just found out that Gordan passed on a year or so ago. His son used to do the U.S. business out of SE Michigan. Do you know a cross reference number? When I tryed to match them up I wasn't sure. Kevin No cross reference here but give me the Kamasan number and describe the style of hook and I'll go back through some of my old order logs and see if I can figure it out for you. Kamasan B940 Aberdeen - Size 1-0 I can find it over seas but some dont ship this way. I also don't like some of te prices to get it here. Kevin The closest thing that I can find is Mustad # 37363-BE straight eye, round bend, light wire and sizes: 8 through 3/0 its in their classic hook area of their catalog. The cat. number is the current one. Hope this helps. Also the # 3489D might be what your looking for looks to be more of a sprout bend and heavier wire, also Mustad.

If you have access to many hides look for the hide that has equal length for the most part. Most hides do not. I used to pick 3or 4 deer hides and one bull elk and one cow elk to process out for fly tying every year. It some times amazed me how many hides I would have looked at before I was satisfied. Animals killed later in the season will have better hair for spinning but it will have more under fur. Another little thing you may be interested in, is the white patch of hair under a buck whitetails chin. Great hair for Elk Hair Caddis. The hair has white tips and grey body on most deer. You will not find this hair in any fly shop I know of, as its lost with the head. I have gotten it from taxidermist on occasion. My wife owned a butcher shop until just recently, so i had a ready supply.

The U.S. distributor is Gordan Griffiths. They are a British company but they have an outlet in Michigan. This may be history as it has been a few years since I've done any business with them. You will the hooks are identical to Dia-Riki as they are made at the same factory. I just found out that Gordan passed on a year or so ago. His son used to do the U.S. business out of SE Michigan. Do you know a cross reference number? When I tryed to match them up I wasn't sure. Kevin No cross reference here but give me the Kamasan number and describe the style of hook and I'll go back through some of my old order logs and see if I can figure it out for you.

Sorry if mine got there to late. You should have gotten them by now though.

The U.S. distributor is Gordan Griffiths. They are a British company but they have an outlet in Michigan. This may be history as it has been a few years since I've done any business with them. You will the hooks are identical to Dia-Riki as they are made at the same factory. I just found out that Gordan passed on a year or so ago. His son used to do the U.S. business out of SE Michigan.

Photographing all the flies at the end and posting them here is something I would gladly do. I have 30+ years of experience as a commercial photographer, so I think I can come up with results that will be acceptable. I think it gives a swap a nice finishing touch to have photos of all the flies posted, so everyone else can see what they missed.

Yes it is and welcome. Just let me know the fly and who did it so the list can be updated. Kevin Good I'll be doing the Matuka Muddler by Raul Canseco probably on a size 6 hook

I'm in and I'll do a peacock soft hackle.

I would be interested if this swap is still open.

When I started tying I had a plug of bees wax that I stroked my thread through prior to tying. The only color of thread was black at least that was all I knew about and 000 was the skinny stuff. No we had 0000 but it was so fragile I was breaking it constantly. I still only use head cement rarely as I've found a double whip finish holds everything in place quite well. I used to have some customers that would request head cement be applied to their order. I do use a thick Hard as Nails for glossy heads on streamers though.

If you tie flies with calftail down wings (trude style) or any other hard slippery material, this little trick I learned from Gary LaFontaine will help keep the wing in place. After taking the initial wraps to secure the wing down to the hook, take one wrap around the wing material only. Then finish tying down the wing with further wraps. The single wrap of thread around just the calf tail hair locks the wing in place and it will not pull out but without it they are very easily puled out, as calf tail is very hard and slippery.

I was given an old Night stand that my father converted into a small fly tying cabinet complete with an home made vice on March 14,1956, my eleventh birthday. Yep we both share a birthday with Albert Einstein. I had tied a little prior to then but it became an obsession after that time. The Herters catalog was the only source that I knew about for many years. I had a period of time that I quit fishing but I still tied flies nearly every night after work as it had become my way of unwinding. The resources available today are far beyond anything I could have ever dreamed of back then. I remember how thrilled I was when I found Issac Waltens " The Complete Angler" in our public library. I actually read the whole book.