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Welcome to the Beginner/Intermediate Swap.

First, my mailing address:

Kim Bowman

505 Richards Rd.

Camillus  NY  13031

Now for future "regular" swaps this is all you'd get.  Unless it's 3 days before the deadline and the swapmeister (in this swap ME!) would've sent you at least three E-mails asking if you had dropped off the face of the earth and where are your flies - possibly not in that order!  As I said on the swap site do feel free to contact me if you have any questions, concerns, etc...  This swap is for those who want to become better and more educated and confident tiers.  I also know that this may be your first swap so I want to walk you through the process so before long you are an old hat at this.

I will be giving not only gifts of fly tying materials but also feedback on your choice of pattern.  Some things you may already know and that's fine but I come from a skill teaching background and I'd rather tell someone something they already know than to assume they know it and keep my mouth shut - and by the length of this post I think you can see I'm not that much of a tight lipped person!

The Black Ghost is a nice choice for a classic streamer pattern!  I love old flies and Herb Welch's pattern from the late '20's fits the bill.  Besides, I love any New England, Catskill and Adirondack patterns!  The biggest trap I've ever found is keeping your thread wraps on the shank EVEN!  Then the rest of the body tends to fall into place.  Keep a good eye on your proportions and keep the hackles even and I believe we'll see a nice looking fly!

Kim

PS - I believe this is not your FIRST swap but I like to give everyone the same welcome - glad to have you on board!