Trout Dry Fly Swap

[jburge 0]

Tape wings made now on to the main course

If all goes well they should be ready to mail by Friday.

 

Question for the participants do you want a neutral colored fly or a darker fly?

 

Neutral dry

lt tan body

cream barred duck feather wing (natural color)

ginger hackle

 

Darker dry

tan body

cream barred duck feather wing (pantone rusty brown)

furnace hackle

 

RobertM,

 

Great job! Wow! You guys are the cream of the crop :-)

 

Me, personally? I prefer the darker dry--looks more like the majority of caddis I see around here. We'll see what some others have to say.

 

John

 

[Flytyer14 0]

Tape wings made now on to the main course

If all goes well they should be ready to mail by Friday.

 

Question for the participants do you want a neutral colored fly or a darker fly?

 

Neutral dry

lt tan body

cream barred duck feather wing (natural color)

ginger hackle

 

Darker dry

tan body

cream barred duck feather wing (pantone rusty brown)

furnace hackle

 

RobertM,

 

Great job! Wow! You guys are the cream of the crop :-)

 

Me, personally? I prefer the darker dry--looks more like the majority of caddis I see around here. We'll see what some others have to say.

 

John

 

Darker is better for me. Thanks for asking.

 

[Robert M 0]

Tape wings made now on to the main course

If all goes well they should be ready to mail by Friday.

 

Question for the participants do you want a neutral colored fly or a darker fly?

 

Neutral dry

lt tan body

cream barred duck feather wing (natural color)

ginger hackle

 

Darker dry

tan body

cream barred duck feather wing (pantone rusty brown)

furnace hackle

 

RobertM,

 

Great job! Wow! You guys are the cream of the crop :-)

 

Me, personally? I prefer the darker dry--looks more like the majority of caddis I see around here. We'll see what some others have to say.

 

John

 

Darker is better for me. Thanks for asking.

 

So two for darker flies, will take input from anyone else till tomorrow morning then let her rip

[jburge 0]

bump...

 

We have room for one more! Who wants in? You just gotta love any kind of caddis dry, plus we have a great group of tiers already in.

 

John

[Robert M 0]

Tape wings made now on to the main course

If all goes well they should be ready to mail by Friday.

 

Question for the participants do you want a neutral colored fly or a darker fly?

 

Neutral dry

lt tan body

cream barred duck feather wing (natural color)

ginger hackle

 

Darker dry

tan body

cream barred duck feather wing (pantone rusty brown)

furnace hackle

 

RobertM,

 

Great job! Wow! You guys are the cream of the crop :-)

 

Me, personally? I prefer the darker dry--looks more like the majority of caddis I see around here. We'll see what some others have to say.

 

John

 

Darker is better for me. Thanks for asking.

 

So two for darker flies, will take input from anyone else till tomorrow morning then let her rip

 

Decided to scrap my first set I tank tested the flies I had tied and the tape came loose from the feather even though it was supposedly waterproof. So I am gonna try something different. If it works the wings will be like no other.

[jburge 0]

Decided to scrap my first set I tank tested the flies I had tied and the tape came loose from the feather even though it was supposedly waterproof. So I am gonna try something different. If it works the wings will be like no other.

 

Well, thanks for beta testing. Now, if you can just make sure a fish ALWAYS hits it, that'll be perfect :-)

 

John

 

[Robert M 0]

Decided to scrap my first set I tank tested the flies I had tied and the tape came loose from the feather even though it was supposedly waterproof. So I am gonna try something different. If it works the wings will be like no other.

 

Well, thanks for beta testing. Now, if you can just make sure a fish ALWAYS hits it, that'll be perfect :-)

 

John

 

Sure I'll see what I can arrange on that with man upstairs

[Flytyer14 0]

i know i'm late but i just started tying today

[jburge 0]

i know i'm late but i just started tying today

 

No worries, you're really not late. There's still plenty of time until April 26. Even if you tied one fly a day for the next 12 days, you'd still have a cushion of a couple of weeks. Some of these guys are just fast! :-)

 

John

 

[Flytyer14 0]

haha, Well in my other swaps I was finished very quickly I'll get the job done eventually though.

[jburge 0]

If you guys are alright with the idea, I'll fill out the 12th spot too. We're just one short of a dozen tiers, and I don't want to wait too long before filling up the swap. Besides, I just got home from an amazing class with John Ryzanych of ICON Products, makers of Softex. I'm seeing applications of this stuff in a whole new light and have some ideas for a different kind of caddis. Sound OK? (I've already finished my October Blimps so I'm looking for more to do ;-))

 

John

 

[Flytyer14 0]

I must agree.

[fishingbobnelson 0]

Ok by me too. Maybe you could post the pattern and tying steps at the end of the swap.

 

And address please.

[jburge 0]

Ok by me too. Maybe you could post the pattern and tying steps at the end of the swap.

 

And address please.

 

OK, thanks guys. I'll get to work on the new bug. I'm envisioning a furled body with a tent styled wing. Still experimenting, but it should be fun.

 

And Bob, good idea on the pattern and steps. I'd be glad to do it.

 

John

 

[Flytyer14 0]

Ok by me too. Maybe you could post the pattern and tying steps at the end of the swap.

 

And address please.

 

OK, thanks guys. I'll get to work on the new bug. I'm envisioning a furled body with a tent styled wing. Still experimenting, but it should be fun.

 

And Bob, good idea on the pattern and steps. I'd be glad to do it.

 

John

 

Halfway there!