2013 Choice Swap - Due date: Oct 15th (tentative)

[mybadhabit 0]

Great bunch of flies!! Thanks for hosting Sharon.

 

Piker, just out of curiosity, just how does one use what you've tied? Never worked with something like that so I'm pleading ignorance.

 

Blane

[Horseshoes 0]

Vic, I know I was really surprised with the hand tied. I had been reading some of the sntigue books on flytying and in hand was the way they did it. cool though. you are very welcome and I hope you catch lots.

[Horseshoes 0]

antique!!!!

[Horseshoes 0]

Blane, you are very welcome

[atxdiscgolfer 0]

Got a nice looking set of flies in today, your not alone Blane because i too was wondering how i was going to use that Pikers fly. Thanks for hosting Sharon

[riffleriversteelheadslayer 0]

I got mine today also and thank you Sharon for hosting yet another great swap and a big thanks to the incredible talent we have entering these swaps

As for how to use Piker's fly what you do is pull the hook out of the tube run your tippet through the tube tie on the hook then slide the tube back down on the hook this is so you can change hooks without changing flies when the hook gets dull from banging on rocks

[Piker20 0]

as Riff says. You can use a single double or treble hook as rules allow. You can fish on a weighted leader to get depth or you could even slide a cone onto your line before the tube to add weight on a floating line.

[Horseshoes 0]

riff and atx you are very welcome. your flies made me look good as a swap Meister.lol

[riffleriversteelheadslayer 0]

lol your welcome

[Henrik Thomsen (DK) 0]

Got a little box of beauties today, thank you all.

 

Regarding thing in hand, it's easy, the secret is to use silk and a good sticky wax. I make my wax myself.

 

A short 12 min video on how I tie them.

 

I'm not going to use the flies for fishing, they will be kept as in my collection of flies traded or given to me.

 

Once again thank you for all the beauties.

 

Henrik

[Horseshoes 0]

You are very welcome and thanks for the link.

[m_grieb 0]

These flies are awesome!!! Thanks guys!!!

[Piker20 0]

Great set of flies arrived today. Thanks Sharon for a good swap.

[Horseshoes 0]

Thanks everyone, but it was your flies that make it as good as it is. Now just a few more to land softly at the doors and we will know a full success ,

[grey brook 0]

recieved the flies. thanks everyone. once again amazed by the talent of people on this board. horseshoes,thank you for hosting