MuskyFlyGuy 0 Report post Posted April 23, 2015 Mike, Great work on the deer hair! Tom Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
djtrout 0 Report post Posted April 24, 2015 ditto to Tom, I look forward to receiving my hair bug! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
add147 0 Report post Posted April 24, 2015 Mailed mine yesterday morning. -Mike Wow....My fly doesn't even come close to that quality! I feel inadequate!!!! LOL LOL LOL. Your flies looks great. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vicrider 0 Report post Posted April 24, 2015 Your flies look great add147. All anyone can ever ask in a swap is that a person puts an honest effort into their flies and yours are well beyond that. We have the start of a good looking bass box coming in and those flies like Crackleback showed us make me anxious to get my hands on one of those. Your fly add is going to see use soon after the next series of storms moves through our area. Tired of receiving and tying flies without fishing them. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kennebec12 0 Report post Posted April 24, 2015 24 flies going out tomorrow. Sorry for the delay guys. I don't have all the fancy bass fly tools and materials so they are a little simpler, but have been effective for what little bass fishing I do. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
add147 0 Report post Posted April 24, 2015 vicrider, Well I am glad that you like the flies I sent. It was just something I thought up with some material I had laying around. I really like the red eyes! I found those in the sewing section at Wal-Mart on the clearance end cap. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vicrider 0 Report post Posted April 24, 2015 Okay, djtrout's streamers arrived today and they are definitely going to be geared toward shad waters. 'Course fish anywhere are going to eat this one. Crackleback's flies arrived today and tho it's not right or fair for a swapmeister to single out anyone's flies since we all work hard to to do our best, all I can say on his are WOW!! If you think they look good in his pic wait until you get them in hand. These are far beyond anything one would hope for in a general swap and I for one don't see how a guy can even finish all these in the time given. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joseph russell 0 Report post Posted April 24, 2015 Mine are done i just funished doing epoxy for the eyes and they are going in mail in the morning . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikechell 0 Report post Posted April 24, 2015 Crackleback ... how the H#[[ did you get those flies to stick to the vice and shaft like that? It is a great display of consistent tying talent. Did you magnetize your entire set-up? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Crackleback 0 Report post Posted April 25, 2015 Thanks everyone. I take a lot of pride in my hair work. I've tied hundreds over the years and can crank them out surprisingly quick these days. There's no magnets or black magic or anything going on in that picture, they're just hanging off the stem by the hook bends. -Mike Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joseph russell 0 Report post Posted April 27, 2015 Flies are on the mail Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vicrider 0 Report post Posted April 27, 2015 MichaelRay has contributed some absolutely great looking streamers. Still wating on a few but some great ones in and ready. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
breambuster 0 Report post Posted April 27, 2015 Mine went out in the mail today. Sneaky Shad. My first attempt at tying them. Maybe you guys can look at them, get the idea, and do a better job than I did. Breambuster Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
J-Kno 0 Report post Posted April 28, 2015 Mine are going out right now. Double Bunnies Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vicrider 0 Report post Posted April 29, 2015 Kennebec's and Breambuster's flies are in. Kennebec has graced us with two nice flies this month and BB's flies look good like his always do. It is a bit like my tie of a skipping shad but mine has foam underneath with a hook bent down like a jig and when stripped is supposed to jump like a scared shad. Haven't tried them to see if they work. Looking at yours I probably should have put eyes on but I didn't have enough for all of them and didn't get order out in time. I assume yours are a sinker version where mine is layered foam underneath the estaz. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites