Bryon Anderson 0 Report post Posted June 26, 2015 Look through any collection of dry fly or wet fly patterns for trout, and about 90% of what you see are mayfly, stone fly and caddis fly patterns. The rest, by and large, are your standard terrestrials: ants, beetles, hoppers. However, we all know that there are LOTS of other insects that trout (or bass, or grayling, or any other fish that eats insects) will happily slurp down, so I propose a swap dedicated to these unsung heroes of the bug world. Tiers will submit any insect- or arachnid-imitating pattern of their choice, so long as it is NOT a mayfly, stone fly or caddis fly, and also NOT an ant, beetle, or hopper. Dragonflies, moths, spiders, cicadas, katydids, praying mantis, butterflies (hey, it could happen!)--if it has six or eight legs and could conceivably fall into the water and become fish food, it's fair game. Standard swap rules apply: toe tags with pattern name and your screen name, reusable container, return postage enclosed. International swappers are welcome! I do have a Paypal account which can be used to send return postage, although other forms (except cash) are acceptable as well. Let's shoot for 12 Swappers (not including the SM), so everyone will tie 12 flies. And, since we're all busy fishing when we can, let's set a very do-able DUE DATE OF AUGUST 31, 2015. I will send a PM to all participants once the list is finalized. First 12 with "I'm in" are in! SM - Bryon Anderson - Fathead Moth 1. Flytire - Caterpillar - RECEIVED 2. Dubs - Zombie Fly - RECEIVED 3. Henrik Thomsen - Wasp RECEIVED 4. Add147 - Cicada - RECEIVED 5. Vicrider - Moth +1 pattern TBD RECEIVED 6. Joseph Russell - RECEIVED 7. FishingBobNelson - Black Laced McGinty RECEIVED 8. Ihang10- Centipede - RECEIVED 9. Eugward - Stealth Bomber - RECEIVED 10.Fshng2 - moth - RECEIVED 11. Pica - Spruce Moth RECEIVED 12. Professori - adult Damsel Fly SWAP IS FULL! DUE DATE 8/31/15 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytire 0 Report post Posted June 26, 2015 im in Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dubs 0 Report post Posted June 26, 2015 I'm in Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bryon Anderson 0 Report post Posted June 26, 2015 Flytire and Dubs, you're both on the list. Thanks for joining. Patterns TBA at a later date I assume? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Henrik Thomsen (DK) 0 Report post Posted June 26, 2015 I'm in. Wasp pattern. Henrik Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dubs 0 Report post Posted June 26, 2015 Was thinking damsel fly larvae, but since a larvae doesnt fall into the water I'll do what I call a "zombie fly". It's sort of a house fly/biting fly type Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
add147 0 Report post Posted June 26, 2015 I'll give this one shot...Thinking about doing a Cicada...Will that work??? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vicrider 0 Report post Posted June 26, 2015 Okay, I'll play along with this. Don't know for sure just yet but here's a few things I've played with recently. Just one offs but might see how much material I have for something like this, maybe something totally different. We'll see. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joseph russell 0 Report post Posted June 26, 2015 Im in Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fishingbobnelson 0 Report post Posted June 26, 2015 I'm In, TBD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ihang10 0 Report post Posted June 26, 2015 I was gonna skip swaps for a whIle but I think I can muster up a centipede. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
add147 0 Report post Posted June 27, 2015 I was gonna skip swaps for a whIle but I think I can muster up a centipede. Now this is something I got to see!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eugward 0 Report post Posted June 27, 2015 I'm in. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ihang10 0 Report post Posted June 27, 2015 I was gonna skip swaps for a whIle but I think I can muster up a centipede. Now this is something I got to see!!!! I'm kind of curious about it myself. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fshng2 0 Report post Posted June 27, 2015 I'm in. I can do a scud if that counts. otherwise I will do a moth. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites