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Hey hey I sure hope you got some flies from Missouri this week. :bugeyes:

Hey I'm in too not sure what the fly might be but tieing whatever you want sounds like fun

I express mailed them today with two day delivery they should be there thursday friday at the lastest. Again gentlemen I appologize. :wallbash:

Oh my god I can't believe that I am going to be late with my flies, I have had them tied for weeks now and kept putting off mailing them to go fishing, got the address in plenty of time then got so busy last week it slipped my mind. I will fire them off on the first thing smoking in the morning you should have them by Wednesday or Thursday. To all involved please accept my appologies.

All done need an addy please!!

I've only been tying a little over a year and still having trouble with proportions, hair stacking and dubbing is driving me crazy so any criticism, comments, or suggestions would be appreciated.

I'm in with a dozen of some'n different, I like me some woolly buggers!!

Thanks for the laughs, very funny, I started to share it with my wife but then I got scared thinking that she might start stealing my nail polish. Way too risky!!

Flies are on the way!!

Hey BFR I need an addy so I can help support my local "postal" workers

I would hate to miss it. The Mason show and the Santa swap are a few of the things I really look forward to. I lead a boring life. If it wasn't for The Grand canyon, Bryce, Zion, Johua Tree, Yellowstone, The Grand Teton, Arches, Canyonlands, Capitol Reef, Mesa Verde, The redwood forest, And soon to be Yosmite National parks and the dozen mountains and streams I have been to it would really be a boring life. I almost hate to comeback, but Mi is home. Oh did I forget the surfing in Huntington Beach CA. Welcome to the forum. You picked a good swap to start with. Any question, Please feel free to ask. Remember the is no dumb question, but I can give really dumb answers. :yahoo: :yahoo: I hope you do. You can never have to much material. BFR Don't underestimate my ability to ask dumb questions I may suprise you! I'm guessing that you will be sending everyone the shipping address.

I'm in too if you will have me, this will be my first swap so point me in the right direction.

Well I guess it gives you a two to one taper, your base section would consist of four strands of whatever pound test you started with, and the forward "tippet" section would be just two strands of base material. That being said the base section would be four times stronger than the forward section would be twice as strong as the lb test line you started with.

The fall 07 issue of American Angler volume 30 issue 5 has a great article and instrutions for making your own faux furled leaders. It's a quick and easy process I made my first one in my living room while my wife watched some tear jerker on the wifetime channel in about fifteen minutes. Start with a 25 foot piece of mono tie it off to a door knob or other fixed object and stretch it to remove the memory coils. 1.Find the center point and fold in half forming about a half inch loop at the center point. Then spread the two free ends as far apart as possible seperate them around a chair or something to insure they remain apart. The loop you formed will become the end your tippet will attach to when your done. Gently pinch the junction of the loop you just formed between the thumb and forefinger of your left hand (if your right handed) gently is the key the line needs to be able to spin freely within and thru your fingers. 2.With your right hand grasp the bottom of the loop, just above your left hand fingers, and begin rolling the pair of lines between your right thunb and finger. Gently pull as you twist, letting the fingers of your left hand giude the lines together, and the twisted line will feed out of your right hand fingers. 3. Once you've pulled out two to three inches of twisted leader, reach back to your left fingers and repeat the twist and pull. Keep spinning the lines toghether until you reach the free ends. 4. Once you've twisted the two legs all the way to the free ends, the leader should be stable enough that it wont unravel: at least not much. Your leader is a little less than half the length of the mono you started with. 5. Take the now-twisted lone by the free ends-opposite the loop end-and fold that end over the rest. But this time, make your fold at about the one-third point of the total lengthfrom the free end, rather than at the halfway point. Again, form a small loop at the fold(now in the doubled portion), pinch it between your thumb and finger again, and start twisting , just as you did with the single strands. 6. the loop you formed will connect the leader to the fly line. 7. Once you've twisted the full length of the free end leg onto the longer, loop-end leg, tie a double surgeon's knot at the junction of the free end and the double strand to lock it together. Trim the tag ends of that knot and your done with the leader. Tie a perfection loop in your tippet and your loop to loop connected. Start with a longer or shorter piece of mono or fold at the one-third point to change the length of the finished leader. Like i said I twisted one up pretty quick I have only fished it once but I was trowing a pretty large bass bug in the wind and was turning it over very well but I haven't fished it enough to form a solid opinion. I hope thats not too confusing those instruction a verbatim from the article so if you have any questions just let me know. Hope it helps happy hunting.