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Got mine in the mail today should be there by Thursday, Benmz thank you for hosting can't wait to see everyone's bugs Chris

They are both beautiful birds, it will certainly be interesting to see the offspring overtime, please keep us posted on your progress.

I'm ready for an address when you have time

Yeah I'm still waiting on an address too

Nice tie looks a lot better than my first flies for sure, I agree with the other post tie up a few extras and you might want to put together a log book with a material list and tying instructions for future reference on you're favorite patterns especially if they are productive, i've gotten out there and just killed em on some pattern that I threw together lose the only one I had and find days later sitting at the vice that you're really not sure exactly what it consisted of

Man I would have to prowl around in there for a couple of weeks before I ever thought about tying anything, awesome set up....so very jealous

Need an addy please

Man I have been looking for a roll top too for awhile just haven't found anything in that $50 range

I received a nice set of bugs, some dubbing, and I think rabbit skin? Thank you Jolly Red and BFR the local bream are in trouble Chris

I received two packages from Santa today, that was a nice little surprise, I haven't opened them just stuck em under the tree but I'm off work until next Thursday and I have a stack of brand new empty fly boxes on my desk. Wish me luck!! BFR thank you very much for hosting this swap it is a lot of fun.

The only thing that I see wrong with that rod is that it doesn't have my name on it, nice work!!

Riff I don't have any luck either I've shot every bird and ballon that I've seen for the last few days but I haven't found the first finished fly, but I do have an abundance of feathers, Mylar, and various colored rubber sheets. The draw back to the whole thing is that the CDC has got my yard taped off and guys running around in hazmat suits trying to figure out what happened to all of the naked birds in my yard. When they questioned me I told them that I didnt have a clue what had happened, but I had seen some weird smoking disk bounce off of the water tower and vere south, and shortly after there was some little green man with dreadlocks riding the neighbors dog around carring what looked like a fly rod, sucking on helium balloons and whistling, I don't know if they bought it but as soon as they leave I'm gonna start hunting again

Sounds good I'll keep my eyes peeled for that balloon

Mike if you find some just send em to Steele the mailman knows me

If you still have room I'm in I gotta see that size 10 aphid, I thing I'll do a size 22 bugger to start!!

I took advantage of the half price sell on the Greencaddis Fly boxes, and although all four boxes a pretty nice and I am very pleased with them, they are all empty and I will be accepting any all fly donations until they are filled at which time I purchase more boxes. So gentlemen just send them on, thanks in advance for your contributions. Chris

Happy Birthday, mi amigo

Ohh baby, well worth the wait

Yeah I've known a few men like that in my time and I try to learn everything that I can from them. I know exactly what you mean regarding some of the stories that they tell, over time they can floor you again and again. I guess the best way to honor those men that left such profound impressions on us is to pass on the need to respect them to the ones that follow us.

Steve it looks great man all the attention to detail that you put into it really paid off very impressive

That's about as busy as one can get, BFR needs a medal for taking on a project as big as this swap even once not to mention every year BFR you the man and I'll wait patiently even though the suspense is killin me!!

I'll give you another one, Mr Rister was retired but he had a little shop beside his house where he did some machining and welding and would repair things of all kinds for people all over town, for little to nothing often charging $10 to $15 dollars after working on something all day. The local hospital had some water pumps that where no longer built but critical to operation. The hospital maintenance director dropped one by one day with a cracked housing and asked Mr Rister if he would take a look at it. Mr Rister said "yeah just sit it down there somewhere, how quick do you need it back?" the maintenance guy says " oh no hurry just whenever you have time". They visit awhile and the man leaves. A few days later Mr Rister is working on something in the shop and has an accident, he splits his bottom lip open and knocks a tooth out. He grabs a dirty shop towel and drives himself over to the emergency room at the same hospital. Checks in at the front desk waits his turn out in the waiting area. When he finally gets to see the nice new young Dr he tells him that he needs to get his lip stitched back up. The young Dr tells him there's nothing that he can do for him and that he will need to see a oral surjen and a plastic surjen so he's going to transfer him to a bigger hospital. Mr Rister explains that he is eighty some odd years old and he's not concerned about the cosmetics but just needs to be stitched up so he can get back to work, but the Dr still insists on transferring him Mr Rister walks out gets back in his Fairlane and drives clear to the other side of town to the VA hospital with his dirty shop towel stopping the bleeding and gets his lip sewn back up. About a month later he receives a $75 dollar bill from the ER for his visit, he calls the hospital and complains about the bill and explains that they didn't even treat him while he was there and Infact had gotten fixed up at the VA instead. So after explaining to everyone in the office including the supervisor that he didn't feel like he owed them for anything he was still left with this $75 bill. A short time later the maintenance man comes by to pick up the hospitals repaired pump and Mr Rister asks the man can I charge anything that I want for the repairs to that pump? The man tells him yeah charge what ever you feel that it was worth, you've always been very fair with us. Mr Rister writes up a bill for $75 and hands it to the man, and a few weeks later he receives a check from the hospital in the mail for the amount of $75. He signs the check and drives over to the hospital, walks into the emergency room finds the nice new Dr and hands him the check from the hospital. The Dr dumbfounded asks what the check was for, Mr Rister says you remember awhile back when I came in here with my lip busted open and you wouldn't treat me? The Dr says yes, Mr Rister says well although you didn't do anything for me and I had to go over to the VA for treatment you still sent me a bill and that check is to take care of what I owe you. The Dr says sir I can't accept the check you will need to take this to the billing department to settle your account, to which Mr Rister replies no son you will need to take it over there so you will have at least done something to earn my $75, and turns and walks away!! I'm amazed and hanging on every word everytime that his son starts telling about some of his escapades. Him and so many like him were tuff as hell and wise beyond belief, and that is why they say respect your elders. If the American people knew and understood the Mr Risters of the world and upheld their wisdom and values, we wouldnt stand for the crap that our government has gotten us into today

Chadwell brother 2.5 Right on!!! 2.5 all the way, heck for one of those rods they can even change my front name if they want too!!!

You know I hadn't even been dreamed of during WWII, but the respect that I have for the men and women that persevered thru those times and the wars that we fight even today is very emense. I have a good friend who's father was a survivor of Pearl Harbor and although I never met the man the stories that his son tells about him make feel that I knew him and truly wish that I had. Mr Rister was well advanced in years, and his family gets up one morning to find that he has gone missing without a word. He's gone as well as his old Fairlane he has said nothing to his wife or anyone else just disapeared. Three or four days go by the family has searched all over , and even filed a missing person report, and as suddenly as he disappeared he comes pulling up the drive way. The wife calls her son who comes over worried and wanting to find out what happened, so he starts questioning him " dad are you alright" "well yeah I'm fine why do you ask" "well we where worried about you, you've been gone for days and no one knew what had happened to you" Mr Rister says "well hell son I'm a grown man I didn't know I needed to get your permission to go somewhere" and just leaves it at that. So after checking him out and realizing that he was fine and calming his mother down, he begins questioning him again "dad you know you were gone for several days so where have you been" "well son i have been in Hiawia, it is the 50th anniversary of Pearl Harbor and all of the survivors where meeting there for a tribute ceremony". The son continues question him and he goes on to tell him that he had driven down to the local Air Force base talked his way thru security, drives out onto the Tarmac explains to the ground crew who he is and what hes doing hangs out with them most of the day until they put him on a flight to California, form which he his put on the next plane to Hiawia. The son is blown away, " so dad you've been to Pearl Harbor" "oh yeah we had a really nice ceremony and a banquet and then we spent the next couple of days days looking around the base and catching up on old times, it was really good to see everyone agian" the son says "all you have in this bag is a change of clothes and some socks and underwear where did you stay" and Mr Rister says "oh I stayed at the Y I got a really nice room there and it only cost me $3.00 a day". He hops another airforce plane flies back hops in his car still sitting on the Tarmac and drives home. It was a different world back in his day and a different breed of people too, something that would be damn near impossible for any one of us to pull off was nothing but a hop, skip, and a jump for a "MAN THAT HAD FOUGHT IN THE BIG ONE SON" Mr Rister I salute you and all of your fallen brethren, may you rest in peace.

Pretty sweet rods makes me want one even more, I wonder if the Chadwells would adopt me