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Welcome to the Beginner/Intermediate Swap.

First, my mailing address:

Kim Bowman

505 Richards Rd.

Camillus  NY  13031

Now for future "regular" swaps this is all you'd get.  Unless it's 3 days before the deadline and the swapmeister (in this swap ME!) would've sent you at least three E-mails asking if you had dropped off the face of the earth and where are your flies - possibly not in that order!  As I said on the swap site do feel free to contact me if you have any questions, concerns, etc...  This swap is for those who want to become better and more educated and confident tiers.  I also know that this may be your first swap so I want to walk you through the process so before long you are an old hat at this.

I will be giving not only gifts of fly tying materials but also feedback on your choice of pattern.  Some things you may already know and that's fine but I come from a skill teaching background and I'd rather tell someone something they already know than to assume they know it and keep my mouth shut - and by the length of this post I think you can see I'm not that much of a tight lipped person!

Let me know the pattern you'd like to tie and I'll post it on the swap and I'll be happy to give you some tying tips on your pattern.

NOTE:  At this time we have 4 of the minimum 6 tiers needed to run this swap so it is not on as of yet but we have plenty of time.  I normally check the site each day and will update the swap site as needed and will post when we are officially running there as well.  Also, check the site by no later than October 3rd to see how many flies you need to tie - I will tell you with FULL assurance that you will need no more than 10 flies.

Thanks for joining the swap and HAVE FUN!  Fly tying was never meant to be work! (Even for the professionals!)

Welcome to the Beginner/Intermediate Swap.

First, my mailing address:

Kim Bowman

505 Richards Rd.

Camillus  NY  13031

Now for future "regular" swaps this is all you'd get.  Unless it's 3 days before the deadline and the swapmeister (in this swap ME!) would've sent you at least three E-mails asking if you had dropped off the face of the earth and where are your flies - possibly not in that order!  As I said on the swap site do feel free to contact me if you have any questions, concerns, etc...  This swap is for those who want to become better and more educated and confident tiers.  I also know that this may be your first swap so I want to walk you through the process so before long you are an old hat at this.

I will be giving not only gifts of fly tying materials but also feedback on your choice of pattern.  Some things you may already know and that's fine but I come from a skill teaching background and I'd rather tell someone something they already know than to assume they know it and keep my mouth shut - and by the length of this post I think you can see I'm not that much of a tight lipped person!

Let me know the pattern you'd like to tie and I'll post it on the swap and I'll be happy to give you some tying tips on your pattern.

NOTE:  At this time we have 4 of the minimum 6 tiers needed to run this swap so it is not on as of yet but we have plenty of time.  I normally check the site each day and will update the swap site as needed and will post when we are officially running there as well.  Also, check the site by no later than October 3rd to see how many flies you need to tie - I will tell you with FULL assurance that you will need no more than 10 flies.

Thanks for joining the swap and HAVE FUN!  Fly tying was never meant to be work! (Even for the professionals!)

Welcome to the Beginner/Intermediate Swap.

First, my mailing address:

Kim Bowman

505 Richards Rd.

Camillus  NY  13031

Now for future "regular" swaps this is all you'd get.  Unless it's 3 days before the deadline and the swapmeister (in this swap ME!) would've sent you at least three E-mails asking if you had dropped off the face of the earth and where are your flies - possibly not in that order!  As I said on the swap site do feel free to contact me if you have any questions, concerns, etc...  This swap is for those who want to become better and more educated and confident tiers.  I also know that this may be your first swap so I want to walk you through the process so before long you are an old hat at this.

I will be giving not only gifts of fly tying materials but also feedback on your choice of pattern.  Some things you may already know and that's fine but I come from a skill teaching background and I'd rather tell someone something they already know than to assume they know it and keep my mouth shut - and by the length of this post I think you can see I'm not that much of a tight lipped person!

I first saw and used the Fly Fish Ohio site back in 2009 - before it died down and loved the patterns.  First fly I tied from the site was The Gimp fly for the 2011 Kansas Fish-in Swap from my old Fly Anglers On-Line site - an essentially dead site but is a great reference site still - I do highly recommend it.

As to your Pumpkinseed - a couple of tying hints.  Keep those lead wire turns tight and cover well with your tying thread while giving a good thread ramp before and after the lead wraps.  Also, to help avoid the lead oxide from showing through the body paint the lead with head cement (Dave's Flexcement works well but any coating helps.).  What happens is after the fly gets wet the lead can bleed through as the fly dries and you get out on the water the next day and the  fly is not as usable.  When tying the body the picture shows the tier holding the twisted wrap in their fingers - try using a sheapards crook style dubbing twister - try both ways and see what works best for you.  Lastly, to avoid crowding the eye (I am sure this is the very first time you've heard this phrase! ) end the body wraps at or SLIGHTLY after you hit the front end of the lead wraps.  This should allow space for the TWO sets of hackle wraps as well as the FOUR layers of the wing material!  And (post lastly!) remember to cut your wing material at an angle - use the down eye as your guide and stagger each layer back slightly from the one below - this will help you keep a nice shaped head.

Hope this helps and I hope you didn't feel the need to yawn too many times while reading this!  Have fun and I look forward to seeing your flies.

NOTE: At this time we have 4 of the minimum of 6 tiers to run and not postpone/cancel this swap - keep an eye on the swap site and I normally check it each day and place updates as needed.  I'll post when we are officially on.