Third Annual Evolution Swap

[rockworm 0]

No yelling required. Not only are you prompt, but like your predecessors keeping to the straight-and-narrow.

[natedubay 0]

Professori,

 

Maybe if you weren't bragging about all your polar bear hair and the flies you tie with them you would have been on time. I can't believe you held us up an hour and a half...

[gpd4 0]

Collarless Gilly

Hook: #12 scud

Thread: brown

Body: tan & brown ostrich (clipped)

Rib: gold wire

Thorax: brown dubbing

Post: white foam

Hackle: brown tied paraloop

[gpd4 0]

I was fresh out if brown polar bear...

[rockworm 0]

Very nice! We are at the halfway mark and so far this has been a very subtle and orderly evolution. But what wild mutations will Sjo wreak upon our poor little Gilly?

[rockworm 0]

In view of professori's near miss of his deadline, I have added cencalfly to our list of tyers as a backup. If someone misses his 48 hr deadline by more than 90 minutes that person will be reassigned as backup and cencalfly's name will be placed at the end of the list of active participants. Everyone waiting their turn will move up one place.

[Sjo 0]

Colorfull Hillbilly Hook scud size 12 Thread brown Body tan and brown icedub Rib gold wire Thorax brown icedub Hackle grizzly tied paraloop stile Post white pvc

 

Edit: I meant Post white polypropylene.

[mybadhabit 0]

As much time as Piker spends on this site, I truly doubt he'll miss his deadline. Oh and if you have more than 1 dropout, count me in please.

 

Thanks

 

Blane

[rockworm 0]

Another nice pattern from Sjo. I do like those paraloops!

 

Blane- you are officially backup #2

[Piker20 0]

Clampett’s Midge

Scud hook #12

Burnt orange thread

Tan+brown dub body

Gold wire rib

Brown dub thorax with Grizzle hackle wound through.

[rockworm 0]

Dezod, your time has come!

[Dezod 0]

I bet the over under for me to miss the deadline was higher than most, in fact with all the time I spent at work the last week I would surely have missed the deadline if it were not for a kind PM from piker... So thanks Piker for the heads up.

 

I also always assume that flies want to evolve from nymphs to dry flies, and we were almost there, but piker seems to have taken us back from the emerging realm into the abyss.

 

Here is my contribution:

 

"Black Gold" Nymph

 

Hook: #12 scud

Thread: Orange

Abdomen: tan and brown dubbing mixed

Rib: Gold tinsel (gave up wire a while ago)

Thorax: brown dubbing

Wing case: epoxy coated black thin skin, gold tinsel (from rib)

Beard: grizzly

 

Please let me know if this evolution is too radical

 

C

[rockworm 0]

Thank heavens! I was afraid you were going to do some variation on Ellie May's double-barreled slingshot.

 

Natedubay is up to bat.

[rockworm 0]

I am sorry to say Hooked01 has had to drop out of this swap. That means cencalfly has moved up to the active list!

[natedubay 0]

The whole naming thing is way more entertaining than I thought it would be. I'm taking the "Black Gold" nymph back into the emerging realm with:

 

"Oil Slick" Parachute Emerger

Hook: #12 scud
Thread: Rust
Abdomen: Rust and brown dubbing
Rib: Gold tinsel
Thorax: brown dubbing
Wing case: Black thin skin.
Parachute: Black tied dandelion style with white indicator flag.