Winter Time Fly Swap Anyone ???

[HarryM]

Now that the Fall-Christmas swap is concluded, does anyone have an interst in doing another one to take us through the winter?

I have joined every swap so far on this board, but never hosted, so I'll be happy to volunteer to host the next one if there is sufficeint interest. I was thinking about a swap with a February 15th deadline, with all flies to be in the mail by the 1st of March.

Outline: Limited to 12 tyers, and the opposite of the last one as in no flies smaller than a size 10. Anyone up for it ?

[fessiewig]

I'd would have loved to join in Harry, but I'm going to Hawaii the first week in February and will be tied up (pardon the pun) most of January. Maybe next swap. I would have loved too, especially with the "no smaller than #10" rule. I would have done a #10 streamer. Oh well, like I said, maybe next swap.

[oldman]

HARRY I WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE FLY SWAP I WILL BE TYING A KICK A--! DRAGON FLY NYMPH. THE OLDMAN

[jhicks]

Harry you know you could count me in normally but damn if I ain't heading out west for some well deserved R&R. I'll be back in mid february with some great stories about how I missed that 20+ lb Steelhead on the Skagit.

[NHBuckeye]

I'm in Harry. I've got to give a bit of thought to the pattern, will let you know. I'm the guy that bought your Old Town canoe a few years back. It has and continues to serve me well.

Scott

[truiteman]

I'm in..........I'll tie a either a pink lady or a montreal.

Looking forward to it.

Steve

[HarryM]

Great - that's four so far. Keep those cards and letters coming.

Me: All Purpose Emerger
Oldman: Dragonfly Nymph
NH Buckeye: Undecided
truiteman: Pink Lady or Montreal Whore

NH Buckeye - Glad that canoe is doing the job for you. More than just a few times I've thought about it and wish I still had it. Even though I bought a big boat, there are many times a good old square stern canoe is just the right tool for the job.

[Birddogtwo]

Harry
I'd love to participate but the next 2 months are too busy for me. You'd think with all the members you could fill the swap. Maybe I'll see you tomorrow night. I went last week but no one was there.
Dave

[NHBuckeye]

Harry,

I've decided to tie an "Unusual Hex". It's a super bouyant foam and snowshoe hare fly I made up to fish Sky Pond.

Scott

[wet_fly_action]

I'll get in on this. My fly boxes have been full for a while now and it's barely even winter.
I've never participated in a swap before, so I just tie up 12 and mail them out right?
Also, I have a bunch of huge #2 streamer hooks and could use an excuse to thin them out. If anyone does any big lake trolling and would be interested in flies this size I'll use them otherwise I'll tie them up in casting size. I'm thinking of the bauman bucktail since i finally caved in and bought a hair stacker, and orange is a great "ice out" color.

[alliette]

I'm new to tying, but I like the idea of a swap. Do you let rookies participate?

[j_harper]

I'll bite, and will tie my famous SMB. One caveat, I cannot complete until mid February, OK?

[HarryM]

Wet Fly Action...by all means use up some of your #2 streamer hooks. Sounds like a nice change of pace. Wait until we have a final number on participants before you tie up all 12 - we may end up with a few less than 12.

alliette - absolutely rookies can participate. It's a fun thing to do and I'm sure you will like it. You probably won't let another swap go by without joining.

j_harper - no problem on the time frame. I just threw those dates out there. If possible I'd like to get them out to everyone and in the mail by 3/1, so if you can tie them up dring mid-Feb that will work.

The number has grown to 7 now - 5 more spots to fill

[lowwall]

Good job Alliette! I have been hesitant to join because I am not really a technical fly tier and tend to tie things they way I feel they should be tied and not necessarily strictly to any patterns.
I would like to tie some of what my buddy Rob calls
"Noonan Specials" we have caught a bunch of trout and steelhead on these. Usually we tie them on a size 12, but they should work just as well as a 10. The colors are peacock hearl or blonds. I would like to do 6 of each color if that is OK.

Mike

[Jodess]

I'm a noob to tying as well, but I've love to join in on the fun if you'll have me. Let me figure out what I can make look the best and I'll let you know.

[HarryM]

Two more spots taken...that's great - Only 3 slots left open.

So Far:
1. Me: All Purpose Emerger
2. Oldman: Dragonfly Nymph
3. NH Buckeye: Unusual Hex
4. truiteman: Pink Lady or Montreal Whore
5. wet_fly_action: bauman bucktail
6. alliette: TBD
7. j_harper: SMB
8. lowwall: Noonan Specials
9. Jodess: TBD
10.
11.
12.

The colors are peacock hearl or blonds. I would like to do 6 of each color if that is OK.

lowwall, that's fine - half the group will get one color and the other half will get the other

[Troutaholic]

Harry,
I'm on another swap, doing a double bead size 8 golden stone. I know Grousr just did one of these on the last go around, but my pattern is completely different, end to end. What
do you think? If not, I can do it in black.

[HarryM]

Troutaholic, not a problem for gold colored stone - you can never have too much of anything. Personlly, I have a bunch of black ones, but the only gold one in my box is Grousrs - thanks

1. Me: All Purpose Emerger
2. Oldman: Dragonfly Nymph
3. NH Buckeye: Unusual Hex
4. truiteman: Pink Lady or Montreal Whore
5. wet_fly_action: bauman bucktail
6. alliette: TBD
7. j_harper: SMB
8. lowwall: Noonan Specials
9. Jodess: TBD
10. Troutaholic: Double Beaded Golden Stone
11.
12.

[Plow Jockey]

I guess I've sat back long enough. I'm in for a dozen Harris specials, I got the pattern from the North Country Angler web site and like the looks of it.

[HarryM]

One slot left for the taking

1. Me: All Purpose Emerger
2. Oldman: Dragonfly Nymph
3. NH Buckeye: Unusual Hex
4. truiteman: Pink Lady or Montreal Whore
5. wet_fly_action: bauman bucktail
6. alliette: TBD
7. j_harper: SMB
8. lowwall: Noonan Specials
9. Jodess: TBD
10. Troutaholic: Double Beaded Golden Stone
11. Plow Jockey: Harris specials
12.

[Bluewilly]

Hi to all,
Count me in and I'll tie a size 10 Bead Head Leech in black and olive. 6 in black 6 in olive. what do you guys think? :roll:

[Jodess]

Ok, I think I've decided on a Wood duck Heron in size 10. couple more tries tonight and it should be share worthy. (at least you'd think so after ten failures :P )

[HarryM]

Well that will do it - we got us 12.

1. HarryM: All Purpose Emerger
2. Oldman: Dragonfly Nymph
3. NH Buckeye: Unusual Hex
4. truiteman: Pink Lady or Montreal Whore
5. wet_fly_action: bauman bucktail
6. alliette: TBD
7. j_harper: SMB
8. lowwall: Noonan Specials
9. Jodess: Wood duck Heron in size 10
10. Troutaholic: Double Beaded Golden Stone
11. Plow Jockey: Harris specials
12. Bluewilly: size 10 Bead Head Leech in black and olive

Count me in and I'll tie a size 10 Bead Head Leech in black and olive. 6 in black 6 in olive. what do you guys think?

Not a problem - 1/2 will get black, the other half olive - just like lowwall will do a half and half. Thus, nobody really knows which they are going to get. Kind of adds to the mystery. Rookie tyers like alliette - don't stress on this - they don't have to be perfect. Some of my earlier flies caught fish just as well as my later ones - just let us know when you have settled on a pattern. Glad to have you participate, I'm sure you will like it, especially when you get your box returned full of assorted goodies. Thanks all for joining

You can mail flies here:
Harry Mehos
91 March Rd
Tilton, NH 03276

Same rules as always, tie 12, one for yourself. Get them to me by the end of February, and if they are all in by then, I'll mail them on the 1st of March - just in time for spring. Get tying... 8)

[Troutaholic]

Harry.....
If you could keep me in mind when you pack my selection?
I'm alergic to black and blonds...
But for some reason, pink ladies and Montreal whores don't really bother me too much.
:roll:

[wet_fly_action]

As i mentioned earlier, this is my first swap. Should i ship these in a fly box? I have a spare that would work.
I am almost done with my dozen. I'm taking my time painting the eyeballs because I have the time so they'll be a bit prettier than usual. I also took the opportunity to try out making some "genuine imitation jungle chicken" with quill sections and lacquer which I think turned out quite well. Having never tied this many of one pattern in one sitting (well, really 3 sittings spread over a week) I can say this has been a great learning experience.

[HarryM]

A fly box is fine - as is any type of little box that is crush proof. Even if it's a nice box, no worries - whatever box you send them in will be the same box your swap flies are returned in. In past swaps, also I have sent them in a padded envelope, just for the extra peace of mind.

Oh and Troutaholic - Pink Ladies and Montreal Whores make excelent companions... :D I'll try to send girls named Olive and Goldie

[overmywaders]

Harry,

Darn, I logged in too late; I was busy changing the rings on the Pisscilator Mark III.

Keep me in mind for the next swap. TIA

[HarryM]

overmywaders,

If anyone has to drop out, I'll let you know so you can jump in.

[NHBuckeye]

I'm having a supply issue with the foam I use for my first choice, my backup is an Appetizer streamer which is the more likely one I will end up tying.

[lowwall]

Threw in an additional Doz flies to my original dozens. The Noonan specials are really a quick tie. These other flies are a Beaded headed Bugger type thing. Shipped tonight.

Thanks
Mike

[HarryM]

Great !!! Thanks lowwall

[HarryM]

Got lowwalls flies yesterday - they came out really nice. Well done lowwall !!!

Just as a reminder of the fly swap rules regarding including a self addressed envelope:

All flies are sent to the swap master. The swap master can either post an address to which you'll send the flies, this is not recommended, or he/she can PM each member of the swap as they join with an address to which they will submit their finished flies. The swap master will compile the submitted fly collections, and mail them back. Please make sure you supply a return envelope with adequate return postage to ensure you receive your flies.

Ship them in an appropriately sized crush-proof container. This container will be returned to you filled with flies from the other tiers. Remember some flies may be larger than yours, so make sure your container is adequate. Plastic fly boxes are good, as well as VCR tape holders, 'Altoids' boxes, or travel soap holders.

Place your filled box of flies in a self-addressed padded return envelope - do not seal the return envelope! Make sure you include adequate return postage. It is best to NOT affix the postage but to include it inside the padded envelope. Place your return package in a larger envelope, address it and mail it before the deadline.

Since this was your first swap lowwall - I'll let you slide. so don't sweat this. Just posting this as a reminder to the rest.

Thanks

[HarryM]

Through the kindness of Birddog, Oldman's flies were delivered yesterday. Really nice flies Oldman - they look great.

[alliette]

I've been tying elk hair caddis. Any requests on size? The 16's are coming out decent. I could go smaller to an 18 or 20, but haven't tried yet. I'm going to get some olive dubbing. What does everybody think?

[HarryM]

Tie 'em big alliette, the theme for this swap is opposite the last one. In the last swap we tied only size 10 and smaller - so this swap was the opposite - only size 10 and bigger. :)

[alliette]

My mistake... How about a size 10 beastly caddis?

[fessiewig]

Hey alliette,

Try making some of these in a size 10. I'll bet they would be great!!!!

http://hipwader.com/2007/triple-wing-caddis-pattern

[alliette]

That's what I'll do. Those look sweet!

[Rick]

That looks like a sweet fly....I might try a few for myself.

[Plow Jockey]

Hope to get mine in the mail sometime the first of the week.

[alliette]

Just got the olive dubbing last night at Mountain Road Fly. Going to start them this weekend and try to get them done this week.

[Plow Jockey]

HarryM, I got mine in the mail this afternoon. should be at your place by Friday. Let me know when you get them :wink:
Thanks for hosting this round :D

[HarryM]

Thanks lowwall, they came yesterday - and what an attractive set of flies I might add, nice colors and really cool looking.

[HarryM]

:oops: Oops...my last post regarding the flies I received on Tuesday I said they were from lowwall - after re-checking I noticed that lowwall sent his in a couple weeks ago, and that this latest batch must have been from truiteman. Sorry about that - like I said above, very nice flies truiteman - did not mean to look you over.

I have to be better at matching the fly with the "handle" of the person sending them in. I only know most of you by your handles, not the real names.

In the mail box today came Plow Jockey's Harris Specials - really nice flies, they look like they are very effective. Thanks

Including myself, we have 5 of 12 in so far - almost half way there.

[wet_fly_action]

Mine should be there any time now. They're the ones that look like this:
http://globalflyfisher.com/streamers/guest/stewart_leeman/baunab%20bucktail%20-%20bua.jpg
You're right Harry, if we had included our FFINH handles along with our real names things would have been a lot easier on for you.

[truiteman]

Sorry Harry..................I haven't finished mine yet. Will get them finished this weekend and in the mail.

Steve

[Jodess]

I'm right there with ya, last to be done up this weekend, and in the mail on Monday! :)

[HarryM]

:oops: :oops: :oops:

Wow, how embarrasing... Those were wet-fly-action's that I received last Tuesday. Thanks for posting the pic wet fly. Third time's the charm, I think I got things strait now. Sorry for the confusion.

Now you know why I raved so about the colors - wet-fly tied up some beauties there

[j_harper]

I will mail my this week.

[alliette]

All done. Mail out by Saturday.

[j_harper]

All done. Mailed today, first class of course.

[truiteman]

Mine are going out today UPS. Please look for the Brown Truck tomorrow.

Also, Harry, please keep my 12th fly as thanks for doing this. I already tied up some extra Montreals for myself.

Steve

[HarryM]

Two new batches of flies came in yesterday from truiteman and j_harper - thanks guys. Both sets are excellent flies, very attractive and well done.

[TGIF]

Hey Harry,

Not to intrude or anything, but it's been a long winter. Any chance you could throw some pics of those flys up on the site?

[HarryM]

TGIF - I'll do it if I can. I know that you need to post the pics somewhere on the web, and the only place I have is my website. My website has a lot of other pictures etc and it is a pain in the butt when I mess with it in that way. I'm sure more computer savy folks can do it easily, but I'm not one of them. In the FFNH birthday thread, Sean mentioned that soon there will be the ability to easily upload pics directly to the site - that sounds good. In the meantime, I thought I read in another thread about a website called "photo bucket" or something like that. If anyone knows the website, lay it on me and I'll try to do it there.

[Jodess]

If you want to send me the pics, I'll post them for you.
j_odess@hotmail.com

[Troutaholic]

Harry, my flies are done, and I am on my way to the P.O. to get them out to you. Let me know when you recieve them.

Double Beaded Golden Stone Fly.

Troutaholic

[Bluewilly]

Harry,
I just put mine in the mail today. Let me know if and when you get them.
I want to say thanks for all the hard work you have done for all of us.

Bluewilly

[HarryM]

Sounds like we are almost finished.

Jodess, when I get them all in, I'll take pics with my digital camera and email them to you. Thank you - I appreciate your kind offer to do this for me.

In fact, maybe I'll start sending you the ones I have so far tonight so you won't get clobbered with them all at once. Then I'll send them in as they come.

[TGIF]

Thanks Harry. If it is a problem, no sweat, I just thought it would be cool to see what is getting tied... thanks for your help.

[HarryM]

Two more swap entries came in the past couple of days... Bluewilly's leaches look to be deadly for smallies and Troutaholic's golden stones are real beauties.

So far, these are the ones I have in.

Troutaholic
Bluewilly
Plow Jockey
lowwall
J_Harper
wet-fly-action
truitman
oldman
HarryM

That's 9 of 12. Deadline is here and if possible I'd like to mail these out on Thursday or Friday so long as I have them all. Jodess, I'll email you the pics of these latest two tonight.

[NHBuckeye]

Mine will be in the mail tomorrow Harry. Just finishing up the heads tonight.

[alliette]

I'm going to the post office right now.

[alliette]

They are mailed. Should be there tomorrow or Thursday.

[NHBuckeye]

In the mail. Thanks Harry.

[Jodess]

In the mail as well. I haven't gotten any pictures via email yet. I don't know if you've tried to send them or not though. If you have, let me know and we'll figure out what's up.
thanks
jason

[HarryM]

Got a sweet dozen flies in from NH Buckeye today - they look very nice.

Since the other two will most likely come in tomorrow - and since we are expecting a blizzard tomorrow, I might not get them out until Monday. Often when we have heavy snow, our postal carrier may or may not deliver. The last Nor'easter we had I got my mail the next day, so I can't be sure what will happen. If they come on Saturday, I'll be at the Pelham FF show, so I won't get a chance to divy them up in time.

Jodess, I did send you one email on the 22nd - I guess you never got it. At this point, I'll just wait until I get the rest and try to email you the pics again, probably on Monday.

[HarryM]

Like I suspected, Friday' storm put off my mail delivery until Saturday, but they are all in now. I got in a great looking deadly dozen from Jodess and if Alliete is a begginer tyer, you could have fooled me - they came out awesome.

I'll have them in the mail today. Thanks all for joining up and doing some great flies.

[HarryM]

Jodess,

I just sent you an email (about 11:45 AM) with all the pics of the flies. I sent them as picture files, not as file attachments which I could have done. If you don't get the email, send me an email so I know I have it correctly and I will re-send with pics as file attachments.

Thanks,

Harry

[alliette]

Thanks for doing the swap Harry, and thanks for the nice words about my tying. I've gotten a lot of help from Tom and Sean at Mountain Road Fly.

[Jodess]

Got that one Harry, here they are:

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b78/j_odess/amini-alliette.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b78/j_odess/amini-Bluewilly.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b78/j_odess/amini-HarryM.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b78/j_odess/amini-J_Harper.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b78/j_odess/amini-Jodess.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b78/j_odess/amini-lowwall1.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b78/j_odess/amini-lowwall2.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b78/j_odess/amini-NHBuckeye.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b78/j_odess/amini-oldman.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b78/j_odess/amini-PlowJockey.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b78/j_odess/amini-Troutaholic.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b78/j_odess/amini-truitman.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b78/j_odess/amini-wet-fly-action.jpg

[Troutaholic]

Got my toy box in the mail today Harry!
This is the most rewarding part of the swap.

Thank you for hosting, and hope you will share your trick for shrinking all that info on that little square of paper.

Great fun, thanks for the opportunity to swap with all of you guys, and I look forward to warming water temps to try out all the flies from the last two swaps. Accept... I've got a bunch of flies that I don't know who's is what.
Time to play the game of "Match the Tyer"


:lol:

[TGIF]

Awesome pictures everyone, thanks for sharing... Now that I've seen all the awesome contributions, I'm bummed that I didn't join in, I'll have to jump in the next one. Keep us posted with how they fish....

[Plow Jockey]

Great looking flies everyone :D Can't wait to get mine, which would be a little quicker if we didn't have some SOBs going around taking batting practice on mailboxes, AGAIN :evil:
I'll have a surprise for them soon :twisted:

[Hegel]

HOLY CRAP,

Those flies are super cool. Okay, I am going to make an admission, something I've never told anyone. I feel embarrassed as hell about it.

No, it's not what you think. I am married and love my wife very very much.

No, it's much harder to say... I ... I ... I... um .... I have NEVER TIED A FLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :oops:

These flies are awesome. That woolybugger, with the red tied into it... I am litterally drooling...

Congratulations. You all should be proud as H-E-Double-Hockey-Sticks.

-Hegel-

[HarryM]

hope you will share your trick for shrinking all that info on that little square of paper.

I have Microsoft Office and one of the programs that came with it is MS Publisher. With Publisher, you can make all sorts of business documents. So I used the business card creator within that program because it allows me to make text boxes and/or picture boxes. I just put all the info that would fit on a business card, and it will print 10 business cards on one sheet of paper. It's pretty easy

[Troutaholic]

Thanks for the info Harry,
I have an Apple, and use Windows Office, for Macs. I didn't find MS Publisher in my bundle, or an application to make business cards.

Anybody else out there use Office for Macs? It may be in here someplace, but I've never had the need to search it out. :shock:

[Plow Jockey]

I got mine today and they look great guys. Can't wait to use them.
Thanks Harry for hosting this go around. At -29 below this morning , it's hard to think of fishing any time soon :cry:

[Bluewilly]

Harry,
I got mine the other day Tues the 6th.
I want to thank you for your time I realy like all the flyies they are a good addition to my boxes.
The pic's are very good also

Thanks
Bluewilly

[NHBuckeye]

Mine came on Tues. Thanks Harry for doing this. All the flies look great.

[alliette]

I'm pumped. Thanks HARRY!

[wet_fly_action]

Thanks for the flies everyone. Quite a few in there that I wouldn't normally tie myself and am not particularly good at. Should round out my boxes quite nicely.
And a big thanks to Harry for hosting.

[truiteman]

This was the best swap I have been in to date......................loads of variety and creativity.

Thanks to all who participated.................I'll be trying a few of the flies this weekend on the salters of Red Brook.

Appreciate all your efforts Harry. It is a lot of work to pull this off successfully.

Tight lines!

Steve

PS: Maybe as the season progresses we could share a fish story about using one of the flies from the swap.

[lowwall]

I recieved mine eraly last Week but have been real busy and trying to shake a cold. I put them aside and did not open them until I could really take them all in.

These are some great flies, I will use them as examples for my tying

Thanks!
Mike

[j_harper]

Just opened mine. Very nice. I was intrigued by the wet flies, so I sat down and tried to tie a couple. It's not as easy as it looks!

Thanks, Harry. A very smooth swap.