Anyone thinking of rustling up some folks for this year's fly swap? Rod Tosser? Turnip?? I'm getting anxious....

The one who  hosted  the past swaps . ol jw hasn't been on seance the last swap .
Dont know  if he had to do a name change or what
Will have to do some digging as I am   Not sure if i still have his addy .  Hope he is ok .

I'd be game for this.
I've been doing a little more playing lately.
Clousers



And foam hoppers


With Old Man Winter on his way (it's actually snowing here now ) I'll be doing some more playing with the vice.

i'D BE UP FOR IT TOO !

I would be up for one I just don't have the time to host one .
Do one of you happen to have OL JW's address or email info . he has not posted for a long long time .

Posted By the rod tosser on 15 Nov 2010 12:56 AM
I would be up for one I just don't have the time to host one .
Do one of you happen to have OL JW's address or email info . he has not posted for a long long time .

I MAY have it if you can remember some part of his real name. Email me if you do

Well, I'll tell ya.... if nobody steps up, I'll host the swap. Better wait until after the new year though. That way, y'all can use all your new supplies you got from Santa, or the feathers from the Christmas dinner ;-)

put a link to this on Nafcs face book page will see if it takes off .

put a link to this on Nafcs face book page will see if it takes off .

I'd be willing to join in.  We should have a general theme for this one.
JustDave

that's five so far .

I don't tie, but I have a friend who does. I'd join the trade with one of his if that's ok.

I borrowed this and edited it slightly, but for all you interested, here are the rules:



There are a lot of new swappers poping up now and that is great I have had a lot of questions sent to me about being in and hosting swaps, so I figured I would post this again. I am not an expert and not the rule of thumb here.

The most important thing I consider in being in a swap is have fun, be patient and communicate, ask for help when you need it.

Here are some helpful things to consider when joining or hosting a swap. John

These are suggestions, that will help Swapmeisters (host) and tiers to have a pleasureable swap and a good time.

It is important that Swapmeisters and Tiers communicate with each other thru PM or on the BB. Swapmeisters it is a good idea to check your post at least once a day, to see if you have any more swappers that have signed up, or in case any of your swappers have questions.

1- Swapmeister- When you post your swap, give a signup deadline, and a deadline for the flies to be in. Give instructions on what type of flies to tie. Give a total on the number of tiers for the swap. Give a total for the amount of flies needed for the swap. Give your instruction for mailing in flies. I usually post my addy after I have all tiers signed up. But if you are uncomfortable posting your addy you can also PM your addy to them. When the swap is full post on the BB it is full so other tiers won't be waisting there time trying to join the swap.

2- Tiers- When you join a swap please adhere to the deadlines. Post what type of fly you will be tying. (I also like to post the recipe for the fly I will be tying.) Please use PM 0r BB with the Swapmeister for communications about the swap.

3- Tiers- either post on the BB when you have mailed in your flies or PM the Swapmeister.

4- Tiers- When mailing your flies, please send them in a strong enough and big enough box to protect them and to hold all of the flies you will be receiving back. Mark the box with your name and address and your on line nickname. Mail them at least 10 days before the end of the swap so they will get to the Swapmiester by the deadline date or earlier.

5- Tiers- include in with your flies a self addressed envelope that is strong enough for the fly box you send and will receive back. Include postage (please do not use metered mail strips on return envelopes) in the proper amount to send the flies back to you. I also add Delivery Confirmaton to mine. I also put my online name on both envelopes. Plus the swap name.

6- Tiers- if you want your flies sent back to you Priority Mail be sure to include enough postage to cover the increased cost over First Class Postage.

7- Tiers- include with your flies a toetag (small piece of paper) with the name of the fly, your name or handle, and your email addy so the other tiers can email you for the fly tying instructions.

8- Swapmeister- when you receive flies from the tiers, let them know on the BB or PM them that you have received them.

9- Swapmeister- once you receive all flies from all tiers sort them, get them all packaged up and deleiver them to the post office in a timely manner. Notify all tiers either on the BB or by PM that you have mailed out the flies to them.

10-Tiers- when you receive the swap flies back in the mail notify the Swapmeister on the BB or by PM that you have received them.

11-Swapmeister when the swap is over and all have received there flies, if you can, post a pic of the swap flies on my site. Then mark your post as Swap Completed.

12-Above all else everyone have a lot of fun with the swap and be open to suggestions and comments, we can all learn from each other.

Let's keep with tradition and limit the swap to twelve people, each to tie a dozen of the same fly. Once we get the twelve, I can put a couple more on "standby" in case somebody drops out. Flies will be due to me March 1, 2011. Once we get our twelve participants, I will post my address for ya'll to ship to. I will send out reminders as the due date nears.

So far I have the following listed as willing participants:

1. TallCrane1
2. The Rod Tosser
3. Bass or Bass?
4. Just Dave
5. rmidkiff1
6. ChrisG

I've been busy( fishing ). But better yet I'm in on this.
Ol JW

Excellent! Good to see you on here Ol JW! You make seven!

1. TallCrane1
2. Rod Tosser
3. Bass or Bass?
4. Just Dave
5. rmidkiff1
6. Chris G
7. Ol JW

Better count me out on this. Sorry.

I would like to sign up for the swap

Looking good .

Good grief....they've changed the forum format again. They change this site more than most people change underwear! ANYWAY...

So far I have the following participants:
1. TallCrane1
2. Rod Tosser
3. Just Dave
4. midkiff1
5. Chris G
6. Ol J.W.
7. Storeyteller

We need just a few more! If anybody can think of some of last year's participants who haven't chimed in, feel free to send them a private message invite! Also, consider clicking the "Check the box to receive email notifications for this topic" button down below, that way e'r body is up-to-date as things progress.

Good grief....they've changed the forum format again. They change this site more than most people change underwear! ANYWAY...

So far I have the following participants:
1. TallCrane1
2. Rod Tosser
3. Just Dave
4. midkiff1
5. Chris G
6. Ol J.W.
7. Storeyteller

We need just five more! If anybody can think of some of last year's participants who haven't chimed in, feel free to send them a private message invite! Also, consider clicking the "Check the box to receive email notifications for this topic" button down below, that way e'r body is up-to-date as things progress.

I think you will get to like this change though .

just  checking out something .

Looks like you still have a few slots open. If so you can count me in!

You're in Brother!

1. TallCrane1
2. Rod Tosser
3. Just Dave
4. midkiff1
5. Chris G
6. Ol J.W.
7. StoreyTeller
8. utfisher

Four more needed; smack your inlaws, kick the cat, and invite your friends!

Right on! Time to start looking for a great pattern. Has any "theme" been decided on or is this a tier's choice swap?

Tier's choice!

JUST DAVE what theme did you have in mind . wet ,dry, nymph, streamer ,material , color, pattern .

Guys,

I don't really care what gets tied or what I tie.  The only thing I was thinking, there has been such a variety in the previous swaps, when it comes time to fish them, you really have to decide on species and location and which of the 2 or 3 that will be successful for that trip.  With a theme or targeted species, you could take the whole box and see how they do in your particular location.  As an avid Steelhead fisherman, that's generally what I tie, but they are not in all parts of the country, so my flies don't get fished by all in the swap.  And when I fish for other species, I have to go through the various boxes to pick out certain ones.  By then, no one remembers what they tied, etc.  I'd like to see the fish caught on the exchange flies, so if we target a species or two, trips can be made with just the exchange flies being fished. But like I said, I don't really care.
JustDave

a woolly bugger variation swap would be kinda fun . All species of fish will hit a woolly bugger .

I was talking with rod tosser last night in the chat room, and he
told me abt this swap. I have tied a coupla flies before, and
would like to join in this swap. So count me in.

Probably tie a crawfish, but not sure.

As an aside, I usually don't fish with the flies I get in swaps.
I just like to keep them, and try to make my own from them.

Thanks,

Salty Dan
Orange Texas

I don't tie...but with about 500 different flys of all kinds...I'm sure I could put together a grab bag to donate to the effort if you guys would like it.

Just a thought...JMHO

Put me in for a "Rainbow Smelt"  fly......work has changed & now another format for the club....chuck

Looks like everyone wants to go random, but I'll tie up some Wooly Buggers.

JustDave

My only concerns with themes: 1. Not everybody fishes for the same species, therefore may not be interested in certain patterns (although I do agree that some patterns may appeal to a spectrum of fish), 2. Not everybody has the same tying skill and knowledge. I'd hate to alienate anyone, especially beginners. I myself am a beginner and I relish the challenge of comparing my skills to others. Swaps give us the opportunity to see new patterns and allows us to share ours with others without feeling intimidated. If you want to go fishing with all of yours, that is awesome and we'd all love to see the catch photos. I just prefer to hang on to mine and I actually display them all together by year. Not only am I proud of what I have done, but I am proud of other's creations as well. It is awesome to be included. So let's be careful not to alienate. OR maybe (hint, hint) somebody else can host a themed swap :-) (and if you do, count me in).

So far:
1. TallCrane1 Something that looks like something a fish might eat, probably in a sz. 12 or 14.
2. Rod Tosser
3. Just Dave
4. midkiff1
5. Chris G
6. Ol J.W.
7. StoreyTeller
8. utfisher
9. harrington Rainbow Smelt
10. Salty Dan Crawfish (I will be looking forward to a crawfish pattern Dan!)

We need just two more swappers! For those of you that mentioned specific flies, I will post that, but don't feel obligated to decide right now (cause I haven't decided what to tie myself)!

I will join you Dave with tyeing woolly buggers
feel free to join us or tie what ever you want .

Woolly buggers sounds good!
Since I had such good luck with pink for crappie this year, I will tie pink ones.

NICE crawdaddies Ol J.W.!!! I hope everyone had a good holiday and got lots of goodies from Santa. I myself got one of those Echo Micro flycasting practice rod thingys. Seems to work well....

We need to beat the bushes for two more tiers. If any of you guys talk to other fellow tiers on the forums here, don't hesitate to send out invites!

I'm willing to tie two different Buggers.
JustDave

I'm willing to tie two different Buggers.
JustDave

do you folks know any other Tyers if not Dave and me can pick up the last two spots and get this going .

We can just go with 10 if you want. Doesn't matter to me.

Tight lines,

Salty Dan
Orange Texas

First dozen are tied and ready to go.
JustDave

mine is more of a woolly worm as i did not have marabou so i am using fuzzy fiber.
ingredients

tail chart fuzzy fiber
body purple chenille
hackle red over yellow stripped one side and wound as one .


.

This is what I came up with. 


Timeco hook size 8
Real Eyes Gold 5/32
Olive/Gold Chenille body
Dark Olive Chinese Saddle Hackle palmered
Med olive mariboo tail

Thsi is what I wanted to tie, but I couldn't figure out how to duplicate the nose.


Working on second dozen

JustDave

looks like it may be off a plastic flower from the craft store. the nose could be were the stem would enter . just a thought .

Looks like some fine flies so far! Just confirming that this is still tier's choice before I actually start cranking out something... I never saw any post that really made it clear if we were tying buggers or if that was just what some are going with.

Man, O' man.....you guys have some GREAT conversations going, and I am foaming at the mouth! I may even be feeling a little inadequate since apparently JustDave is the first guy with his homework done (there is always THAT guy)! Not to be outdone, I have been doing a little homework myself and just finished the creating my fly bodies tonight. I decided to try a twist on a suphur fly and go with an extended body, which I had to learn a new technique to create, and quill wings. Here is my first attempt:

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We remain at ten. If ten is all we have, then that is all we have. However, I would still like to push for a dozen. Get the word out!

So far:
1. TallCrane1 Something that looks like something a fish might eat, probably in a sz. 12 or 14.
2. Rod Tosser
3. Just Dave Green Buggers
4. midkiff1
5. Chris G
6. Ol J.W.
7. StoreyTeller
8. utfisher
9. harrington Rainbow Smelt
10. Salty Dan Crawfish (I will be looking forward to a crawfish pattern Dan!)

Okay, the picture TOTALLY did NOT work.... Guess y'all just going to have to wait until I figure it out. It would help if they didn't change the forum format once a week....

UTfisher, tie whatever you'd like brother! If you want to tie buggers, then that is cool. If not, that is cool too!

Right on. I'll figure it out and see if I have any better luck figuring out the pictures once I have something hot off the vise!

There are instructions for posting pics in the member tips section I believe.  Very clear tutorial by Davesett2000.
JustDave

Hey guys, I'm a new member of NAFC but I'd love to join in if its not too late. I'm only a beginner so whatever I tie wouldn't be the greatest or most complicated fly but I'm sure I could put something together.

No its not to late to join dave and me were going to fill the last two spots just tye up 12 of the same pattern . some of us are doing woolly buggers but what ever you want to tye is fine .

JUSTDAVE have you tyed up the second set yet ? IM a slacker and just getting started as i was in another swap due at the end of the month .
I slightly changed the recipe to include a purple strip of fuzy fibber into the tail over the chart. .

sounds like a done deal then . hope every one is still in .
lets set a due date and get this baby roiling.
Thanks DAVE i figured you were probably working on them already so it looks like he will take one of my spots then .

Materials are on the way and once they arrive I'll be starting. Found a nice pattern that I've never done before. It's not a bugger, but buggerish for sure.

I'll probably be tying up some buggers or maybe some other variety of streamer, depending on what materials Bass Pro has when I stop by tomorrow morning

Sometime this week I'll get mine tied up

dpeck21, you're on the list, brother! We've got one opening, but a couple of guys tying up second sets...so we are in good shape. I will post my address soon and we'll get this rolling right along.

I think I had talked about setting the due-to-me date of March 1. That still works well for me, if it works for everyone else. I've got my dozen half-tied tonight. The next step (wings) will take some time, patience and nerves as I am new to working with quill wings.

So far:
1. TallCrane1, Sz.14 Extended-body Sulphur
2. Rod Tosser, woolly worm thingy
3. Just Dave, Green Buggers
4. midkiff1
5. Chris G
6. Ol J.W.
7. StoreyTeller
8. utfisher
9. harrington, Rainbow Smelt
10. Salty Dan ,Crawfish
11. dpeck21

you may want to pm everyone and let them know where going with it . and hope they still want to participate.

that works fine on my end. gives me chance to get my box back from the other swap .

I have two sets done now and ready to ship when the addy comes around.  March 1st is good, give the usps time to raise the price of a stamp.  Second set:

Size 6 streamer hook
Brown Mariboo
Black and gold speckled  chenille body
Brown and black hackle
I-Balz black 5/32


I'll work on a couple extras for the host while we're waiting.
JustDave

March 1 sounds fine to me. I should be getting the materials next week and I'll have them tied up shortly thereafter.

March 1st sounds good to me too.

Tight lines,

salty Dan
Orange Texas

Fore some of you new participants.when you ship them out you can use normal postage, but when you have them shipped back to you I like to use if it fits it ships because you never know what is coming back and i don't want to stiff any one on postage. example my flies are weighted with lead wire ,Daves are weighted with beads this adds up .

I haven't even started on mine, yet. I just got finished with an ultra light rod that is being raffled for the American Legion.
I have everything I need for them so it's just a matter of sitting down and tying them.

Just finished tying mine. Ended up going with a bugger, brass beaded size 6 streamer hook, green marabou and flash tail, black flash chenelle body. Sorry camera isn't working or I'd have pics up.

done with the woolly worms. to bad face book wont take mobile uploads any more. Can,t wait to get a new comp with a windows op system to make life easier once again.

Waiting on supplies,March 1st, sounds good to me.
Ol J.W.

I've got my wooly buggers tied up. I'm thinking of adding a second fly as well

Ok, got 10 of these tied up. Two weren't up to par so I'll tie up a few replacements this week. Decided to go with a wooly-bugger-ish Cormorant 2.0 pattern. Should be ready to send them off by the end of the month!

should have a new comp in a few weeks will post a pic of what i tied up then .

Looks like we're gonna see some great flies! I've got most of mine tied, but still need to tie a couple more up.
Okay, with March 1st the due date, I suppose I should give you guys the ship to address:

Shane "TallCrane1" Schmidt
859 Nero Court
Carmel, IN 46032

As soon as I get everybody's entry, I will get photos posted of each entry on the forum to make the non-participants jealous :-) and shipped very soon thereafter. I will send confirmations upon receipt of the flies to each tier so you know that they have arrived safe and sound. PLEASE DO NOT FORGET TO INCLUDE A RETURN ADDRESS! If you would like, you can also add a little tag describing name, size, and materials used.

THEY ALL SHOULD HAVE A TAG with the tyers online name at least . I like to know who tyed what .
I will probably use card stock and make mailing address labels. but a simple piece of paper works to. just stick the barb through and tape on the back side.

I've got my flies all tied. I just need address so I can get them sent out

look above at tallcrane 1s post it is there .

Okay folks, it's getting down to the wire...approximately two weeks before flies are due (March 1st). I know a couple of you guys are done and ready to mail off. I am going to post the "Send to" address again in case someone missed it. I am going to PM everyone that volunteered to participate to give any slackers a last second reminder. Remember to add some tags describing your name, fly name, size, materials (if you're not keeping secrets) and most importantly, A RETURN ADDRESS!

Shane "TallCrane1" Schmidt
859 Nero Court
Carmel, IN 46032

Private messages (same as above) have been sent. Due to bugginess of the messaging app, some may have gotten the message more than once (harrington). Sorry about that, no pressure intended :-) Also, utfisher, your PM bounced back....hope you're still with us.

Private messages (same as above) have been sent. Due to bugginess of the messaging app, some may have gotten the message more than once (harrington). Sorry about that, no pressure intended :-) Also, utfisher, your PM bounced back....hope you're still with us.

Buggers on the way USPS.  Should see by Monday.

JustDave

Cormorants are on their way via USPS and you should see them on Friday. I'm going to try and PM you to see if I can get through.

Buggers went out today.

im finishing up fly 2 , usually im ahead of the game but was waiting for my fly box to come back as i was in another swap on another forum.
fly 2 is a streamer pattern . kinda like a shad . white and purple fuzzy fiber tied in and then folded back over it self.

Flys are on there way .

were do we stand on this swap .
I Think rmidkiff is probably out last active in December.

1. TallCrane1, Sz.14 Extended-body Sulphur (arived)
2. Rod Tosser, woolly worm thingy and white and purple shad ( sent)
3. Just Dave, Green Buggers and brown buggers (sent)
4. midkiff1
5. Chris G ------------------------------------------------------------- (sent)
6. Ol J.W.
7. StoreyTeller______________________________________( sent)
8. utfisher ------------------------------------------------------ (sent)
9. harrington, Rainbow Smelt
10. Salty Dan ,Crawfish
11. dpeck21

Okay folks, I've got a mess of flies out of my mailbox!! Here is a list of who and what I've got:

1. TallCrane1, Sz.14 Extended-body Sulphur
2. Rod Tosser, woolly worm thingy and white and purple shad
3. Just Dave, Green and Brown Boogers....uh, I meant buggers
4. midkiff1
5. Chris G , Pink buggers
6. Ol J.W. , deer hair crawdads
7. StoreyTeller, buggers and Diawl Bach (killer fly!)
8. utfisher, Cormorant 2.0
9. harrington
10. dpeck21

So I am missing flies from midkiff1, harrington, and dpeck21. There are a couple of mail-days left however, so there will not be a man-hunt until after Tuesday :-) I will send these folks friendly reminders privately.

only one i did not send a pm to was middkiff1 and i do belie it is probably rmidkiff1. sent a memo to Harrington and dpeck21 hope all is good there way .

Yeah, rmidkiff pm keeps coming back as an unknown user. So, I'm thinking he is out.

PM from dpeck21

dpeck21 February 26 9:03PM
Sorry for the late resposne, my flies are going to be late, there appears to have been a problem with my delivery. I live on an Air Force Base and they handle the mail, so naturally its constantly FUBAR. I'm retying some of the same fly and mailing them out priority ASAP through the post office off-base.

Gentlemen,
I have to share something with you.  In past swaps, I tied a version of egg pattern which has been very succesful for us out here on our winter Steelhead.  Today I manged my personal best Steelhead on one of these tied on a size 8 hook.  He was a beautiful fish between 42"-44" in full war paint.  I didn't have the camera today (of course), but if you've received one in previous swaps and so a liitle Steelhead fishing, give it a shot, it won't disappoint.  I'm not sure why I've gone away from them in favor of the jigs I tie, but I might just have to re-visit these little fish slayers.
Looking forward to seeing the variety in this swap.
JustDave

Have you heard from harrington ?

so we should still have 12 different fly's coming back to us .

No word from Harrington, and rmidkiff1. And we'll give dpeck21 a few days for his flies to arrive! That leaves a total of eight participants. Three of you guys submitted two flies, so unless one of the others suddenly comes through, with eight entries there should be eleven flies coming back to everyone. While we give dpeck21's flies time to get here, I can bust out a dozen of something or another. I will get pictures up ASAP (but be patient. I've had trouble uploading, but have an idea).

We can wait for a service man .He at least responded to the pm so he knows there do .

upload the picture to a web host . and then either do a html code [img] insert url to pic /img with the [ ] around /img to close it .
i just drag and drop a image but you need to use add reply not quick reply or it wont work .

Good news! Harrington has sent me a message that he will be dropping his flies in the mail ASAP! So that makes a total of nine participants, twelve flies. Photos coming soon!

Picture test: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/603350...ream/]

Grrrrr....I'm working on it guys.....hang tight.

Great looking flies TC!

Salty Dan

Success! Guys, we've got a GREAT looking bunch of flies! I'm still waiting on two submissions, but so far this is what we are looking forward to. (Those eyes on JustDave's Brown Bugger are giving me nightmares...)

Wait 'til they start winking.
JustDave

Thanks for posting pics. looks like a nice set of flys . I wanted to put holographic eyes on the shad pattern but didn't have the proper size.

Nice! That's a great lookin bunch of flies.

Good lookin group of flys!!!!!!!!

Folks, all of the flies received have been divided up and are ready to ship as soon as I get Harrington's and dpeck21's submissions.

Harrington's smelts arrived today! I'll get a picture up soon. Hopefully we'll get dpeck21's flies in the next day or two so I can get these back out to you guys.

Hey guys sorry for the delay I had shipping difficulties so I ended up tying more flies, I'll have them out ASAP

Flies are en route, dropped them off yesterday. Sorry again for the delay

Dpeck21's flies arrived today! I will get the remaining pictures up tonight and these things packaged to ship, however it may be Wednesday morning before I can get to the post office. Anyone that sent priority mail boxes or provided adequate priority postage will have theirs returned via priority; others will be in a cushioned mailer. I'll post again when they ship out!

dpeck21's (beaded nymph) and Harrington's (smelt) submissions!

The flies all shipped out today, and depending on your home location, you should have them by the weekend! Even though we only had nine participants, due to multiple submissions by several tiers, everyone should have 13 flies in their boxes. Thank all of you for your participation in the 2011 Flyswap! As usual, I am very impressed by everyone's flies and tying abilities - a couple of these had me scratching my head, "how did they do that?" I will suggest that if anyone manages to land a fish with any of these flies, post the photos!


Looking forward to next year,
Shane "TallCrane1"

Thanks TC for hosting this swap.  Thanks all you Tie Flyers.  Looks like a nice bunch of fish slaying items.  Looking forward to receiving and fishing with all of these.
JustDave

Thanks for hosting Shane! Looks like another great swap

Thanks for hosting Shane .feel free to do what ever you want with the left over sets.

Thanks every one for helping make this swap work .

Flies arrived today.  They look great.  Thanks everyone.

JustDave

Received my flies today. They look awesome, thanks everyone! If I get the chance and catch something on one of them I'll be sure to let you guys know

Flys arrived today thanks.

Just Dave i hope that color scheme will give you some steely action as that is what its intent was for .

LOVE THE CRAW
 here is the one I tie 
hook shank weighted with lead wire,  fold wire in half then half again then tie to top of hook shank.
claws feathers coated with clear fingernail polish and notched i used hen pheasant you could use the church windows and use a orange sharpie to color them then let dry and coat with polish.
eyes 30 lb mono colored with a red sharpie
body burnt orange dubbing
hackle brown
over body is brown raffia
ribbed with cooper wire

Received my flies yesterday they look great I will be trying them out very soon.  Thanks again for hosting the swap.

Got my flies yesterday. Very nice selection!
Come on open water!!