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RE: Fly Swap?

Vlap — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:32:49 GMT

Although I am not going to participate I can offer a few words to help.

Decide on a type of fly (fresh or salt) Then tie your favorite fly for salt water or fresh.
Find a central person. Everyone mails their flies to that person. This person divides the flies and mails them out to the recipients.
Set a date for everyone to try and have their flies tied and in the mail.

RE: Fly Swap?

sweetlight_photo — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:02:30 GMT

Does anyone see my words or understand what I am saying? I mean, if everyone wants Clousers then I'll tie em or streamers or shrimpy looking flies. I just don't know where everyone involved in this lives so like I said id I need to match a Montana hatch then that's fine, lets communicate my friends.

RE: Fly Swap?

sweetlight_photo — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:07:38 GMT

Seems like we are all gung ho butg no get up and go. I am new to all this so somebody grow a pair and tell me what to do next. I guess what I was trying to say in my margarita influenced last post was, does everyone live in this area where our flies would be appreciated or are any of the participants in an area where a different hatch match would be needed. Let's Roll!!!

RE: Fly Swap?

Vlap — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 05:30:19 GMT

[quote][b]New guy on the flats (7/13/2008)[/b][hr]I'm in.[/quote]

Anyone getting this mans flies will be happy.

RE: Fly Swap?

sweetlight_photo — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:02:28 GMT

Tommy I am really looking forward to this, its an awesome idea. Do we all want to tie a series of flies or if we have a speacialty we could send a gross of those or however many or something. Or am I totally making this harder than need be. Probably. Anyways, sounds like a blast>

RE: Fly Swap?

Tommygunn — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:45:15 GMT

Looks like 5 of us are interested in a fly swap.

Tommygunn - "office toad"

2Dflatz

Vlap

Sweetlight_photo

New Guy on the flats

Let me know what you are going to tie and I'll edit this post with your fly selection. Like I mentioned earlier, we'll keep it simple and tie your favorite inshore fly. We'll make the due date September 1st, that gives us a few weekends. When the time comes I'll give you guys my address so you can send me the flies, I'll sort them out and send them back to ya. Read the fly swap guide lines I posted earlier and if you have any questions, let me know.

RE: Fly Swap?

sweetlight_photo — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 08:09:11 GMT

Am I missing something or did the swap not happen yet? Let's get it on my brother's.

RE: Fly Swap?

2Dflatz — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 11:08:40 GMT

Tom, it was great to talk flyfishing with you this weekend and I hope to get out fishing with you in the near future.

Thanks a bunch for the flies

Joe

RE: Fly Swap?

New guy on the flats — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 16:42:05 GMT

I'm in.

RE: Fly Swap?

sweetlight_photo — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:57:22 GMT

Sounds like a blast to me, just let me know when, where and how. I live in Daytona Beach but travel the country a lot. I also spend a lot of time fishing in and around Shiloh Marsh area.

Chris

Anyone may email me at anytime for any reason at cwaltersart@yahoo.com

www.flickr.com/photos/sweetlight/sets

RE: Fly Swap?

Tommygunn — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 13:59:54 GMT

Looks like 3 people so far, would like to see at least 3 more. Here is some info on fly swaps in case some don't know exactly what it intails...

Fly swap guideline for tyers and swapmasters:

1. A dozen tyers is about the perfect size.

2. A swap should be proposed by someone willing to act as the Swapmaster.

3. The Swapmaster should keep track of all tyers who commit to participating and when 12 are signed up, "close" the swap to new participants.

4. The Swapmaster should then post a list of who's in, what they've committed to tie, and what the deadline is.

5. Swaps are supposed to be fun, so deadlines should be realistic -- at least a month away from the time the swap is closed in most cases.

6. Flies should be mailed in large, rigid envelopes. The perfect way to ship flies into the Swapmaster is to put them in a plastic, inexpensive flybox with the tyer's TKF username and real name printed on it. Include a return envelope in the package, with your return address on it, and the same amount of postage as was required to ship your flies to the swapmaster. (shipping fly boxes is a great idea, mainly because it insures that no hooks will poke through the paper envelopes and impale some poor postal worker, be sure to write your name on the box though!)

7. Make sure the return envelope is big enough to accomodate large flies! It's a shame for the swapmaster to have cram other tyers' work into a small envelope. Some flies are quite long, have delicate tails, and need lots of room.

8. It's a nice gesture to include some information about the pattern you've tied, a receipe, etc.

9. Some tyers put each fly into its own plastic sleeve.

10. Include an extra fly for the swapmaster as a courtesy, not mandatory, but a nice touch.

11. Try to make the deadline.

12. Put your screen name on the outside of the envelope when you ship it to the swapmaster.

13. Make an effort to show off your best work. Don't rush. Tying a dozen of the same pattern can be tedious, so don't do it all at once unless you're really determined or an efficient tyer. Try to tie something unique. Swaps are a great way to receive patterns you might never consider. That's not to say that a Deceiver/Clouser/common pattern isn't appreciated.

For the Swapmaster

1. Keep the swap informed by posting a thread with the subject line "SWAP [whatever title] Update." Spell out who's in, what they are tying, and any news.

2. Post a reminder a week before the deadline.

3. Post a list of what flies you've received as they arrive.

4. Keep the flies in their original envelopes in a safe place. I would recommend not opening any envelopes until they have all arrived.

5. When all the flies have arrived, find a big open space -- like a clear kitchen or dining room table and put down 12 pieces of 8.5x11 paper.

6. Write each tyers TKF name and real name on the bottom of each piece of paper.

7. Open the envelopes and carefully put each tyers contribution on their sheet of paper.

8. Keep the return envelopes in a stack.

9. Distribute the flies, one set at a time, between the 12 sheets of paper.

10. When they are all distributed. Carefully collect the flies and place them in the receipient's fly box, sheet of foam, cardboard or whatever. Place that in the return envelope. DO NOT SEAL YET.

11. When all the return envelopes (11, the 12th being you, the swapmaster) are filled, check to see if there are any flies remaining to be sorted. If not, and if you think everything is good to go: seal the envelopes.

12. Take the bundle to the post office, mail it, and post a message saying the swap is in the mail. A photo of the set with a key to who tied what is a nice touch.

RE: Fly Swap?

Vlap — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:35:42 GMT

I would be game. The only downside is my flies are so poorly tied I would feel bad exchanging them for your flies.

RE: Fly Swap?

2Dflatz — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:15:41 GMT

I'd be game for trying it. Never done one before but let me know how you want to set it up and I'll tie a few! I usually show up bright and early on Saturday morning and leave later in the evening.

Joe

Fly Swap?

Tommygunn — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:04:49 GMT

I know this portion of the forum doesn't see much traffic, but was wondering if anybody would be interested in a fly swap, especially the upcoming mogan mania participants? We could tie up a few flies and swap them over a couple of "pain killers"!

We'll make it simple and tie anything that you would use in the IRL, lagoon, or Banana River....