Flyswap 2012

[scotty9]

Got my flies in yesterday - sweet job guys! Pretty impressed with the 2012 delivery

Special mention to Marshall (Voodoo child) for his flies. Must be a huge amount of work in them, they look absolutely fantastic. Looking forward to giving them a whirl.

And thanks to Janko for flybitching

[hillloch]

Excellent set of flies arrived today. Thanks to all involved.

[flyfishfairwx]

Shit really flies are arriving!! great just before hunting season here.. and 21 DEC 2012...

Kewl!!

HAHAHAHAHAHAA

[WestCoast]

Close to the truth FFFW,

I think that there is an opening, somewhere near me, on Oct. 1.

However, I will still be fishing then!!!

[flyfishfairwx]

Between the time I sent the flies and the time they arrive..

I have cut my hair.. (FUCK)

gotten a job (FUCK FUCK)
lost a job

Got another job (as above)
Ditched that job

Got this last Job (as above)

two of my sons are now married, Wife happy G/kids someday!

moved - still own old house so the flies are there, I think I can wait a day to go get them..

Good show troops.

[WestCoast]

Awesome!!

Arrived home from a short trip, and, there they were!!
Gently resting, in the mailbox, after their arduous trip across 1/2 the globe.

Great flies everyone, some excellent examples of the "fly tiers art",
all of them look too good to actually fish with.

Janesch, thanks very much for putting in all the organizational effort.

[Paul Arden]

Wow, just in! Awesome flies!!!! Marshall, I will catch a snakehead on your fly this month!! Who's is the bunny on jig hook? Can you tell me more pls? Thanks! Paul

[Janesch]

Glad to hear that packages started to show up. I was sure that was last years swap flies until i went back to see first post. Ups. Someone must have changed topics title :p Sorry it took so long to end this one.
Packages delivered by far:
1. Snjeshka
2. Ivica
3. Paul
4. Hilloch
5. Scotty0
6. WestCoast

@ Paul
Bunny is Eric`s :;):

[WestCoast]

Since I was amongst the last to get my contribution away, I am seriously considering beginning to tie up the next batch.

Right after the next fishing trip, I think!!

[Eric]

Paul,
That marabou flash bunny jig hook streamer is mine. Sculpin / molting crayfish (green) / sucker imitation. Not sure but it may be called a Meat Puppet You can strip it but it's designed for fishing dead drift or semi-tight in slower water off a floating line (straight length of like 6 LB tippet). Quarter up or across with a mend to sink it. Intent is for it to fish hook up and slither along the bottom through the cobble, crevices, trenches and holes. Also fishes well under an indicator. Rust colored works sometimes which I'm guessing is more leech / adult crayfish.

[Paul Arden]

Thanks Eric, I'll give it a go. I keep meaning to tie up some "go anywhere" trout streamers that fish like bass and toga flies. I think I'm going to have a busy October tying. I'll tie some of these too!

Cheers, Paul

[Haggisboy]

Any chance of a picture Paul/Eric I am looking for a Cray pattern at the moment. Cheers Campbell

[Eric]

I'll have swap pics from Janko up tonight

Campbell, It's not a strict crayfish imitation, but fishes well during the summer molt. For a straight up imitation, I'd suggest Tim's Dead Drift Crayfish under a big indicator. If you also have big stones, what's turned into a hot fly this year is the Stonedaddy, a cross between a baby cray and stone nymph. Probably work great even if you don't have big stoneflies. (We almost always fish a heavy bomb nymph here, so this is just a stone tweaked to have some overlap with a baby cray)

[Janesch]

By the time Eric puts all pics you can see here Campbell. Second picture first row, right. As well some other patterns.

[Haggisboy]

Thanks Janesch. It is the fly I thought it was a John Barr creation (I think).

Thanks for the other links eric, I like the Stonefly/Craw hybrid fly.

Will whip a few up.

Thanks

Campbell