Bow River Streamer Swap

[grinr]

Being as there seems to be plenty of interest in the fly swaps lately(for various reasons I sat on the fence and watched last weeks swap fill up in a few short hours).....and being as I love swinging wets and streamers('lantic salmon roots showing thru?)I'm thinkn wutdahell,I'd like to host a streamer themed swap with a generous 7 full week/March 1st deadline.Doesn't necessarily have to be Bow specific,it just happens that I live 2 minutes from Bow and that's where I fish most often.Any and all styles of streamers welcome,bucktails,bunny leach,zonkers,matukas,BR Buggers,classic featherwings(Carrie Stevens style?),muddlers,clousers......wutever,so long as it's one of your proven favorites and meant to be swung on a tight flyline like God intended flyfishing to be executed,hehehe.

Usual swap rules apply:
-first 12 "I'm ins" are in
-DO NOT miss deadline,March 1st,7 weeks,no excuse
-choose pattern at signup or TBA within 7 days?
-include S.A.S.E.
-toe tags optional,include if you want,but I'll be posting group pic of completed flies with member names,and/or,participants often post pics as they complete their flies?
-Flies will be sent from hub early if they are all received prior to deadline?

That's about it I guess?I'll PM my mailing info to participants ASAP after signing up.


Hope to see some killer patterns!

Thx for lookn',Dave

[grinr]

Oops,almost forgot....I'm in,haha.
I don't have a name for my fly,but it'll be an olive conehead/muddler head/zonker style fly,loosely (and shamelessly)copied from one that I picked up at Southbow last spring and hooked alot of nice fish with until a bad backcast to the rocks broke it at the hookbend.....and then still had a couple solid grabs on successive casts until I noticed it was broken...DOH!!

[Pikecrazed]

IM IN
peacock leach

[kritofr]

I'm in.

Dungeon articulated streamer

[grinr]

1)Grinr-Muddler head zonker
2)Pikecrazed-Peacock leach
3)kritofr-articulated Dungeon
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[grinr]

Really??
2 sign ups outta 200 views?Too soon for yet another swap?Nobody likes streamers?No other Spey casters here?Are the 24 tiers that filled the other 2 swaps,literally within minutes,the ONLY tiers that visit this forum,or is it some exclusive clique that I'm not aware or part of??WTF??

[grinr]

Originally Posted by grinr

1)Grinr-Muddler head zonker
2)Pikecrazed-Peacock Leech
3)kritofr-articulated Dungeon
4)Jeprli-Popsicle Leech
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[grinr]

1)Grinr-Muddler head zonker
2)Pikecrazed-Peacock Leech
3)kritofr-articulated Dungeon
4)jeprli-Popsicle Leech
5)millartech-Olive WB
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[grinr]

Originally Posted by kritofr

I'm in.

Dungeon articulated streamer

Hooooooollllyyyy $#*¥!!
I just googled that fly outta curiosity,and OMFG....WOW!!
That thing is just SICK!! .....and I don't even make a habit of saying "sick"?
Crazy action in the water....just incredible fly by all accounts,I can see myself falling in love with tying and fishing Dungeons!

Coincidentally,just last night I was going thru my supplies and realized that I'm gonna need some more appropriate sized coneheads for the swap fly I'm tying.In the process,I found several dozen dumbbells that I had forgotten I bought last year,and whipped off a few clousers.Then I got to thinking......hmmm....instead of coneheads,I wonder how I could incorporate dumbbell eyes into a muddler head?I didn't try
it cuz I wasn't sure how it would balance,tie to top or bottom of shank,if the fly would ride upside down,if I could spin hair around dumbbell,etc.,and thought maybe I'd experiment with it some other time?Now thanks to you,I've seen not only that YES it can be done,but also how to do it,and the results are
amazing!I can't hardly wait to tie and fish an entire arsenal of these fish slaying bad boyz!
Sure wish I could tie this fast,LMAO>>>>http://globalflyfisher.com/video/fly...ps-sex-dungeon

that's one of the things I love about swaps,as often as not it seems I discover some incredible new fly that I absolutely have to have more of.

Also kritofr,that's an incredible amount of time and work to put into a swap fly...WOW!!
Really appreciate the effort and look forward to seeing your flies.

[kritofr]

Originally Posted by grinr

Hooooooollllyyyy $#*¥!!
I just googled that fly outta curiosity,and OMFG....WOW!!
That thing is just SICK!! .....and I don't even make a habit of saying "sick"?
Crazy action in the water....just incredible fly by all accounts,I can see myself falling in love with tying and fishing Dungeons!

Coincidentally,just last night I was going thru my supplies and realized that I'm gonna need some more appropriate sized coneheads for the swap fly I'm tying.In the process,I found several dozen dumbbells that I had forgotten I bought last year,and whipped off a few clousers.Then I got to thinking......hmmm....instead of coneheads,I wonder how I could incorporate dumbbell eyes into a muddler head?I didn't try
it cuz I wasn't sure how it would balance,tie to top or bottom of shank,if the fly would ride upside down,if I could spin hair around dumbbell,etc.,and thought maybe I'd experiment with it some other time?Now thanks to you,I've seen not only that YES it can be done,but also how to do it,and the results are
amazing!I can't hardly wait to tie and fish an entire arsenal of these fish slaying bad boyz!
Sure wish I could tie this fast,LMAO>>>>http://globalflyfisher.com/video/fly...ps-sex-dungeon

that's one of the things I love about swaps,as often as not it seems I discover some incredible new fly that I absolutely have to have more of.

Also kritofr,that's an incredible amount of time and work to put into a swap fly...WOW!!
Really appreciate the effort and look forward to seeing your flies.

They aren't as hard to tie as it they seem. A few extra steps to them, but a lot of fun to tie.

I just hope we can fill up the remainder of the swap and get some patterns going. For those in the Calgary area, I can arrange for a get together on a Sunday morning or potentially a evening to tie up the streamers for the swap. I should be finished up mine this weekend although what I might do is tie up a variety of colours just in case the swap isn't full, the recipients won't be receiving all of the same variety of the fly. So I might do 6 in the yellow and the other 6 in a olive, or black or brown/tan.

Looking forward to seeing everyone elses streamers,

C

[Daceminnow]

Originally Posted by grinr

http://globalflyfisher.com/video/fly...ps-sex-dungeon

JR is in. he said he will tie a BR bugger variation that fishes well on the bow. he is a streamer fanatic and way ahead of me as far as the tying goes. i have a couple different worms down and because of the lake swap can also spin chironomids now. grinr, if you're stuck and having trouble filling the swap i'll fill a spot and either find time to learn to tie a pattern or worst case give the boys at Icky a call and provide their best bow river suggestion for the swap. that is if yourself and the other participants are ok with that.

here's a dungeon that JR burned up today after watching the vid you posted. followed the recipe for the most part, but i guess he added some lead to the fly. thanks for the link. said it was a fun tie and can't wait to fish it.


Dace

[Pikecrazed]

Originally Posted by grinr

Being as there seems to be plenty of interest in the fly swaps lately(for various reasons I sat on the fence and watched last weeks swap fill up in a few short hours).....and being as I love swinging wets and streamers('lantic salmon roots showing thru?)I'm thinkn wutdahell,I'd like to host a streamer themed swap with a generous 7 full week/March 1st deadline.Doesn't necessarily have to be Bow specific,it just happens that I live 2 minutes from Bow and that's where I fish most often.Any and all styles of streamers welcome,bucktails,bunny leach,zonkers,matukas,BR Buggers,classic featherwings(Carrie Stevens style?),muddlers,clousers......wutever,so long as it's one of your proven favorites and meant to be swung on a tight flyline like God intended flyfishing to be executed,hehehe.

Usual swap rules apply:
-first 12 "I'm ins" are in
-DO NOT miss deadline,March 1st,7 weeks,no excuse
-choose pattern at signup or TBA within 7 days?
-include S.A.S.E.
-toe tags optional,include if you want,but I'll be posting group pic of completed flies with member names,and/or,participants often post pics as they complete their flies?
-Flies will be sent from hub early if they are all received prior to deadline?

That's about it I guess?I'll PM my mailing info to participants ASAP after signing up.


Hope to see some killer patterns!

Thx for lookn',Dave

sorry but do we have to inclued return postage and whats S.A.S.E

[Daceminnow]

Originally Posted by Pikecrazed

sorry but do we have to inclued return postage and whats S.A.S.E

S.A.S.E. = Self Addressed Stamped Envelope.

Grinr, we have not received a PM with your addy info. Please send to myself when it's convenient. thanks.

Dace

[Off in the Bushes]

How are some of you gong to mail the flies so the hackles don't get squashed flat in the mail. Need ideas.

[Pikecrazed]

Originally Posted by Off in the Bushes

How are some of you gong to mail the flies so the hackles don't get squashed flat in the mail. Need ideas.

so after i read your post i think i came up with an awnser to the problem and that would be to take a small zip lok bag and fill it with a little air before closing the envolope this makes for an air cocoon around the flies lets hope it works

[grinr]

Originally Posted by Daceminnow

S.A.S.E. = Self Addressed Stamped Envelope.

Grinr, we have not received a PM with your addy info. Please send to myself when it's convenient. thanks.

Dace

My apologies Dace,PM sent.
I think what happened is when I was going through the topic PMing everybody,Jr. got overlooked because your own forum handle was not actually on the list and I forgot that Jr had signed up thru you?

[damaltor]

Hi guys,
My flies are all done and I will be sending them off to grinr in a day or 2.

Here's a few pics...

[Justbyfaith]

Hey guys,
I'm not taking part in this streamer swap, but am taking part in a different swap. I headed to the post office to ask about weight/shipping etc. The the lady highly recommended bubble envelopes with three stamps for anything big and under 50 grams.

Just a friendly heads up.

[Daceminnow]

Originally Posted by grinr

My apologies Dace,PM sent.
I think what happened is when I was going through the topic PMing everybody,Jr. got overlooked because your own forum handle was not actually on the list and I forgot that Jr had signed up thru you?

got it. JR's reamers will be mailed out this week to you. thanks.

Dace