Feb Anything Goes Swap Pics...

[ruge13]

They went out this morning 4/21. Here they are minus one fly soon to come. Great looking set by the way!!!

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and a few more...

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last but not least...

[tyguy]

Excellent bunch of flies guys!!! Can't wait to get mine! --127-3-

[mdrew9]

ooo who tied the first one in black? I want it!

[SPCantwell]

i tied the shrimp in the top set last picture on the right

[Striperknight]

My crease looks bad- top row 3rd fly. The camera was not kind. Looks like the epoxy broke. I put a purple reflective median in the epoxy.

[ruge13]

Actually...that's camera glare (sorry). The paint job on those crease flies is great! How long did it take you to hand draw and paint all those flies?? They look air brushed like a plug.

[Striperknight]

No problem. I get some great flies from these swaps and wanted to make sure they were up to par.
They are airbrushed with 4 different colors to get the color I like.
I made 25 pretty fast. I had multiple swaps and plug building projects so I do not know how long it took. Airbrushing something this small is fast. Painted the faces/fins while watching tv. I do airbrush my own plugs as well. I know this is a fly site but I included this pic to show the airbrushing. This takes some time.

The set all look great. :)
I also can't wait to get my hands on the black fly (1st pic 1st row).
That is nice. I have a hard time spinning hair like that. .

[ruge13]

Thats some nice work on the plug! Do you by any chance make darters or needlefish?

[captshiner]

I did the last fly (blue/silver crease). It's my most productive fly from july on when the p-nuts show up. Plus I love being scared out of my waders when a fish crashes one 10 feet in front of me at night :brow It's on a 1/0 34007. Foam covered with silver leaf transfer foil and colored blue on top. Coated w/ 30 min epoxy. Enjoy!

[tyguy]

Guys,

I got my flies yesterday - my hat is off to one and all, every one of them are beautiful flies! --127-3-

BTW, my contribution was the tan/olive red-nosed clouser. It works well here in Delaware, I hope it does well for you all.

Good luck and tight lines!

[PAUL SCHWACK]

Got Mine Over The Weekend..... They All Look Great..... :-%

Mine Are The Black Snake Fly.

[ruge13]

I got The last set of flies, FishCT your set, along with everyone else's flies will go out tomorrow. Thanks!! (sorry for the crummy picture)

[Sentience]

Thanks again, Sean, for being the swapmeister. You put a lot time into this sort of thing over the off season. I definitely appreciate it.

Mine is the olive and grey clouser. Especially great on an overcast day or low light. This is by far my best producing fly for almost anything at anytime of the year. It is not elegant but it just keeps working.