Favorite Spring Fly Swap

[peregrines]

Brent welcome back -- glad to have you in this one

[aroostookbasser]

Thanks......

Hey if nobody minds I'ld like to share the experience with my readers. Since I'm just getting back on the bench.

Could be good Pr for NAFFF.......might get us a few more tyers on the forum.

My NWW Blog is out performing the AFT one and I am pulling about 10,000 hits per month!

Would like to bring AFT back up and tying is what it is all about!!

[aroostookbasser]

We still on for 5/1?


Not quite 12 tyers.........

[peregrines]

Brent - Yes, still on for May 1--


And I just received flies a great set of flies for this swap from England (from Byron, Flytier07)

[webrx]

I have 3 more to tie, working on them now.

[futuramille]

mine are done...in the mail first thing next week.

[aroostookbasser]

One to go......will be mailed on Monday!!!!!

[webrx]

Mailing mine Monday as well, working on toe tags, and gotta find a little box to put them in so the hackle doesn't get crushed.

Here is the recipe.

Martis Midge Emerger
HOOK: Mustad 3906B #14
THREAD: Brown
TAIL: Flashabou pearl rainbow
BODY: Bright orange Rayon
WING: Elk hair, orange died
HACKLE: Furnace

To fish these you can put a little float on the orange elk hair and fish it in the film, if the fish are hitting lower in the column, trim the elk hair down to give it a "pre-emerger" profile, no floatant, you can add a small split shot if desired, and let the fly drift down, then a gentle very short tug retrieve to imitate the midge rising to the surface, then let it settle again, and repeat.

I tied them in orange, the original for this pattern, but I have also had success with red elk hair on this pattern.

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[aroostookbasser]

Altoids Tin loaded and all flies tagged.

Here's the Recipe:

AB's Olive emerger

Hook- Mustad #12 Dry Fly hook
Thread: Danville monocord - green
Tail: Olive rabbit fur
Body: #358 Olive silk
Wing: Olive Rabbit
Hackle: Cree

There you go....out on Monday!!!

[russellb]

I'm all done and will ship out tomorrow as well-

Snow Cone midge

Hook- TMC2499 16-20
White Tungsten Bead Head
Black thread body
Red copper wire rib.

Very simple yet it has duped well over 100 trout this season alone.