Terrestrial Swap #1, Spring 2012

[peregrines]

Thanks to Brian (Liphookedau) for suggesting this one--

Summer is fast approaching and soon all kinds of creepy crawler landlubbers will be falling into the streams-- Ants and beetles are great patterns to have in your summer time fly box and drifting one along the bank or under overhanging tree branches is a good way to whistle up a fish or two during the summer when nothing is hatching. And sometimes they do the trick when trout are feeding on Tricos or other tiny stuff.

Ant, beetle, inch worm, hopper, cricket etc patterns are all fair game for this swap

Due date June 1, 2012

With 15 swappers if everyone ties up 14 flies you'll each get back 14 - one from each of the other tyers.

1. Liphookedau - Foam Beetle RECEIVED
2. La_jolla1 - McPhail Jungle Beetle RECEIVED
3. gatortransplant
4. willamhj- Foam Beetle RECEIVED
5. fire instructor - Fat Head Beetle RECEIVED
6. hooked1- Loran's Cicada RECEIVED
7. dean_mt - beetle RECEIVED
8. theboz - Speetle - RECEIVED
9. Mudbug - Foam Cracker Ant RECEIVED
10. kayo - Lady Bug RECEIVED
11. JoJer - Foam Hopper- RECEIVED
12. Futuramille- Green Oak Worm
13. Scooby Scott
14. tbblom - Canyon Hopper RECEIVED
15. Silver Creek- Hard Bodied Acrylic Ant RECEIVED

 

[dean_mt]

Re: Terrestrial Swap, Spring 2012

Giddy-up...I'm in Mark! I'll do some sort of beetle.

 

[fire instructor]

Re: Terrestrial Swap, Spring 2012

Mark, I'll tie either a Fat-head Beetle (foam) or a Gorrilla-Glue Ant.... I'll let you know. Either way, I need to pick-up some rubber leg material this week.....

 

[mudbug]

Re: Terrestrial Swap, Spring 2012

I'll do this one with a foam ant.

 

[kayo]

Re: Terrestrial Swap, Spring 2012

count me in, tbd.

 

[fire instructor]

Re: Terrestrial Swap, Spring 2012

Wife and I went and listened to the 90 minute pitch on why we should buy a time-share today..... NOT!!! But it gave me an excuse to drive through Eastern NY and Southwestern VT to check-out some streams, PLUS we just HAD to stop at the Orvis Mothership in Manchester, VT....

Ended-up the day with no time-share, got my $50 Home Depot Card, my 4 airline ticket vouchers, and the rubber legs I needed for this tie. Additionally, I found another small angling shop just up the road from Orvis, The Reel Angler (The Reel Angler - Manchester, Vermont - Fly Fishing & Bass Tackle Shop, Guide Service ), not "fly" only, but had a decent stock of flies and fly-fishing gear and very nice folks, and it was a nice day to just get away from the house and the chores accumulated.

Mark - Put me down for the Fat-Head Beetle. Fat Head Beetle Instructions Step by Step

 

[JoJer]

Re: Terrestrial Swap, Spring 2012

Hi All, I'll get in this one, too.
First impulse is a caterpillar, but don't hold me to that, I want to look around for more inspiration first.

 

[futuramille]

Re: Terrestrial Swap, Spring 2012

I'm in, "Green oak worm"!

 

[stl_geoff]

Re: Terrestrial Swap, Spring 2012

Hmmmm....if we need to fill in a spot.

 

[scoobyscott]

Re: Terrestrial Swap, Spring 2012

I would be up for this if you allow people from across the pond Probably a daddy longlegs

 

[fire instructor]

Re: Terrestrial Swap, Spring 2012

Mark - If someone from "across the pond" (ScoobyScott) wants to play, I'll even contribute to the necessary postage!!!

And BTW - I was looking on-line at some patterns and recipes, and since a couple of others have expressed interest in foam beetlles, I may change to something else.

Found a REAL neat grasshopper pattern that I want to try....

 

[stl_geoff]

Re: Terrestrial Swap, Spring 2012

Found a REAL neat grasshopper pattern that I want to try....

Which one? You might convince me to join in anyway,.

 

[tbblom]

Re: Terrestrial Swap, Spring 2012

I have a black and brown, grey wing hopper that I could contribute to the swap. I call it the 'canyon hopper', after the dark hoppers in the canyons here.

 

[scoobyscott]

Re: Terrestrial Swap, Spring 2012

Thanks Rick nice offer but no need I'll cover my costs if I'm in the few pound will be worth it for some flies that you just can't get over here. Do you auction a set for charity? One last question, probably a bit daft do you get daddies over there? Don't want to tie flies that are no use

 

[fire instructor]

Re: Terrestrial Swap, Spring 2012

do you get daddies over there? Don't want to tie flies that are no use

Daddy long-legs are one of the most commonly seen spiders, at least here in the Northeast!

And stl_geoff, the hopper pattern that interested me is this one: Skunk Hopper Fly Pattern info and Recipe - Dennis Potter I just have to find the "banded" leg material (as opposed to individual legs).

 

[mudbug]

Re: Terrestrial Swap, Spring 2012

Thanks Rick nice offer but no need I'll cover my costs if I'm in the few pound will be worth it for some flies that you just can't get over here. Do you auction a set for charity? One last question, probably a bit daft do you get daddies over there? Don't want to tie flies that are no use

Apparently there are 3 different bugs known as daddy long legs and we have all of them.

1.) The spider

2.) Something that looks kinda like a spider but it's not because the body is just one part.

3.) Something that we call a "Mosquito Hawk" around here, but others call them a "Crane Fly" or a Daddy Long Legs.

 

[la_jolla1]

Re: Terrestrial Swap, Spring 2012

Thanks Rick nice offer but no need I'll cover my costs if I'm in the few pound will be worth it for some flies that you just can't get over here. Do you auction a set for charity? One last question, probably a bit daft do you get daddies over there? Don't want to tie flies that are no use

Welcome to the US site!! Scoobyscott recently ran the klinkndink2 swap on the UK site, which was a great success (flies were outstanding).

Late summer, meadow stream, hay cutting, DLLs.

:welcomean

Hugh

 

[scoobyscott]

Re: Terrestrial Swap, Spring 2012

Thanks Hugh, you had a chance to wet any of the klink swap flies?
The Crane fly is the one I was thinking of although I much prefer mosquito hawk sounds feirce :icon_evil

 

[peregrines]

Re: Terrestrial Swap, Spring 2012

Excellent-- there was quite a response to this one including from some new folks to fly swaps-- rather than turn any one away how about we expanmd this to 15 swappers-- (normally the limit is 13).

If everyone ties up 14 flies instead of the usual 12, then each of the 15 swappers will get back 14 flies, one from each of the other tyers...

So mudbug, kayo, JoJer, Futuramille, stl_geoff, scoobyscott and tbblom you folks are all in.

I'll send PMs to all with my address

 

[stl_geoff]

Re: Terrestrial Swap, Spring 2012

Well I think im going to have to bow out of this one guys. looking at the due date plus other swaps Im and the fact I will have a new born at that time, Im not sure i'll be able to get em done.