Everyone did a pretty good job. One of the things about swaps is you will always get to busy at work to enjoy tying them. I'm so glad I got to retire when we did, things have changed in the last 2 years so it's no longer enjoyable for those still in the forces.
Peggy On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 5:37 AM, Pete Gramp <[email protected]> wrote: > Work has kept me from posting about this until now (job security, but > man-oh-man the hours are killer! Still have yet to be on the water this > season...), but I received a set of wonderful flies for the dry fly swap - > except for that one that I got back tied by myself. I'll use that one to > get the fish to laugh so hard that I can scoop then up while they're > distracted with their laughter. > ...Or something like that... > > All kidding aside, well done, everyone. I can't wait to copy these! > > Oh, and I must confess, I took some liberties with materials on my fly, > compared to the original pattern, or at least the pattern as it exists in > its current state as *considered* to be "original", but I tried my best > to keep the general idea, and impression given by the materials the same > (i.e. speckled CDL tail in place of "darkly speckled champagne spade hackle > tail", and a single strand of embroidery thread wrapped 6 times used in > place of "a tag of six wraps tightly corded, sparse and defuzzed, thread > made of pig wool, of color muted brown with olive"). Send to me off-list > if you want the so-called / considered original recipe, and let me know > where you acquire such materials if you have a source for them. > > The recipe is one handed down through the generations on my maternal side, > which is in fact Clan Campbell of Cawdor (Scotland), and I do not know how > "authentic" the recipe I have is, that is, how true to the original it is > (it has had something like 13 generations of 'whisper down the lane', and I > don't doubt that it started as a wet fly and ended up as the dry fly it is > today much later down the line), but it is still a neat little pattern to > tie up. And it catches fish! > > Thanks for putting up with my circumlocution about this family fly, and > let me know off-list if you want more info about it. > . > Tight lines, > -Pete > > > On Sun, Apr 16, 2017 at 3:23 PM, Rene Zillmann <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> All, >> >> got mine yesterday. >> >> Great flies, thanks to all, who participated. A lot of flies to copy... >> >> Best >> >> Rene >> >> On 04/15/2017 09:48 PM, Phxflytyer wrote: >> >> Any Peggy, just a short couple of hours south of Mike, I am in Mesa AZ. >> Plenty of good fishing here also. >> >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> Thank You, >> Alan Di Somma >> Phoenix, AZ. >> >> Some mistakes are just too much fun to make only once. >> >> >> >> On Apr 15, 2017, at 12:40 PM, Michael Bliss <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Received my dry and streamer flies today. Thanks again to Peggy and to >> all the tyers. Ya'll did a mighty fine job. >> >> And Peggy if you get close to us here in Utah on your travels let us know >> and maybe we can wet a line together. >> >> Mike >> >> On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 9:09 PM, Allan Fish <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On 4/13/17 10:23 PM, Phxflytyer wrote: >>> >>>> I ignored your fly if that will make you feel better? >>>> >>> >>> Thank you! >>> >>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" >>> group. >>> >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected] >>> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group >>> /vfb-mail?hl=en >>> >>> VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com >>> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "VFB Mail" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Mike Bliss >> >> -- >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" >> group. >> >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group >> /vfb-mail?hl=en >> >> VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "VFB Mail" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" >> group. >> >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group >> /vfb-mail?hl=en >> >> VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "VFB Mail" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> >> -- >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" >> group. >> >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group >> /vfb-mail?hl=en >> >> VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "VFB Mail" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" > group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscribe@ > googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/ > group/vfb-mail?hl=en > > VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VFB Mail" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Peggy Brenner www: SixSistersFlybox.com -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. 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