Whoops...sorry 'bout that. This should have gone to Ed
direct. Pardon, pardon, so sorry....
-John
Oregon
--- John Martinez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Ed-
>
> Just to let you know, I signed up for the Chuck
> Swap.
> Will tie a Chuck Adams Parachute. Your basic P-Adams
> with 'chuck fur instead of muskrat. Not very
> imaginative, I'm afraid, but an old standby that
> should get a fish or two.
>
> Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to You and Yours.
> Good fishing, too.
>
> -John, Denise & Michael
> Oregon
>
> --- Ed Engelman/Sue Atkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Woodchuck Swap
> >
> > Flies Due on Groundhog Day (Candlemas Day), Feb.
> 2,
> > 2002
> >
> > Maximum number of Swap Participants - 12
> >
> > Sign-up period ends Jan. 2
> >
> > All flies must contain hair from woodchuck or a
> > close relative from the
> > Marmot family.
> >
> > To sign up for the Woodchuck Swap go to VFS at:
> >
>
http://www.flyshop.com/Bench/Index-frames.cfm?page=swap
> >
> > According to legend:
> > On February 2 the groundhog (woodchuck, chuck,
> > marmot etc) peers out of his
> > burrow to check the climate. If he doesn't see
> his
> > shadow then spring is
> > reputed to be close at hand. However if he is
> > frightened by his shadow,
> > spring is at least six weeks away.
> >
> >
> > Read More About It
> >
> > http://www.punxsutawneyphil.com/
> > (Your Link to the 02/02/02
> > Official Celebration)
> >
> > http://www.hoghaven.com/ (Good information
> on
> > woodchucks, pictures
> > and sound bites)
> >
> > http://www.stormfax.com/ghogday.htm (The
> history
> > of Groundhog Day and
> > its origins.)
> >
> > http://www.groundhog.org/ (The official site
> > of the Punxstawney
> > Groundhog Club)
> >
> >
> >
> > What better way to celebrate this occasion than
> with
> > a fly swap.
> > I like to use materials that are readily
> accessible.
> > I tie with shoe
> > laces, dog hair, rubber bands, synthetic dusters,
> > candy wrappers, craft
> > beads and other foraged materials. The woodchuck
> > makes it onto the
> > list. Normally thought of as a pest, their
> > underground burrows in
> > agricultural fields can collapse when farm
> machinery
> > travel over
> > them. This can cause injury to the machinery
> > operator and damage his
> > tractor, hay-bine, bailer etc.
> >
> > If you would like to participate and are looking
> for
> > a source of woodchuck,
> > it can be purchased on line at
> > http://www.linesend.com/00/hair.shtml or I
> > will swap a patch of woodchuck or rockchuck with
> you
> > for another fly tying
> > material.
> >
> > The pattern I am offering has been productive on
> > bass and panfish. It
> > substitutes woodchuck for squirrel in a pattern
> > originally called
> > squirrelly. I have renamed it Route 206.
> >
> >
>
>
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> You move and are gone, I move and remain.
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