Hello fellow flyfishers of Washington,
Below is the list of confirmed participates in the Waflyfishers "Go To"
flyswap. If I've missed anyone, please email me at: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Dell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
"Ray Wallace" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
"Jeff Hale" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
"luckyboy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
"Justin Teegarden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
"Tim Coleman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
"Charlie Mastro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
There is room for 4 more tiers. I will keep the list open until October
7th. At that time the swap will close, I will send final instructions and
my snail mail address. I will email all entered tiers with the final count
of flies needed to tie. Please have all flies tied and mailed to me by
October 28th, 2000.
I originally wanted this to be a swap of the fly you "go to" when all
others have failed in the pursuit of trout. But since it's been suggested
to open it up to steelhead and saltwater fishing flies as well, I think
that's great. So tie up your hottest fly. Please confirm what pattern you
will be tying. I would like to keep duplicate patterns to a minimum. I will
be tying the "Easy Rider" foam-bodied dry fly.
All entrants will need to email me a recipe and tying instructions for
their fly. Any tips on fishing the fly would be great as well! I will then
email all entrants all of the various tying instructions, which can then be
printed out if needed. This will reduce the weight of mailing and the paper
shuffle on my end.
Below are some helpful tips on packaging and mailing your finished flies:
On each of your flies you should attach a 'small' tag on which is your name
and e-mail
and the name of your pattern, so that all the flies can be identified by
their recipients .
The tag should be a tiny piece of paper to which you can impale the hook
point. Do not
attach tags with strings or wire as untangling a mess of flies can be a
nightmare for your
swapmeister.
Then place your flies in an appropriately sized crush-proof container (this
container will
be returned to you filled with all the treasures from the other swappers).
Keep in mind
that some of the other tiers may be tying flies that are larger than yours,
so make sure
that your container is large enough. Your swapmeister's preference (for ease of
distribution) is a container that is flat and lacks compartments. Altoids
tins are perfect as
are small to medium plastic flyboxes. Other types that work well include
floppy disk,
camcorder cassette and VCR tape boxes. Travel soap holders also work well
or small
compartmented Planos. Things to avoid are film canisters, cardboard boxes
or any hard
breakable plastic boxes. Some swappers like to package their flies,
especially unhackled
types, in individual ziplocks or paper envelopes. That's great, but you
have to remember
to still include a box for the return of flies that are not packaged in the
same manner.
Now place your filled box in a self-addressed padded return envelope. Make
sure that you include adequate return postage...sometimes it costs more for
the return trip due to larger flies or extra
materials. It is best to NOT affix the postage but to include it inside the
padded envelope.
Now place your return package in a larger manila or tyvek envelope, address
it to your
swapmeister and ship it on out before the deadline date.
So let the tying begin. I will let all participants know when the the swap
is full and/or the status of the swap on October 7th when it closes. I am
here to answer any questions as well. I know is this going to be fun for
all involved.
Tie one on!
Danny McMillin
