So the theme of this swap is your favorite dry flies for trout.

Max number of entries: Hard Max 10; Minimum of 5 participants. (Less than this and it’s tough to justify the swap) Plan to tie 20 flies. If we only have 5, everyone will get 4 of each fly, if we have 10, everyone will get 2 of each fly.

Accepted Region: whole world as long as you include ample shipping funds for return shipping and the flies can be submitted in a timely manner. I do not accept foreign currency for postage.
I request shipping labels for USPS, UPS or Fedex..
If you forget and don't provide appropriate shipping funds or return shipping envelopes, I will message you to try to find a solution. (This has happened with at least 1 participant with each swap I have hosted, so don’t feel bad if it is you.)

Open to: All tyers are welcome to participate. (IF THIS IS YOUR FIRST SWAP, OR IF YOU ARE A NEW TYER, PLEASE READ THE RULES AND MESSAGE THE HOST BEFORE JOINING).

Sign Up Deadline: July 10.

Mailing Deadline: July 25. (I know that is only 15 days, but let’s not let this get away from us. I would like to have them sorted and back out to you before the end of July.)

What to tie: Please tie your favorite dry flies for trout.

Please include "Toe Tags" on your flies with the fly name and your reddit user name. If you don't know what these are, please PM me and I am happy to help.

How many to tie: Please plan to tie 20 flies. We will be doing 2-4 per participant depending on how many sign up.

List of Participants and flies:

Flies have been shipped, you should be receiving them now. So sorry for the delay. PM me if you have issues.

Anybody interested in a swap?

This community has been really quiet.

I’ll host but I’d like to know if anyone is interested or still watching this sub.

Edit: I’m finishing a long weekend working in the hospital. I’ll post a swap this coming week, so be on the lookout!

So the theme of this swap is your favorite flies that have hackle. This is your chance to show off your Palmering skills.

Max number of entries: Hard Max 10; Minimum of 5 participants. (Less than this and it’s tough to justify the swap) Plan to tie 20 flies. If we only have 5, everyone will get 4 of each fly, if we have 10, everyone will get 2 of each fly.

Accepted Region: whole world as long as you include ample shipping funds for return shipping and the flies can be submitted in a timely manner. I do not accept foreign currency for postage.
I request shipping labels for USPS, UPS or Fedex..
If you forget and don't provide appropriate shipping funds or return shipping envelopes, I will message you to try to find a solution. (This has happened with at least 1 participant with each swap I have hosted, so don’t feel bad if it is you.)

Open to: All tyers are welcome to participate. (IF THIS IS YOUR FIRST SWAP, OR IF YOU ARE A NEW TYER, PLEASE READ THE RULES AND MESSAGE THE HOST BEFORE JOINING).

Sign Up Deadline: July 5.

Mailing Deadline: July 20. (I know that is only 15 days, but let’s not let this get away from us. I would like to have them sorted and back out to you before the end of July.)

What to tie: Please tie your favorite flies that use hackle.

Please include "Toe Tags" on your flies with the fly name and your reddit user name. If you don't know what these are, please PM me and I am happy to help.

How many to tie: Please plan to tie 20 flies. We will be doing 2-4 per participant depending on how many sign up.

List of Participants and flies:

Update Signups are closed. We have 5 participants, so still plan on 20flies and we’re getting 4ea. PM me when you are done tying and I’ll share shipping address.

Update Everything is received, I sorted tonight and will try to get them shipped back out tomorrow! Thank you too everyone for participating!

Any interest in a swap? It’s been 8mo since anyone hosted a swap, so I’m just feeling out of there is any interest? I’ll post one and host it if I get enough interest.

And that's a wrap! Everything has been shipped back. If you gave some money for shipping, I sent it back. Donate it for the holiday season or somethings. Also. I think there was possibly an extra set of Quick_Chowder's bugs in my shipping bin for all these..so if you didn't get his, PM me and I'll ship em to you. Thanks all and enjoy the holidays and New Year!

OK WE'RE GOING TO CAP IT HERE AT 9 PARTICIPANTS. TIE UP 18 WIGGLY FRIENDS AND GET THEM SENT WHEN YOU WRAP UP. SHOOT A PIC OF WHAT'S ON IT'S WAY WHEN YOU FINISH UP!

Ok all, here's our official thread for this Fall's Articulated Streamer Swap. Remember, bug choice is all up to you. Just make sure she wiggles.

Max number of entries: Max 10; Minimum of 5 participants.

**Accepted Region:**whole world as long as you include ample shipping funds for return shipping and the flies can be submitted in a timely manner. I do not accept foreign currency for postage. I request shipping labels for USPS, UPS or Fedex.. If you don't provide appropriate shipping funds or return shipping envelopes, I reserve the right to hold your flies hostage until that is resolved. (Copied and saved from u/cpmorris1001's last swap. Samesies.

**Open to:**All Fly Tiers. If you are new to this sub, please post a request to join and the mods will discuss your fly posts and let you know. If your account is less than 6 months old, or if you have not posted in the r/flytying or r/flyfishing subs you will likely not be included in the swap.

Sign Up Deadline: 10/31/22

Mailing Deadline: November 24th giving you plenty of time to crank out these meaty bugs before the holiday season.

What to tie: Articulated trout flies

Please include "Toe Tags" on your flies with the fly name and your reddit username.

Please include a note with your flies This will be included with pics of the flies. Please include what the fly is supposed to imitate and your favorite ways/times to fish that fly. Remember, return mailing with box/shipping label/etc is a must.

**How many to tie:**Please plan to tie 20 flies (2 flies for each participant) if we have 10 tiers. Basically double of whatever our final tally is. The final number will be published after the sign up period is closed.

List of Participants and flies:

1. u/dahuii22: Most likely black or olive sculpins

2. u/not_rocs_marie: B&P Unholy Divers

3. u/cpmorris1001: Blake Jackson Ditchwitch

4. u/offbest: Craven's Swim Coach

5. u/Masterofbattle13: Sex Dungeon

6. u/ScottyMoKu: Casual Peanuts

7. /u/f1shf1nder: Leech pattern

8. u/cptjeff: Double Seducers

9. u/Quick_Chowder: TBD

LOOKING GOOD so far! Only a few more to come in and I'll let you know when they're going out! Great work everyone!! 11/29/22

Hey guys and gals.

I've got the itch to play around with some new materials and whip up some bugs outside of my normal everyday patterns.

Gauging interest in an articulated TROUT(centric) FlySwap. Any bug of your choice (think, meat) so long as she wiggles.

For a quick tl;dr for anyone new to the idea, (we're going to limit the swap to 10 people), you will tie 10 of the same pattern, send them to the host (me) in a box, who will then give each person one of the aforementioned patterns and ship them back to you! Pretty simple and straightforward and fun.

Check out the sub for other past fly swaps we've done.

Comment below if you may be interested and if you know what you'd like to tie and I'll create a formal swap post if we get enough traction!

EDIT: Here's a link to the last articulated trout fly swap we did a few years ago. You can see the flow, some of the bugs tied, etc etc etc.

Ahoy oy duderinos, and welcome to the official 2k21 Holiday Swap thread! The name of the game here is to have fun, practice our craft, and spread some holiday cheer. I would like to have this fly swap open to anyone and everyone, but with a couple of caveats:

1. Any fly is allowed (dry, wet, nymph, streamer, etc), but only one of each pattern, i.e. one person tying wooly buggers, one person tying squirmy worms, etc.

2. Be prepared to tie up one fly for every participant of the swap in addition to 2-4 extra flies which will be donated to local chapters of Project Healing Waters and Casting for Recovery (I’m open to including other charities if anyone has suggestions). Lastly, flies should be shipped with the fly box and pre-paid return shipping method or money for postage.

3. Be prepared to keep in /constant communication/ about the status of your flies. We’ve had problems in the past with people signing up and then dropping off the face of the earth, not submitting flies, and shorting everyone else in the swap as well as the vets and cancer patients/survivors. We can’t have this continue, for obvious reasons.

4. Here’s the deadlines:

• Sign-ups close: 01/10/22

• Shipping deadline: 2/14/22

• Unless we get MORE THAN TEN participants, I reserve the right to cancel this swap. I don’t want to cancel, but I want to make the swap worthy of everyone’s time and effort! COME ON GANG, IT’S THE HOLIDAYS!

*PARTICIPANTS // FLIES WILL BE LISTED HERE

1. VMProductionsGPK - Deadly Shiner Var. - FLIES COMPLETE

———————————————————————— 2. VedderT3 - Soft Hackle Picric Frenchie: FLIES DELIVERED ———————————————————————— 3. F1shf1nder - Zonker Var. - FLIES DELIVERED ———————————————————————— 4. Cptjeff - Hares Ear Var. - FLIES DELIVERED ———————————————————————— 5. Gpannihilator - Foam Hopper - FLIES DELIVERED ———————————————————————— 6. Rosetotheryan - parachute mayfly: FLIES DELIVERED ———————————————————————— 7. ScottyMoku - LaFontaine’s Were Wulff - FLIES DELIVERED ———————————————————————— 8. Cpmorris1001 - Blue Perdigon: FLIES DELIVERED ———————————————————————— 9. DLS3141 - CB Stocker: FLIES DELIVERED ———————————————————————— 10. Masterofbattle13 - Bucktail Deceiver: FLIES DELIVERED ———————————————————————— 11. Djsouthtate - Blueback Wooly Bugger: FLIES DELIVERED ———————————————————————— 12. Beis01 - Pat’s Rubber Legs: FLIES DELIVERED ———————————————————————— 13. Cyanidepancakes - Poppers: FLIES DELIVERED ———————————————————————— 14. Big-Gup20 - BH Flashback PT Nymph: FLIES DELIVERED ———————————————————————— 15. Eriewrx - BWO Nymph: DQ’d

EDIT: Alright gang, it’s 01/10/22 and sign-ups are officially closed! The final fly count for each participant should be 19 flies (15 for the swap, 4 donation flies). PLEASE REMEMBER to stay in constant contact in regards to your progress on your flies, shipping, etc. failure to do so will result in your expulsion from the swap and this subreddit. Thank you all for participating, and for making this another great annual holiday swap!

EDIT 2: alright gang, today is 02/14 and I still have yet to hear from a bunch of you in regards to shipping your flies, or really, any communication at all. PLEASE be sure to have your flies shipped today, and to send me the tracking info as proof. Failure to do so will be met with unpleasant consequences.

EDIT 3: All flies have been shipped / delivered, waiting on one more to arrive and I will start sorting and sending boxes back out ASAP

EDIT 4: FLIES ALL DELIVERED! They will be swapped and shipped out next week. Thanks again to all who participated!

EDIT 5: ALL FLIES HAVE BEEN SHIPPED BACK OUT!!!!

Thank you to all who participated!

Anything else, just let me know! Happy tying all, thank you for your participation and generosity!

HIT ME WITH THE HORNS, TONY!

Who’s interested? I’m thinking 2 hoppers 2 nymphs. As many people as we can get.

Flies are now shipped and heading back to participants

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• Swap for flies used in tidal rivers, estuaries, and saltwater.

• Max number of entries: 12

• Accepted Region: USA only

• Open to: All experience levels

• Sign Up Deadline: (4/1/2021) Closed

• Mailing Deadline: (5/1/2021)

• What to tie: Striped bass, bluefish, flounder/fluke, white perch, speckled trout, snook, redfish, american/hickory shad, and anything that likes a hint (or a lot) of salt.

• How many to tie: 12 and please use toetags.

• List of Participants and flies:

1. Gpannihilator - TBD
2. Flyfishinjax - Foxy clousers - Received
3. Stanggang15 - Bear and deer hair clousers or tuffenee crabs - Received
4. VedderT3 - TBD - Received
5. ScottyMoku - Johnson’s Beach Flies or Pacific Mole Crabs - Received

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*** Alright folks, let the tying begin! Due to the low turnout, I will be tying 2 flies per person. You are welcome to do the same or stick with 1 per person. Thanks for joining and enjoy your tying sessions. You can DM for my address when you're ready to ship. Please remember to include a self addressed envelope with postage. Thanks! ***

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***All flies received! Shipping out early next week!**

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I'd love to host a swap for a winter time patterns, but I don't think I can host a swap just yet.

Think small! (#18-24 or smaller)

I'd be happy to tie a rainbow warrior in size 20, and probably a red annelid in # 18

Holiday Swap 2k20

On the count of three I want everybody in the place to be, to make some noise if you’re down with me, 1, 2, 3.......

Hidey-ho party people, and welcome to the official 2k20 Holiday Swap thread! The name of the game here is to have fun, practice our craft, and spread some holiday cheer. I would like to have this fly swap open to anyone and everyone, but with a couple of caveats:

1. Any fly is allowed (dry, wet, nymph, streamer, etc), but only one of each pattern, i.e. one person tying wooly buggers, one person tying squirmy worms, etc.

2. Be prepared to tie up one fly for every participant of the swap in addition to 2-4 extra flies which will be donated to local chapters of Project Healing Waters and Casting for Recovery (I’m open to including other charities if anyone has suggestions). Lastly, flies should be shipped with the fly box and return shipping method or money for postage.

3. Be prepared to keep in /constant communication/ about the status of your flies. We’ve had problems in the past with people signing up and then dropping off the face of the earth, not submitting flies, and shorting everyone else in the swap as well as the vets and cancer patients/survivors. We can’t have this continue, for obvious reasons.

4. Here’s the deadlines:

• Sign-ups close: 11/25/2020

• Shipping deadline: 01/06/2021

*PARTICIPANTS // FLIES WILL BE LISTED HERE

1. VMProductionsGPK - Deadly Shiner Var. - READY

———————————————————————— 2. Herpslurp - Fat Alberts - DELIVERED ———————————————————————— 3. Sienalock - Dave’s White Widows - DELIVERED ———————————————————————— 4. gpannihilator - crease flies - DELIVERED ———————————————————————— 5. blenco - panfish gurglers - DELIVERED ———————————————————————— 6. scottymoku - riverkeeper soft hackle cripples: DELIVERED ———————————————————————— 7. peteostler - Jelly bean scuds: DELIVERED ———————————————————————— 8. theglamp - Hippy Stompers - DELIVERED ———————————————————————— 9. veddert3 - Galloup’s Peanut Envy - DELIVERED

Anything else, just let me know! Happy tying all, thank you for your participation and generosity.

HIT ME WITH THE HORNS, TONY!

EDIT: SIGN-UPS ARE CLOSED, EVERYONE WHO HAS NOT SELECTED A PATTERN MUST DO SO ASAP.

FINAL FLY COUNT SHOULD BE 14

EDIT 2: Alright gang, some people have started shipping, remember to keep us all updated on your progress!

EDIT 3: ALL FLIES ARE PRESENT AND ACCOUNTED FOR. Pictures will be posted this week and flies will be shipped back out before week’s end!

EDIT 4: ALL BOXES ARE SHIPPED OUT and should be arriving to you in the coming days / week. Thank you all for your patience and participation!

Looking at recent posts and seeing there hasn’t been much activity lately, wanted to post and gauge interest on doing our annual holiday swap again this year.

What do we think gang?

So the theme of this swap is your favorite “Hopper-Dropper Combo”

I’ve been fishing a few Hopper-Droppers lately, and wanted to branch out to different combos.

What is a Hopper-Dropper? This rig can be best described as a BIG (often terrestrial) dry fly with a trailing nymph below. “Hoppers” are often foam variations of grasshoppers or big beetles. The Hopper most often acts as a strike indicator, but I have caught some big browns on the hopper.

Max number of entries: Hard Max 10; Minimum of 5 participants. If we only have 5, everyone will get 2 of each Hopper-Dropper Combo.

Accepted Region: whole world as long as you include ample shipping funds for return shipping and the flies can be submitted in a timely manner. I do not accept foreign currency for postage. I request shipping labels for USPS, UPS or Fedex.. If you forget and don't provide appropriate shipping funds or return shipping envelopes, I will message you to try to find a solution. (This has happened with at least 1 participant with each swap I have hosted, so don’t feel bad if it is you.)

Open to: All tyers are welcome to participate. (IF THIS IS YOUR FIRST SWAP PLEASE READ THE RULES BEFORE JOINING).

Sign Up Deadline: June 20.

Mailing Deadline: July 10. (I know that is only 20 days, but let’s not let this get away from us. I would like to have them sorted and back out to you before the 20th of July.)

What to tie: Please tie your favorite Hopper-Dropper combination.

Please include "Toe Tags" on your flies with the fly name and your reddit user name. If you don't know what these are, please PM me and I am happy to help.

How many to tie: Updated Please plan to tie 12 flies of each of your hoppers and nymphs. We will be doing 2 pair per participant.

Note I am okay with duplicates of the hoppers or nymphs because tying styles will vary and that is good, but please don’t duplicate combinations. Please please please do toe tags though so we can know who did what.

List of Participants and flies:

Update We are closed at 6, and everyone has agreed to tying 2x per participant. Thank you to everyone, and I’m looking forward to seeing the flies!

Update All flies have been received, but this week and next week are crazy for me so while I’m going to try to sort this week, it may be another week before they get sorted and mailed back.

Just wondering if there is enough interest in doing a theme swap. I’m thinking <10 with 2 flies per person for <20 ties.

I’m thinking terrestrials or nymphs. One option could be “Hopper dropper” combos, where you tie your favorite combo.

I’d be open to ideas and I’ll post a swap if we get at least 5 commitments on this post.

***INSPIRATION: It's Summer or Spring. Fishing if finally here. You are on your favorite trout stream, maybe it's on Silver Creek fishing big drakes, maybe its a small stream where fish rise to anything, maybe it's small midges being sipped from your favorite stillwater. You open your box and tie on_____________ to catch a trout.

***RULES: ANY trout fly, big or small, dry or die, nymphorama, banging streamers. Your call. Ship them in something to hold 14 flies, include $ for shipping. I live in Pocatello, ID.

Don't want to leave home: https://tools.usps.com/schedule-pickup-steps.htm Here in Idaho my fly shop is delivering materials. Try to tie something you can do now, not wait for weeks to have shipped/pick up etc.

SKIP THE TOE TAGS FOR EXPEDIENCY.

***TIMELINE: BE DONE TYING BY MONDAY MARCH 30. Ship by NO LATER THAN WEDNESDAY April 1.

I will try to ship them as fast as I can. I will wipe stuff down with bleach wipes when I ship them out. If you do that when you ship great. I don't think the virus lasts multiple days in the mail but I'll be safe especially because the moderators asked me to.

***WHO IS IN:

TIE 14 flies well each get two!

Participants and FLIES

/u/Rosetotheryan Kelly Galloup's Found Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EV1AYffuVLA

/u/dekes15 crippled emerger

/u/thatcatcouldballman McClain’s Drake

/u/gringorasta MOTHERS DAY CADDIS

/u/theglamp BWO spinners

/u/DocholidayedD- Rainbow Warriors

/u/scottymoku - top secret midges

Everyone has shipped! I have received /u/theglamp spinners they are impeccable I’m excited!

View Poll

Spring summer trout flies?

Llllllllllllllllet’s get ready to rumbleeeeeeee!

Hidey-ho party people, and welcome to the official 2k19 Holiday Swap! The name of the game here is to have fun, practice our craft, and spread some holiday cheer. I would like to have this fly swap open to anyone and everyone, but with a couple of caveats:

1. Any fly is allowed (dry, wet, nymph, streamer, etc), but only one of each pattern, i.e. one person tying wooly buggers, one person tying squirmy worms, etc.

2. Be prepared to tie up one fly for every participant of the swap in addition to 2-4 extra flies which will be donated to local chapters of Project Healing Waters &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; Casting for Recovery (I’m open to including other charities if anyone has suggestions). Lastly, flies should be shipped with the fly box and return shipping method or money for postage.

3. Be prepared to keep in constant communication about the status of your flies. We’ve had problems in the past with people signing up and then dropping off the face of the earth, not submitting flies, and shorting everyone else in the swap as well as the vets and cancer patients/survivors. We can’t have this continue, for obvious reasons.

4. Here’s the deadlines:

• Sign-ups close: 11/25/2019

• Shipping deadline: 01/06/2020

*PARTICIPANTS // FLIES WILL BE LISTED HERE

1. VMProductionsGPK - One Eyed Poacher (Var.) - FLIES DONE

——————————————————————— 2. BigREDafro - Hotspot PT Nymph: DELIVERED ——————————————————————— 3. gpannihiliator - Mickey Finns: DELIVERED ——————————————————————— 4. UncleIrohsSandal - Rainbow Warriors: DELIVERED——————————————————————— 5. Turdsonahook - Platte River Spiders: DELIVERED——————————————————————— 6. Mojofilter111isThree - Partridge and Orange ——————————————————————— 7. Goldru5h - Royal Coachman Bucktail ——————————————————————— 8. whetchup - Pat’s Rubber Legs DELIVERED——————————————————————— 9. Gravybanger - The Batman: DELIVERED——————————————————————— 10. dahuii22 - Trutta Goods Upside Downies: DELIVERED——————————————————————— 11. theglamp - Spanish Bullets: DELIVERED——————————————————————— 12. offbest - Kraft’s Kreelex: DELIVERED——————————————————————— 13. ErikKoballsack - Orange Blowtorch Nymph: DELIVERED ——————————————————————— 14. williamconqueso - Bully Spider: DELIVERED ——————————————————————— 15. a_wild_ian_appears - Caddis Pupa: DELIVERED ——————————————————————— 16. peteostler - RS2 Adams: DELIVERED ———————————————————————

AND THAT’S THE GAME!

Alright party people, 16 participants, I’m thinking 20 flies total, 2 for each organization that we donate to. Feel free to tie more (just not less), donate materials, or anything else that you think the vets / cancer survivors &amp;amp;amp; patients might need or enjoy.

For those who have not selected a pattern, please do so ASAP. Lastly, PLEASE keep us appraised of your progress! When you’re ready to ship, PM me and I’ll provide shipping info.

Anything else, just let me know! Happy tying all, thank you for your participation and generosity.

EDIT: SOME PEOPLE HAVE STARTED SHIPPING! please keep me appraised of your progress, and remember to include a pre-paid / pre-addressed return envelope (or package) with your flies. I will update the master list above as flies are shipped / received / final boxes are shipped out!

EDIT 2: This is it, just over a week from the final shipping deadline. Thank you to all who have communicated and delivered their flies already. For the rest of you, please take this opportunity to update me (and the rest of the group) on your progress...Really hoping that all who signed up are actually going to follow through and that we’ll have minimal drop-outs.

EDIT 3: ALL RIGHT! Right now we are waiting on three potential drop outs, I am going to preemptively tie up some more flies to include in the swap and to donate if I can, to prepare for the worst. Anyone else that would like to send additional flies, materials, anything, please do so by 01/13/2020 at the latest. The aim is to deliver these flies at the annual fly show on 01/17/2020. Otherwise, I will have boxes sent back no later than 01/21/2020. Hope that works for everyone.

EDIT 4: (Most) ALL FLY BOXES RECEIVED AND SORTED, KEEP YOU ALL POSTED! I Will be delivering the donation boxes this weekend.

EDIT 5: The CFR & PHW people loved and were super grateful for their boxes. They send your thanks to you all https://imgur.com/a/iZ9NzxY

EDIT 6: BUT ONE BOX REMAINS! sorry whoever shipped fedex, finding a means to get that box out is proving difficult but will get it out ASAP!

Thank you ALL for your time, generosity, and participation in this great swap. You all continue to remind me why this swap is so important and why I look forward to it each year! Tight lines in 2020 all!

Starting to think about this year’s holiday swap and getting the ball rolling on sign-ups. This post is just gauge interest and deal with pre-swap nitty gritty.

So, who’s in?????

Last year I hosted an articulated fly swap. I’ve been practicing since then an in January I’d like to host another swap, either an articulated streamer swap again, or a stacked and/or packed deer hair swap. The idea is to get tiers practice and upping their game a little bit. I would open the swap to intermediate and experienced tiers. I’d like to get an idea what the group thinks.

I just moved to East TN and fall is coming up. On my local water (Clinch River), that means midges and teeny tiny flies! I'm getting ready to put in some vice time as the last of this hot weather cools off, and wouldn't mind getting involved in a swap.

Any interest out there for a saltwater flats swap?

Alright, I got enough interest on the first post that I’m ready to do this. Minimum 3 people, maximum 8. 2 flies per person for a maximum of 16 flies to tie.

Signup deadline: Sunday, June 2

Shipping deadline: Tuesday, June 18

Participants:

1. /u/noderp44 - corya’s carpin bug
2. /u/dekes15 - deceiver hybrid (received)
3. /u/flyfishinjax - Hogan’s Carp Bait (received)
4. /u/whetchup - Zonker Streamer (received)
5. /u/not_rocs_marie -Bronze Goddess (received)
6. /u/riverdogs - Jan’s Carp Tickler (received)
7. /u/sheep_wrangler - some sort of gurgler (received)
8. /u/gpannihilator - Fancy Mop Fly (received)

EDIT: that’s all the spots filled, waiting on fly updates

EDIT: Signup deadline is upon us, shipping info has been sent

EDIT: Wow, I really need to check post office hours. I will go before work tomorrow and actually send things out. Sorry for the delay

EDIT: All boxes have been shipped. Thank you to everyone for participating, and enjoy the flies!

Would anyone be interested in a warmwater swap?

Update We are full. As soon as you are done with your flies PM me for address. I moved in 2018, so if you have done a recent swap with me, don't mail to my old address.

So the theme of this swap is "your top 5" most productive flies!

This is our spring box filling swap! I think we can have some fun sharing flies. I am open to all flies and patterns. What I do ask though is including the target fish you are going after with the fly on either the toe tag or the participant request. We are going big with 5 patterns per participant and a small group.

Max number of entries: Hard Max 6; Minimum of 3 participants. If we only have 3, everyone will get 2 of each fly.

Accepted Region: whole world as long as you include ample shipping funds for return shipping and the flies can be submitted in a timely manner. I do not accept foreign currency for postage. I request shipping labels for USPS, UPS or Fedex.. If you don't provide appropriate shipping funds or return shipping envelopes, I reserve the right to hold your flies hostage until that is resolved.

Open to: Only Fly Tyers who have successfully completed at least one swap. Due to the scale of this swap, I need to limit it to experienced tiers, and experienced swappers. I'll host another this summer for newbies to get in on.

Sign Up Deadline: April 5 possibly sooner based on interest.

Mailing Deadline: May 1st

What to tie: Please tie your top 5 most productive patterns.

Please include "Toe Tags" on your flies with the fly name and your reddit user name. If you don't know what these are, please PM me and I am happy to educate you.

How many to tie: Please plan to tie 6 flies of each of your 5 patterns. We will be doing 1 fly of each pattern per participant. This will give you 30 different flies.

Note I am okay with duplicates because tying styles will vary and that is good. Please please please do toe tags though so we can know who did what.

List of Participants and flies:

It's been a bit since the last swap. Any interest in doing a swap? I would love suggestions on theme. I'm hoping for a multiple fly per person swap so low participant count.

Hey everyone,

First and foremost, thank you for your patience. Long story short, there was some crazy mix-up involving USPS/UPS, but we good now.

Second, I am expecting delivery of the final box tomorrow (YAY!). With that, I plan on sorting boxes and mailing out beginning of next week. I will keep you all updated with an imgur gallery and will DM tracking information(s) when I have them!

Tight lines, g