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Folks,

The swap flies can be seen here. Casey is finishing off the file with recipes and this will be added to complete the set. For the moment visuals only. Have fun

http://www.danica.com/flytier/ibf10_2009/ibf10_2009.htm

Kudos to Casey for hosting this very well run swap!

Cheers,
Hans W

I agree, very well run swap. Hans, your photos even make my fly look pretty good. Excellent photos as usual.

Beautiful flies, wonderful photos! Thanks for posting the link...

Beautiful flies and photography. Well done.

Superb set of flies, guys! Wonderful photography, Hans!

Thanks for posting the link, Hans. It's always great to see the work of good fly tiers. They are some real beauties.

Mark

Thanks for taking the time to do that Hans. Great photography.

Here's the recipes that I have so far...

NORTH COUNTRY SPIDERS IBF #10

1. cholcomb – Pritt's #26 Olive Bloa (variation)
Hook: Orvis 1641 #14
Hackle: Hungarian Partridge, dyed olive
Body: Pearsall Yellow Silk
Head: Pearsall Orange Silk

2. Skunkaroo - #12 Pritt's Winter Brown (var)
Hook: #12 Daiichi 1530
Thread: Benecchi 12/0 Iron Dun
Body: Pearsall orange floss split to single strand
Hackle: Grouse
Head: Bronze peacock herl
Cement: Loctite

Instructions:
The floss here is twisted and laid over a bed of deep brown thread. This darkens the floss as per Pritt's original recipe (orange but not too bright). Grouse wing hackles (leading edge stripped--3 turns) are substituted for woodcock.

3. nymphfisher – pheasanttailspider
Hook: TMC 3769 #12
Thread: Brown PG silk
Body: 3 twisted PT fibers
Rib: copper
hackle: Hen

4. ron eagle elk -Pheasant Tail Spider
Hook: Daiichi 1640 Size 14
Thread: Black Danville 6/0
Rib: Copper Wire
Body: Three Pheasant Tail Fibers
Hackkle: Furnace Hen

5. redietz - Light Spanish Needle
Hook: Mustad R50, #16
Thread: Scarlet Pearsall's Gossamer
Head: Peacock Herl
Body: Tying thread

6. scotfly - March Brown Spider
HOOK - Drennan wet fly supreme #14
THREAD - Orange UTC70
HACKLE - Partridge
RIB - Yellow Pearsalls
BODY - Blended Hare's mask (with a hint of orange)

7. mendingline - grouse and yellow
Hook: Daiichi 1530 #14
Body: Pearsall's Gossamer Silk yellow
Hackle: Grouse

8. William Anderson – William's Favorite - Variant.
Hook: Daiichi 1530 #14
Body: Pearsall's Gossamer Silk - Black
Rib: Tying Silk - Hans Style, with natural mole in a split thread.
Hackle: Starling

9. lastchance - orange brown spider
Hook: 18 - 14
Thread:Well-waxed hot orange silk.
Body: Well-waxed hot orange silk very lightly dubbed with red-brown squirrel hair, the silk must show through the dubbing.
Hackle: Well marked red brown covert feather from a woodcock(I'm using brown partridge) because I have no woodcock.

10. idryfly - Claret and Grouse
Hook - 3399
Thread - Pearsalls Claret
Thorax - Claret Ice Dub
Hackle - Red Grouse

11. Jim Slattery - Pritt's # 62 Black Snipe
Hook: Daiichi 1050 size 14
Thread: Black Pearsall's
Hackle: Snipe
Body: Peacock

12. JerryS - Poult Bloa
HOOK: Partridge L2A #14
THREAD: Yellow Tying Silk
BODY: Yellow silk with red mink dubbing (sparse)
HACKLE: Grouse Underwing

13. BobWiegers - Partridge & Yellow

14. roychristie - Greenwell spider

15. dwiltshire - Woodcock & Hare's Lug
Hook: Kamasan B175 #14
Thread: Waxed Pearsall's #20
Thorax: Hare's Ear
Hackle: Woodcock

16. Johnno – Greensleeves
Thread (Body): Green Pearsall's Silk
Hackle: Woodcock.

17. Hans Weilenmann - Hazy Spider
Hook: Kamasan B175 16
Thread: Benecchi 12/0 light grey
Hackle: Whiting Brahma hen, dyed light yellow
Body: Tying thread, single layer
Abdomen/halo: Argentinean hare, light olive, inserted into split thread, open turns
Thorax: Argentinean hare, light olive, inserted into split thread, touching turns
Note: Hackle wound two touching turns, then a third turn slightly open into the thorax area - shades of a Stewart Spider

18. chevy03 - March Brown
Hook; Daiichi, 1550 size 14
Thread; Peasall's Jasper Gossemer
Rib; extra small gold wire
Dubbing; Fiery Brown Seal
Hackle; English Grouse.

19. wewilly - Dark Watchet- Pritt's #18
Hackle: Jackdaw cape or Coot
Body: Orange and purple silk, dubbed w/Water Rat (Mole Sub)
Head: Orange

20. wharfe - Light Spanish Needle
Body: Red Silk
Hackle:Feather form shoulder of Grouse (sub form original)
Head: Peacock Herl

21. Noud - snipe&purple

22. Rainbow - Scarlet O'Hara
Hook: 102Y #13
Thread: Red Benecchi 12/0
Body and Thorax: Body is a hand mix of Claret Seal fur with Bloody Black Leech STS Trilobal dubbed scantilly in split thread technique, then on the thorax a little heavier dubbed in normal rope way.
Rib: Gutermann Sulky Holoshimmer, red
Hackle: Whiting Popper Pack, red with Black edging.

23. sukhoidave - smoke fly
Hook Mustad 3366 size 12
Thread Orvis 8/0 #63 Camel
Hackle English Grouse
Rib Thin silver wire
Body Brown Peacock

Pheasant Tail Spider
Hook: Daiichi 1640 size 14
Thread: Danville 6/0 Black
Rib: Copper wire
Body: Three PT Fibers
Hackle: Furnace Hen.

Greart Swap Casey.

idryfly - Claret and Grouse
Hook - 3399
Thread - Pearsalls Claret
Thorax - Claret Ice Dub
Hackle - Red Grouse
Thanks Casey.