Logan And Blacksmith swap

[deolsen]

For those of you interested i would like to do a fly swap for the logan and blacksmithfork. I would like to see what patterns other people like to use on blacksmiths fork and logan...

i will count the first 15 people in....

I will actually tie two flies because one is really simple but works wonders on both rivers.. A wd40 with a little variation
and a hopper that my grandpa invented, which isnt that great looking but it really gets the rises!

any questions email me jfrancis@cc.usu.edu

when we get everyone in i will set a date and email you my address and we will all have cool flys...

Thanks Derrick

[steelie]

count me in!

And welcome to the forum.

[Larry S.]

So, is it going to be 1 or 2 flies X 15 for the swap?

[Maughan]

Count me in also, thanks.

[chanceb]

I'm in too!
Thanks, Chance

[seabass]

I'm in.

[deolsen]

This is just a one fly swap but i am feeling generous so i will send two to everyone... thanks

too the rest of you let me know what your tying and we will set a date

[Trout4x]

So what is the time frame you are going to give once the swap is closed?

[Maughan]

I will tie a red ribbed/copper john style pheasant tail special that the fish in the BSF just love.

[deolsen]

prob be about 1.5 to 2 wk? does that work for everyone?? let me know

thanks
Derrick

[chanceb]

time frame works for me. I'm debating between two different patterns, but probably going with a little modified chamois caddis pattern that I've had great success with on the Logan.

[deolsen]

Since there are not many people wanting in on this swap how would you all feel about not letting anyone else in and tying two of your fav.. flies. that way we would all get about the same amount of flies, at least enough to make it interesting?

let me know if not we can just do one and not get so many flies.

anyways good luck with the fishin
Derrick

[seabass]

That's fine with me.

[chanceb]

Two flies works for me!

[Larry S.]

Check your e-mail.

[Maughan]

I'm fine with two flies.

[jvswan]

Did I miss the cut-off? Can I get in on this action? Two flies is fine for me.

Jason

[deolsen]

Alright everyone jvswan is the last in.. except someone else emailed me who didnt leave a name that can take larrys spot, so why doesnt everyone that is still in post what they are tying within a couple days. Im thinking the deadline will be 19th of may to have mailed

Thanks everyone
Derrick

[deolsen]

I am going to tie a wd40 and a hopper pattern

oh yeah this is now a two fly swap...

[jvswan]

I'll tie a little black stonefly and a BWO emerger

[seabass]

I'll tie a Gray Ugly and a Royal Prince Nymph.
So how many flies do we need to tie?

[chanceb]

I'm going with a modified chamois caddis pattern, and a bead-head hare's ear type pattern who's name I've forgotton. Saw it in Fly Fisherman magazine about 7 years ago. Works great on both rivers!

[chanceb]

Oh yeah, I guess I need an address to send the flies. I no longer live in Cache Valley.
Thanks,
Chance

[deolsen]

Just send me an email folks who need me to mail the flies, and i will send you my address. for those of you in town should we meet somewhere?? might be fun to see who tied what flies?? anyways good luck tying it looks like there are going to be 6 or 7 people involved but not for sure yet... but count on about 6 or 7

Thanks Derrick

[jvswan]

For those of us in town, we could meet tonight at the fly tying thing at the Whittier. What do they call it, Far North Tying Group, or something? I believe it is at 7 PM.

Jason

[deolsen]

I will be working tonight so if you wanna go have fun everyone!

[yutafly]

I would like to join and take Larry's place.

[deolsen]

just let me know what your going to tie

[deolsen]

I thought there was more people but they havent replied with what they are going to tie so i will leave it at this..

deolsen wd40 and a hopper
JVSwan Black Stone, BWO
Seabass gray ugly, Royal Prince nymph
Chanceb chamois caddis, bead head hairs ear
yutafly ?,?

so i guess its only 4 of each flies that you need to tie and the date is the 19th

thanks Derrick

[deolsen]

maughan ?,?

so i guess its 5.. sorry for the confusion

[seabass]

What about Steelie? Shouldn't there be 7 participants and 6 of each fly?

[yutafly]

Sorry -- Please count me in.

I will tie a midge and sofa pillow.

[chanceb]

Deolsen,
Let me know if you received my email.

[deolsen]

I was waiting for him to reply about if he was still in but never happened so i counted him out? so there should be 6 participants and 5 of each fly... anyways i emailed a couple of you my address so let me know if you didnt get it..

thanks Derrick

[steelie]

No, count me in 7 participants. Sorry, I haven't been watching this thread. I'm in.


I'll probably just pull something out of the boxes, so I don't know what my flies are going to be.

Steelie

[deolsen]

DeOlsen wd40, Hopper
Jvswan black stone, BWO
Seabass Gray Ugly. Royal Prince
Chanceb chamois caddis, beadhead hairs ear
yutafly midge, Sofa Pillow
Steelie ?,?
Maughan ?,?

anyways sounds like its going to be a good swap!!! im getting excited. Sorry everyone its going to be 6 of each fly.. I cant wait to try these out.

Derrick

[jvswan]

Hi Derrick:

I don't believe I got an email with your address. You can reach me at jason@virtuallyunique.com.

Jason

[deolsen]

I tried your email and it said it couldnt send
so for all of you here is my address

1386 Country Manor Drive
Logan Utah 84321

I am done with my flies and excited to see all of yours..

thanks Derrick Olsen

[seabass]

I'll be mailing my flies off this morning. Hopefully we can get everyone's flies in on time for this swap.

[deolsen]

i have maughans and seabass's flies thanks guys

Derrick

ps they look really good

[chanceb]

Hey guys,
Mailed mine off this morning. Sorry, about the delay. Procrastination..................

[steelie]

did you get mine derrick?

[yutafly]

I sent mine last Sat. Did you get mine Derrick?

[deolsen]

I got yutflys and steelies yesterday! just waiting on two more..

anyways steelie how do you want me to get those to you?? i can drop them off or you can come get them when recived since you know where i live?? i need an address

[steelie]

you posted your address earlier, and I only live about a 1/4 mile from you (over in the condos), I can pick them up or something, we can work it out later.

[chanceb]

Derrick,
Did you receive my flies yet?

[deolsen]

thanks chance now just waiting for one more

[deolsen]

did you send your flies???????

[chanceb]

Is Jvswan out?

[deolsen]

I am still waiting for jvswans flies????????? what do you want to do? I can send you the rest and your extras back if you want or we can wait? since its only like a week and a half overdue? anyways let me know?

Thanks Derrick

[leroy]

Have any of you fished in the Logan river this year? I'm interested in taking a trip up there and am wondering about the river level. Have you had much luck? What types of flys are working?

[deolsen]

the levels are really high almost flood level
way to high to fish right now

[seabass]

deolsen,
If you haven't heard from jvswan then I vote that you just go ahead and send the flies. Maybe he decided not to participate without informing anyone - who knows?

[chanceb]

I agree with seabass!

[Maughan]

I also vote just to leave him out.

[jvswan]

Just wanted to apologize to all of you who were waiting for me. For some reason I stopped getting message notifications on this thread. I don't spend much time with this site, and I depend on those notifications to keep up with things since I am a bit of a flake anyway (although I don't normally drop out of things without telling people). Since I haven't checked the site since then, I had forgotten about things (my first swap, so I'm still not used to it).

Anyway, it is probably too little too late, but to redeem myself I'll be happy to send y'all some of the promised flies. Derrick, if it isn't too much trouble, would you send me the list? That way there won't be an additional postage for you.

Feel free to contact me directly (jason@virtuallyunique.com) for any requests or flames.

Again, sorry to have forgotten things.

Jason

[Larry S.]

Better take him up on it.

[Maughan]

Seconded...

[chanceb]

Sounds good to me. Besides, it get's me off the hook for being the last one to send in my flies.

[deolsen]

Can you mail them in the next couple of days???? if you can i will wait to send but if not im going to send them.

[jvswan]

Hi Derrick:

I can mail them, or bring them by, Monday at the latest (I'll tie them Saturday but may not get them to the post office in time). Or, if it would be more convenient, I can deliver them at the UTOF tying thing next Tuesday.

BTW, I'm still not consistently getting emails letting me know when there are posts to this thread (didn't know Derrick had responded, but happened to check), even though I am subscribed to it. So, if anyone wants to contact me, please contact me directly by email (jason@virtuallyunique.com).

Glad to hear I didn't totally miss the boat, since the flies haven't been sent out yet.

Thanks,

Jason

[deolsen]

Still waiting on Jvswan he said he would drop them off to me, but i still havent seen them. So im sending them in the morning. I would send them today but working all damn day. Is anyone else frustrated by Jvswan thinking he has all the time in the world when we set deadlines? anyways sorry hope you dont think im procrastinating but i thought i would be nice and give him a chance..

[jvswan]

Yup. I screwed up. You are right to be frustrated. Since you posted your frustration to the list, here is my reply to your recent email, for the list to read as well. Save me the time of writing another apology. For what it is worth...

On 6/4/03 10:38 AM, "jfrancis" <jfrancis@cc.usu.edu> wrote:

> Jason??????????? where are the flies? I thought you were going to drop them
> off by monday?? your making me loook bad... im sorry but i think i have been
> patient but your damn near a month late???? whats the deal? if i dont have
> them by tomarow morning early im going to mail everyone elses and your out..
> im sick of you saying that your going to have flies to me and not having
> them..
>
> Sorry Derrick

Tell you what, Derrick. Please send me the list of recipients, and I'll be happy to mail them. Then you won't have to look bad. Feel free to blame it on me. As for the flies, I haven't had a chance to get them done. I apologize for volunteering for this, since I obviously wasn't able to walk up to my commitment. However, my fist suggestion last Friday was to send me the names so that I could send them out myself.

In any case, please stick a note in the boxes explaining that I screwed up the swap and send them out. Please don't wait for me. However, those people are expecting my flies, and I will send them. I do need the list, though.

As far as what the deal is, life sometimes gets in the way. I often wish I had more time for these sorts of things. But, tying flies hasn't been a priority for me since I was making a living doing it. Family, career, and other volunteer efforts have often taken me from things that I would like to do. As I said, I obviously don't have the time, so I won't likely sign up for one of these again.

I feel bad that my shortcomings are making you feel like you are looking bad in the UTOF community. I assure you, that is not the case, unless you have some other reason for waiting besides my flies, and it sounds like you don't. I have often found in cases such as these, you have to do what needs to be done with what you have. Other people understand. And I seriously doubt that anyone on your fly swap group is going to think any less of you if you don't include my flies because I didn't get them to you. If they do, then they are the ones who really ought to re-examine their priorities. As I understand it, this is a purely social and voluntary effort, and they are only flies.

Again, please send me the list and I will take care of sending out my flies. At this point, I'm not interested in receiving flies (I'm not likely to use them anytime soon, anyway), I just want to make sure that those who are expecting them from me get them. Perhaps a few extra flies will help assuage those who are upset at having to wait for a month. Any flies that were destined for me can either be redistributed to the rest of the group, or send back to the tier with the balance of the fly swap flies.

Jason

[Larry S.]

Is that why you didn't come to the meeting last night? Don't worry, hardly anyone else did either.

To the rest of you in the swap, it will be your loss.

[chanceb]

Hey Jason!
Don't worry about.... Sh** comes up in life.... No hard feelings from me!

[Maughan]

Don't worry about anything, if it wasn't for you, I wouldn't know how to tie a single fly. The class you taught at USU a few years a ago was great. I don't think anyone is mad at you or Olsen, at least I'm not. No hard feelings towards anybody.

[steelie]

I'm not mad at anybody, whatever is fine with me. I say you just give swan a week or two - I'm in no rush to get any flies. But whatever you want - I don't care.

[jvswan]

Yeah, sorry about the meeting. It was Susie's 7th birthday yesterday. Had lots of fun. I'll be there next month.

Thanks Chanceb. That's going to be my new mantra!

BTW-flies are done. Hope no one minds comparadun instead of BWO emerger (ran out of small dun hackle). I'll see what happens. I'm not going anywhere for a couple of days due to work (downside of working remotely from home), but maybe my wife can drop the flies in the mail tomorrow or the next day if I get the list.

Later.

[jvswan]

OK, Maughan, I checked your UTOF profile, and you don't have a name listed. So, help me out, here... Or, better yet, tell me what kind of vise you tie with, that will probably ring a bell!

Jason

[deolsen]

hey everyone

Im going to send your flies, and send jv swan his too.., and let him send his when he has some time. hope this sounds good to everyone.

thanks Derrick

also steelie I need your address so i can get the flies to you.

hope you all have a good day.

[chanceb]

Hey Derrick,
Just curious if the flies have been mailed?

[chanceb]

Derrick and everyone,
Received flies today. Thanks, to Derrick for hosting the swap and everyone who participated!

[yutafly]

Just received my flies. Thank you everyone.

[Maughan]

Thanks to Derrick and all ya'll who made the flies, they are great.

[seabass]

Thanks everyone,
These flies look great. Can't wait to try them out!

[deolsen]

I need your address so i can get those to you??????????

unless you want to donate to me
lol

anyways let me know

Derrick

[steelie]

I am here! Sorry been out of town for a few days, I would feel like a real dork if I made you send them since I didn't give you any postage, I could swing by and pick them up, or meet you somewhere, let me know if this will work, or whatever. Anything works for me.

[steelie]

Derrick, I'm going on a little trip this weekend, and it would be nice to have a few more new flies in my bag o' tricks, could I swing by your place tomorrow and pick them up? If your at work maybe you could just leave them on the porch or something?

[deolsen]

hey just shoot me an email of your addy and i will drop them off to you ?? since you live way close. i even tried to look you up in the phone book t jensen and it was someone else. lol went to their house and felt really dumb lol..

anyways talk to ya later
Derrick

[joshuahodges]

I wanted to know if there will be another Fly swap or does anyone know any information on the Fly Tying Club of FAR NORTH UTAH that is off this web site because i would like to jump in on that.If anyone wants to Swap Flies I Make a Killer Bead Head Fash Back PT Nymph That Seem To Rape on the Logan and bellow porcupine Latley better Than any Ones I buy At the stores. What Re Some Good Patterns For Black Smith The PT dosnt work to good ther but its ok . Talk to you all later Josh

[chanceb]

Hey Joshua,
Check your email; I sent you a message.

[joshuahodges]

Anyone else in on another Fly Swap of Some sort? Any news on other peoples Flys are they Working for anyone.

[Larry S.]

You will want to attend the Cache Angler meeting tonight at the Water Lab below the 1st Dam(see Teewinot's post on the Fly Fishing Section). Starts at 7pm.

Don't be afraid to introduce yourself. The only one who might bite is Stef.

Hope to see you there.(if you need a ride send me an e-mail)

[joshuahodges]

id like to but i have a trip plannedt to weber tonight see you at the next one for sure though

[jeff benson]

I am just starting to fly fish and am new to Logan Utah. I was wondering if anyone can tell me some good stock flys that I can purchase that will work well in the Logan river. I have heard that blood worm flys are good (very small) but haven't bought any as of yet. I would appreciate any help I can get.

Thanks

[joshuahodges]

Jeff first of welcom to logan. For starters you should come visit the far north tying club tuesday night meet some people on the board that can take you out on the river and see what everyone ties up you can bring your tying stuff if you have any.
The logan river is a great river, for starters get some parachute adams, and phesant tails. i never really fished the logan in the spring like right now but some small BWO's would most likly work well.
If you want to go out over the weekend i think i can fit it in i wouldnt mind hitting the water.
Unlock youur email on the site so people can get a hold of you if you want, or email me. Another great resource is cache anglers we have monthly meetings, that are alot of fun

[Trout4x]

Jeff sent you an email, did you get it?