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Fly Swap -- Redfish Flies

47K views 335 replies 31 participants last post by  DeepSouthFly 
#1 · (Edited)
Alright, I figured we would start simple and go with redfish flies. Let's get those boxes ready for fall (I don't know about you guys, but the redfish get super aggressive here in the fall). I'll host unless anyone is just really itching to do it. Bear with me if I mess something up.

Guidelines are simple: everyone ties enough redfish flies for all other participants -- all styles permitted and welcomed.

Let's cap it at a dozen participants, list below. Deadline to get flies in has been extended a week due to Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. The new deadline will be Sept. 22. Include a second self-addressed, stamped envelope in your package. Make sure it's large enough to fit a dozen flies to ship back to you. If anyone is worried about flies getting crushed, we can do the whole $5 flat rate box thing too.

Don't be afraid to post some pictures up as you get the flies tied up! Also feel free to tell us the name of the pattern your tying, or give it a name if it's your own design. Or don't, it doesn't really matter.

1. @bryson - Vegas Shrimp
2. @Pierson - Redfish Ritalin variation
3. @crboggs - Foxtrot Mullet
4. @rakeel - simred fly
5. @E-money - slider
6. @DeepSouthFly
7. @Rick hambric - critter
8. @mtoddsolomon - shrimpy thing
9. @MatthewAbbott - micro ep crab variant
10. @WillW - ******* crab or shrimp imitation
11. @blackmagic1 - Boogers
12. @Lmhanagr - copper critter

Swap full -- participants should have incoming PM with my address soon...
 
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#24 ·
View attachment 14789 @bryson put this down for me. Guess call it a critter?? One question for the guys participating... what hook size y'all want? I typically tie this up on a #1.
Whatever you normally tie it on is fine with me. If we start voting on sizes and colors I'm sure there will be way too much variance for the different waters everyone fishes so my vote is to just tie the normal size and color scheme we normally tie.
 
#25 · (Edited)
My advise to you guys is to enter one of your best proven redfish fly or... something cool and good that you know 1st hand that they eat, due to experience (and not hearsay or something you saw on some fly website). Not something you made up or looks cool on the vise that you haven't had any real personal results with it yet. Because in the end, you'll be wasting all these guys time trying out something that will get no results. Think about it. I see a lot of alien food out there, including on the "what are you tying today" thread, that might look cool to you, but annoys or even scares off the fish. Remember, what looks good to you might not look good to the fish.

In my experience over the years is.... There are 2 types of flies out there... Ones that catches fish and ones that catches fly fishermen! ;)

Come on guys.... Do it righteous and you'll get a lot more viewers interested what's being entered in the fly swap, as well as the fishing results once everyone received their flies.

I was going to host one of these fly swaps last winter, but then got tied up. I trust Bryson will do a great job with this fly swap.

Good luck guys and post up pics of whatchu got. ;)
 
#35 ·
I love it and the little patches you buy it in go surprisingly far, much further than a pack of marabou that's for sure.

I recently bought a red american fox tail off of ebay for $10. It's awesome and is very similar to arctic fox, just has more guard hair the further along the length of the tail you go. Either way at $10 I'm going to get more than my money's worth out of it.
 
#45 ·
Looks like the swap is almost full! I still haven't decided what I'll tie. The crab pattern I throw the most around here is probably too flashy for most of y'all, so I don't want to give a pattern only half the people can use.

Definitely an interesting challenge, trying to tie something up that I know works for reds here, but that I think will also work in different waters. I might have to join @bonehead in tying up some gurglers, or maybe just a lightly weighted shrimpy thing.

Are these colors too bright for where you guys fish?
 
#46 ·
Looks like the swap is almost full! I still haven't decided what I'll tie. The crab pattern I throw the most around here is probably too flashy for most of y'all, so I don't want to give a pattern only half the people can use.

Definitely an interesting challenge, trying to tie something up that I know works for reds here, but that I think will also work in different waters. I might have to join @bonehead in tying up some gurglers, or maybe just a lightly weighted shrimpy thing.

Are these colors too bright for where you guys fish?
Not for me! I'll take one of those!!
 
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