That is an awesome collection!!!

Great job guys.  Congrats to Big Bear.  I can wait to give these flies a go and may get a chance to do so the weekend of the 19/20th.

Awesome :)
Thanks for running the swap......loving all the patterns, can't wait to fish them.
ps and to start that journal :)

Thanks so much my friend :)
so with 14 ? new flies going to be in hand should I even bother with the vice now , seeing as I'm going blind lol
I think flies in this selection will put a hook in the jaw for sure..

Great advice Charlie.. We have a very bad history in my family with diabetes .. Thank you, we do have blood sugar testing equipment here and I never even gave it a thought for myself..
Thank you..
 

I need all the saving I can get at this point , lol
Good easy advice though.
So I looked through my boxes . I still have tons of salmon flies , mostly though , brightly colored comets and such geared toward the lower river.
I have a decent selection for mid- upper sections. I feel pretty confident everything will fish and excited to toss out abunch of swap flies . I will fish them hard !!
As for tying more , ah , maybe a 1/2 doz or so olive or brown buggers to supplement . If there is a hot bite on something you guys are using and not working for me then , heck yea I'm not to proud to ask for help .
Thanks guys :)
This swap worked well

I also heard that they will bite on black sponge is that true? But I was told when they do go after the black sponge it's usually with their back or tail sometimes with their fins.

Black sponge flies are the very effective imitations of a species peculiar to the Great Lake tribs, Blottus Nonintelligentsia. Like Clint informed us of, it is normally a sedentary blob-like organism living under discarded trash on the river bed, which during its peak mating season,  rapidly darts about the river trying to attach to anything it can. I'm kind of glad no one included a pattern in the swap, as they are so effective as to make them unsporting to use. I missed 2b's post, I assume he was bringing the fact we didn't have any in the swap to our attention. However,  the flies I offered up can be used as a substitute. Pretty effective when used in the proper, quick darting retrieve.

I never thought of that, the ripping motion is just an effective method of scent dispersant.  Every quick  lift of the rod rings the dinner bell.  Spend enough time on the river and you finally learn the secrets of the pros.

There are days that one color is what they want and why that is so I don't know.

We were hammering September Kings with them back then, but I've seen them used for chrome since then.  And the fly is just a bobtail woolly bugger, a little less action, but maybe more effective at hooking, although when a 12 to 24 lb fish takes a shot at a size 6 fly, what is an extra inch of wiggle?

I hooked a nice largemouth on Keith's helgramite last night. Jumped off, but it got its first sting in!  I jinxed it by telling Wayne to get the camera ready. 

Best of luck, Gerry, I wish i could have have made the trip to OZ.

Ok now I'm getting anxious.. To try my hand with some flies for river action.. I didn't get a package today (my mail sucks) but I didn't catch a river salmon at all last year .. Oops, strike that .. Sorry 3 fan, you hooked me up with that hoe in November :)..
Anyway. Once I get done in the Magical Kingdom next week I will start to gather my river gear together.. Think I'm going to be pretty well set in the fly department.. with the new stuff coming and the masses of old new stock, I'm confident ..
Seen some pics of a few fish caught today, some hoes, kings and chrome.. Lets hope those chrome throw caution to the wind and smash my chitty leaders, lol  Don't worry, I will carry the proper gear for them too :)
Spro ball bearing swivels ROCK !! For the lake, they are $16.00 for 3  :(
Good luck to all that wet a line this weekend.. Only one for me will be a Jet Air-Line
Peace & Tuna 

Wow !!! It seems like Christmas here.. I had to go get a new phone before I jet set and when I got home the post man arrived with the goods :)
Pretty awesome !!! already picked out my first fly to toss .. hint, Fichy hooked a fish with it already..
Really Great job guys and I will work them hard !!! I'm sure you guys will beat me to it but I'm hoping for that first pic (on the river :) of the swap fly !!
 
Thanks to everyone and double thanks to Fichy for putting this all together ..
now I'm really anxious !!!!!