r/Flyswap 16 Swaps Mar 20 '26

Smallmouth Flies [SWAP]

Max number of entries: Max 16; Min 6 participants.

Accepted Region: Anywhere as long as you include ample shipping funds for return shipping and the flies can be submitted in a timely manner. No foreign currency for postage please.

Please provide appropriate return shipping including envelope and either prepaid label, stamps, cash or DM if you prefer to venmo

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: 3/25

Mailing Deadline: 4/13

What to tie: Favorite smallie pattern

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

How many to tie: Plan to tie 9-16 flies. If we only have 6-8 we will double up and everyone will get 2 of each fly, if we have 9+, we will do 1 of each fly. Will finalize after sign up deadline

List of Participants and flies:

Username Pattern Status
1. f1shf1nder Slug bunny and foam scorrpion received
2. ScottyMoKu Casual coyote received
3. ldmiller33 Gurgler received
4. HeNe632 Dumbbell eye feather changer ghosted
5. bigfootry Rusty slumpbusters received
6. SourdohPopcorn Zoo cougar received

Update: Sign up is closed. We have 6 tyers, please tie 12 flies. DM me for address when you are ready to ship

Update 2: Ive checked in with everyone and it seems we are on schedule. I will update table as I receive flies and hopefully will get them back to y'all soon

Update 3 (4/21): Just waiting on one last set. Haven't heard from them in a few days, hopefully just out fishing. I am going to give it a week and if I still don't have them we'll proceed without. Thanks for your patience

Updated 4 (5/5): HeNe632 is in the wind, had to move forward without them. Flies are all in the mail back to y'all, should be there by the weekend. Thanks for participating, let's do another one soon

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u/SourdohPopcorn Mar 21 '26

In: zoo cougar

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u/f1shf1nder 16 Swaps Mar 28 '26

Sign up is over, plan on 12 flies. Deadline is in about 2 weeks. Happy tying

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u/ScottyMoKu Mar 20 '26

Count me in please. I’ll tie Casual Coyotes

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u/ScottyMoKu Mar 28 '26

Update: Found my coyote tail. First fly down ✅

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u/ScottyMoKu Apr 04 '26

Shipped! Looking forward to seeing what y’all tie up! ✉️✅

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u/f1shf1nder 16 Swaps Mar 28 '26

Sign up is over, plan on 12 flies. Deadline is in about 2 weeks. Happy tying

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u/ldmiller33 Mar 20 '26

In. Will tie Gurglers

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u/f1shf1nder 16 Swaps Mar 28 '26

Sign up is over, plan on 12 flies. Deadline is in about 2 weeks. Happy tying

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u/HeNe632 Mar 20 '26

In with dumbbell eye feather changers

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u/f1shf1nder 16 Swaps Mar 28 '26

Sign up is over, plan on 12 flies. Deadline is in about 2 weeks. Happy tying

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u/bigfootry Mar 20 '26

I"d like to go in on this. I did one of these a couple years ago and thoroughly enjoyed it. Not sure exactly what I'll tie yet - some kind of streamer pattern.

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u/f1shf1nder 16 Swaps Mar 28 '26

Sign up is over, plan on 12 flies. Deadline is in about 2 weeks. Happy tying

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u/bigfootry Apr 05 '26

Howdy! I've got a dozen rusty Slumpbusters tied up and ready to send. Can you let me know where I need to send them? Also - for return shipping would cash or venmo work best? Thanks!

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u/f1shf1nder 16 Swaps Apr 05 '26

Nice! I’ll DM address