Bonefish on the Brain Bonefish and all that relates (maybe a bit about tarpon too).

We are one tier short at this point. Sam… if you are out there, get in touch. Otherwise, I’m going to put the packages together and get them out to you fine, fine people.

That, or I’ll just keep them all for myself and pretend there was no swap… but probably I’ll actually just send them out.

There they are…

The vice has fallen silent and empty… finally.

I finished. A week late, I finished. It was MY IDEA and I was still a week late. Sheesh!

I have a 2 month old… that’s my excuse and it is totally valid.

I am not sure if the rest are in yet. They might be. I’m going to take inventory tomorrow, see if we are all set, and if we are, start putting together the packets to go out.

I kind of forgot to ask for return postage, so I’ll cover that for you fine people and I’ll just add that to the list of other poor decisions I’ve made in my life.

So… hope to be sending them out soon. Thanks to all who have taken part. Good stuff.

I’m insane. Why did I think it was a good time to do a fly swap with a new born? That’s not a sign of a well person.

Luckily, not all the flies are in yet, but I think most are either here, or on the way. Between the baby and my mom’s recent cancer diagnosis, time has been short, but I’m working on it.

Here are some of the flies which have made it to Bonefish on the Brain World Headquarters.

Strong work, gents… strong work indeed.

The first flies are in for the swap… and they look good. I’m looking forward to seeing what the rest look like and I’m also looking forward to finishing my own flies. I’m about 10 in, but next week I have one kid less than this last week, so I may actually get a chance to knock them out.

The flies are starting to arrive.

Three of the tiers have already put their flies in the mail! Damn. That was fast.

I am just getting started. This whole “new baby” thing can really occupy large swaths of free time like a massive high pressure system preventing the skies from production, or vices from production.

I finally sat down and got a few flies tied up tonight. That needed to happen. Now I have some forward momentum. Inertia should do the rest.

This is where it all goes down.

Where bonefish catching plots are hatched.

OK, have 12 guys signed up for the fly swap. Each tyer will need to tie two flies for each person and another couple for an auction box. That means 26 flies! That’s a lot, but I think we can do it.

The auction box will be a Cliff Outdoors Bugger Barn and we’ll auction that off for the Bonefish & Tarpon Trust.

So, let’s get tying. Given the number of flies we all have to tie, I’d suggest we give ourselves a bit of time to do it all by. I’m going to ask for five weeks, Feb. 18th in the mail. You can send updates and photos on the flies you are tying to bjorn@bonefishonthebrain.com and I’ll share those on the blog.

I think they are sexy.

My flies will almost certainly be a variation on the reverse, glass back gotcha I’ve come to love tying so much.

This is who I have in the swap:

• Me
• Patrik Bjurenstal
• Phil Fisher
• Eric English
• Aaron VanderWall
• Kelly Bandlow
• Mark Davis
• Dirk Murray
• Ross Chamberlain
• Pucho
• Glenn A.
• Sam Cuva