Hi Ed-
Just to let you know, I signed up for the Chuck Swap.
Will tie a Chuck Adams Parachute. Your basic P-Adams
with 'chuck fur instead of muskrat. Not very
imaginative, I'm afraid, but an old standby that
should get a fish or two.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to You and Yours.
Good fishing, too.
-John, Denise & Michael
Oregon
--- Ed Engelman/Sue Atkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Woodchuck Swap
>
> Flies Due on Groundhog Day (Candlemas Day), Feb. 2,
> 2002
>
> Maximum number of Swap Participants - 12
>
> Sign-up period ends Jan. 2
>
> All flies must contain hair from woodchuck or a
> close relative from the
> Marmot family.
>
> To sign up for the Woodchuck Swap go to VFS at:
>
http://www.flyshop.com/Bench/Index-frames.cfm?page=swap
>
> According to legend:
> On February 2 the groundhog (woodchuck, chuck,
> marmot etc) peers out of his
> burrow to check the climate. If he doesn't see his
> shadow then spring is
> reputed to be close at hand. However if he is
> frightened by his shadow,
> spring is at least six weeks away.
>
>
> Read More About It
>
> http://www.punxsutawneyphil.com/
> (Your Link to the 02/02/02
> Official Celebration)
>
> http://www.hoghaven.com/ (Good information on
> woodchucks, pictures
> and sound bites)
>
> http://www.stormfax.com/ghogday.htm (The history
> of Groundhog Day and
> its origins.)
>
> http://www.groundhog.org/ (The official site
> of the Punxstawney
> Groundhog Club)
>
>
>
> What better way to celebrate this occasion than with
> a fly swap.
> I like to use materials that are readily accessible.
> I tie with shoe
> laces, dog hair, rubber bands, synthetic dusters,
> candy wrappers, craft
> beads and other foraged materials. The woodchuck
> makes it onto the
> list. Normally thought of as a pest, their
> underground burrows in
> agricultural fields can collapse when farm machinery
> travel over
> them. This can cause injury to the machinery
> operator and damage his
> tractor, hay-bine, bailer etc.
>
> If you would like to participate and are looking for
> a source of woodchuck,
> it can be purchased on line at
> http://www.linesend.com/00/hair.shtml or I
> will swap a patch of woodchuck or rockchuck with you
> for another fly tying
> material.
>
> The pattern I am offering has been productive on
> bass and panfish. It
> substitutes woodchuck for squirrel in a pattern
> originally called
> squirrelly. I have renamed it Route 206.
>
>
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The River-
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You move and change,I move and am the same;
You move and are gone, I move and remain.
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