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I really enjoyed this swap too !!
There were some outstanding tiers in this one that produced some world class flies in my opinion
Those look like they could be mine , my eyes and memory are failing more and more each day :chuckle::chuckle:

These are the ones I received , I'm pretty sure they were tied by you Josh .



Tim , I am stoked that you chose one of my flies to swing on your last outing !!
I will tie more for you my brother to try


Mike

 

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That Dee is stunning Tim !!


Mike

 

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X10! I love that that thing! you did receive mine Mike, Hopefully they arent too big for you to feel comfortable fishing them, yours will be getting wet as soon as I have a chance to hit the water!

Very cool Josh !!
The smaller version is the size of fly I usually fish on my home waters .
The larger version does not intimidate me one bit . I will pinch the barb , but may have to "tweek" the gap a bit ... close it . My only concern about fishing HE2 irons larger than #1/0 is the gap . I like to keep the gap to a minimum , that's why you will see in my posts the irons are slightly modified (closed gap) . If you were to compare your large Gardener with a 4" Intruder , the Intruder would be larger , so no , it's not too big for my liking , it will swim :smokin:

I'm stoked you will take mine swimming my friend

Mike