[Aaron Otto]

Nice work J.

[Aaron Otto]

That is awesome!.

[Aaron Otto]

Flies are in the mail – Stick some pigs!

[Aaron Otto]

Z – it’s likely that it’s IW. The later editions of Complete Angler had Cotton’s addition in them and I could have their contributions confused.

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Zach don’t quote me on this, but I’m going to say it was Cotton – He argued it was immoral to release a fish you’ve tricked of your own fur and feather.

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I’m guessing a thousand drunk men we’re cheering at something topless. How about you turn that picture around for us and post the fish in it :)?

[Aaron Otto]

Flies will be in the mail tomorrow Am. Just got to MPLS.  I got everyone a little piece of AZ from the local fly shop (fly box with AZ Fly fishing Logo on it).  I stuck all the flies and the boxes in my luggage and one box got crushed. Leonard I owe you a fly box, I’ll get you a new one and sent out when I get back home.  Flies are okay, just box lid was cracked into two pieces.   Leonard, your flies will return to you in the Plano you shipped your assortment in.

I also, added a few local patterns here I rely on heavily, a mixed assortment nothing special, but go-to’s for me.  One particular pattern that I would really like feedback on in your home waters is a Shad pattern I included in all your boxes.  They tend to twist a bit around the shank after hookup, but have proven very effective for me anywhere Threadfin are found.  

Finally, the fly I tied for everyone (the No name streamer) is four to five inches longer than the fly boxes. It will be included, however outside the box so don’t throw the package out after you remove the box.  I throw this thing with a ten weight and it really should be hucked with a 12. (as a warning).  

Thanks for making my first swap so easy.

Aaron

PS – no worries on postage.

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Thanks Rich, Zach and Kevin. I’ve printed all of yoru comments and will review the lecture Z.

[Aaron Otto]

Thanks Kevin. Will hold on the saturation slider for a bit. I apprecaite your help!
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[Aaron Otto]

My shot at the origional example, still a little dark..

[Aaron Otto]

Still not liking the colors; Feels a bit off to me and I’m not sure why. Any thoughts anyone?

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[Aaron Otto]

Thanks Kevin. I will keep working on it .  Here’s another one;

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[Aaron Otto]

That is awesome.

[Aaron Otto]

So instead of fishing this weekend I decided to work on this;  Here is the three I’ve tried so far.  Having to use a hybrid of both LR and PS2.  Not there yet; but getting closer…

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Everyone’s Flies are in.

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Another thing I thought about after re-reading this is, I’m usin Ps2 and Lightroom.

[Aaron Otto]

Thanks Z- I truly appreciate you breaking it down for me.

[Aaron Otto]

The color you see in my images is mostly the result of using fill flash properly, setting a low ISO and a slow shutter speed, and adjusting white balance correctly.  White balance is one of the biggest factors in whether an image pops or not.  Your first bass image there could easily look just like mine; it is showing a lot of gray pixels, however.  That’s the kind of subtle adjustment that RAW allows you to make to punch it up.  I am away from my home computer now but I’ll try to remember to show you later.

Zach

Thanks Z, I shoot in Raw 100% – I guess I just don’t have Post skills down yet.

[Aaron Otto]

Scot- Got yours today.

Tim – haven’t seen yours yet.

So far we have;

Scot’s – Wooly Bugger
Mark’s – Zoo C.
Simon’s – Bunny
Bob’s – Glass Minoow
My – No name streamer.

I’ll wait out the weekend and send what I have by mid next week.

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[Aaron Otto]

Seriously Z I know you most likely get told how good your stuff is all the time, but those photos… the color is awesome.

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