[VFB] 24 hour tyathon - help needed

[Richard Cook]

OK guys, listen up, I am hatching a plan here. There is a fairly local charity which I support and would like to do something 'fairly big' for it. The charity is based in tadworth, Surrey, England and cares for children - I am going to be receiving some more info from them with exact details so I can give more info when I get it.   Anyway, what I was planning is a 24 hour tyathon. I will (try and) stay awake for 24 hours and tie as many flies as I can. I am aiming for about a dozen flies per hour (considering the last few hours may be considerably less especially if I fall asleep!) I will then sell the flies on for a price which is reasonable to all (to be decided) and all money will be given to the charity.   IF, flies were �0.60 each and I did 12 an hour, that makes 240 flies in total, which would make �144.00 in total - that to me sounds like a good sum to raise for the charity.   I therefore want to tie a pattern that is fairly easy to tie (maybe a red superglue buzzer?).   I will talk to the local tackle shop owner about doing 6 hours or so of the tying in his shop where some people may buy them there and then, and raise a bit of awareness etc.   I will pay for all the materials so all money raised will go to charity, none taken back to pay for materials.   OK, so the questions: - is a fairly simple red buzzer pattern likely to be sold? - am I likely to be able to sell all the flies that are tied? - what can I take to stay awake for 24 hours (serious question by the way) - is doing some of the tying in the local shop a decent idea?   - is �0.60 a fair price for the flies?   So many questions, PLEASe help as much as you can so that I can get this worked out even more, dates set, and plans finalised.   I will of course keep you up-to-date with information and will try and get something up on my web page about it.   Kind regards   Chris Cook http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flyfishingworld - E-mail group http://www.geocities.com/flyfishingguru - Main website