I will join Rick Z ----- Original Message ----- From: Chapman, Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]@troutnet.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 2:07 PM Subject: [VFB] Most Mermorable Fly Swap - Need more Participants - ONE WEEK LEFT!!!
> > Hello Everyone. > > There is ONLY ONE MORE WEEK to sign up for this swap!!! > > WE NEED AT LEAST 10 MORE PEOPLE!!! > > If you are worried about text, typing, etc, you can fax hand written > stuff and I will retype. > > But, what is most important is that you sign up NOW!! This will be a lot > of fun and I look forward to each participants input on how to make this > type of swap really fun - maybe a web site for participants. - If you > think you get to know participants in a regular swap - think of the > friendships you gain by this type of swap. > > If we have 25 people - we will have a nice 100 page book that you can > treasure for a lifetime. If that is the case I will bind the stories into a > soft copy book.... This swap will be very exciting. I will explore > options in publishing for the group - 24 people and depending upon the > groups interest, we may come up with Volume 1 of a new ICON in fishing > material....(now I am dreaming). [But each participant would receive an > equal percentage of the proceeds...] > > But we will keep it simple and if the group wants to develop something > special we can do that too. > > If you are a world class fly tyer, if you are a world class fisherman, if > you have just started either and have only used a really simple yet > effective pattern, or if you are like me, enjoying the outdoors and my > favorite pastime - THIS SWAP IS FOR YOU!!! > > To all who are sick of this post - just one more week then I will be done. > However for the sake of the participants who have joined, I might extend the > sign up period a week. (So two weeks of this message!!) > > * What makes this fly swap different? Simple - instead of sending a > recipe, I would like each of you to send me the story behind the fly - at > least 4 paragraphs - limited to 3 pages... Send this to me offline and I > will recreate these stories on fly-fishing stationary attached to each fly > when I send them back out to the participants (and I will send you back your > story as well). I will do this at no additional cost. > > When you get the flies, you will also get some nice reading material as > well. Since some stories are very special, I do not think I will post this > on the web for all to see - rather it should be shared with only the > participants. > > I have already begun using Yahoo Groups to maintain email > communication with the swap members - so it will be offline as soon as we > fill it!! > > Here is who is signed up already: > > 1) Roger Cotner - TBD > 2) Jimi Gensling - TBD > 3) Jim Burbank - TBD > 4) Dick ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - TBD > 5) Mike Lipscomb - TBD > 6) Chris Chapman - Chapman Heronfly > > I am looking forward to more of you joining this swap. > > Key Milestones: > > Sign up by 4/15 - Min 15 / Max 24 > Determine Fly Pattern by 4/15 > > Deadline for Flies - 5/15 > Deadline for Fishing Story Text - 5/25 > > Complete swap and send out to all 6/1. > > > DETAILS: > > I have decided to host my first swap. What I think is really neat is that > each of us has many wonderful memories on the water - but I am looking for > that one special moment that to each of you is just so special...and of > course there is a fly at the other end of that memory. > > This swap is for the flies that created these memories. It could be an > instance - or years of constant success with an individual pattern, or an > obscure moment with a fly you doubted could have achieved such results. > > I would like to limit this to 15 participants - but I could open it to 24 if > there is enough interest. > > I am planning to have this swap completed by June 1st - so there is plenty > of time. > > * What makes this fly swap different? Simple - instead of sending a > recipe, I would like each of you to send me the story behind the fly - at > least 4 paragraphs - limited to 3 pages... Send this to me offline and I > will recreate these stories on fly-fishing stationary attached to each fly > when I send them back out to the participants (and I will send you back your > story as well). I will do this at no additional cost. > > When you get the flies, you will also get some nice reading material as > well. Since some stories are very special, I do not think I will post this > on the web for all to see - rather it should be shared with only the > participants. Since no recipes will be given - your "secret weapon" flies > will be safe except for the participant who can reverse engineer it. > > If there is no interest is a swap like this, please tell me. I am in many > other swaps and I won't be offended. > > > I plan to tie a Heron modification which has been the most successful fly in > my fishing lifetime (25 years) throughout NH, Maine, and California - really > the only places I have fished so far. The story I will share will be an > expedition to the Connecticut River in Pittsburg, NH and the incredible > success > this fly and I had last fall. Resulting in a 3.5lb brown - the 100th drift > over the same pool..... > > > > Thanks. > > Chris
