Hi, John - That was a great synopsis of the swaps. As a newbie myself I enjoyed reading it. Thanks.
Bill - Perhaps we can arrange a newbie swap. I'm new to fly fishing as well. The swaps seem like a lot of fun but I don't feel like I could really contribute. I'm learning saltwater patterns (I live in South Florida) but I'd love to see different patterns as well. Ken Florida www.snorkelsite.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of John Martinez Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2002 9:02 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [VFB] Great lakes Salmon and Steelhead swap Bill- Since I'm apparently the first one to cruise by your post, I'll take the liberty of answering. Just so you know, I've never hosted a swap but have participated in a few. Basically, here's how they work. 1. Someone will announce a swap and usually name a theme of some kind. May be a general type of fly such as terrestrials or streamers or salmon/steelhead. Or it might be using a particular material such as deer hair as the main material. Or size of fly, no flies larger than a size 18. Or variations on one patterns such as Adams patterns. The list of possible themes is probably endless. 2. The person who announced the swap (known as the swapmeister or host) will set a limit on the number of tiers. Most swaps are 12-20, but there have been swaps with well over a hundred tiers. The host will also set a time limit for signing up and for when the flies are due. 3. People who want to participate will let the host know and tell the host what they're tying. Normally the host won't allow duplicates or flies that are really simple to tie, not fair to others who tie more complicated patterns. Each person will tie as many flies as there are participants plus one or two extra for the host. 4. Flies are mailed to the host in a suitable crushproof container along with sufficient postage for flies to be returned to the sender. Most hosts require that the flies be tagged with the name of the tyer, name of the fly and the tyer's email. They may also ask that a recipe for the pattern be sent along. Some hosts put pix of the flies along with the tyer's name and recipe on a website, some don't. Just depends. 5. The host sorts the flies making sure each person gets one from each of the other tyers and mails them out. That's it. Good clean fun and a chance to get some nice flies from all over the world. BTW, the VFB website also has an explanation of how the swaps work. Individual hosts may introduce some variations, but this is the basic idea. -John Oregon --- Bill Kenton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello all, > I have a question. How do these swaps work? For > those who are just > getting into fly fishing, we have nothing to offer, > but would appreciate the > opportunity to learn from those of you who have been > doing this a while. > Are the flies swapped put up on a site somewhere for > use newbies to see? > > thanks, > Bill > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2002 6:24 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [VFB] Great lakes Salmon and Steelhead > swap > > > > > > Has everyone received their flies? I haven't seen > mine yet. Are > > they lost? > > Dick > > > ===== The River- You passers-by, who share my journey, You move and change,I move and am the same; You move and are gone, I move and remain. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com
