Sounds fun, John. Count me in!
A couple thoughts/refinements occur to me. First, should there be time limit
on having the "movable feast"? Second, some method of accountability, such as
me emailing the swap list when I get and when I send? Third, some sort of
record that goes with the box that shows who took out and put in what and when?
Regards,
Roger Cotner
Grand Haven, Michigan
John Martinez wrote:
>
> Okay, folks, let's get back to our roots. Flies and
> swaps. I just joined a swap on another list I hang out
> on, Westfly, which is a list for ff'ers from northern
> Cal, Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana. Before I
> outline the swap, let me say that the guy who started
> it on Westfly borrowed it from FAOL, so I don't feel
> like I'm plagiarizing his idea. Apparently, the FAOL
> swap started with tying materials, but I'm thinking we
> can do it with flies. The one on Westfly is for flies,
> too.
>
> Let's say, just for example, we start with 10 people,
> each person ties three flies and sends them to me. Out
> of the 30 flies, I take the ones I want and replace
> them with at least the same number I took (or more if
> I want). The flies I put in don't have to be the same
> as the ones I orginally tied and they don't have to be
> all the same. I then send them to the next person on
> the list. That person can take as many or as few flies
> as he wants, but he must replace them with at least as
> many as he takes (or more). He then sends them on to
> the next person who does the same and so on. The
> number of flies in the box will gradually increase or
> at least remain the same while the mix of flies will
> change. Remember, the flies you put in can be totally
> different from the flies you originally tied.
> Theoretically, if no one cheats the box could go
> around perpetually with different flies each time it
> comes to you.
>
> I know this sounds kind of weird, but I think it might
> be interesting. This wouldn't work with any group
> except one like VFB, since it depends on basically
> fair, honest, upright and just plain fine folks,
> exactly the like the ones on this list.
>
> Anyway, if there's any interest in this, let me know.
> If anyone has any suggestion, please say so. Don't
> want to have too many restrictions or rules, would
> like to keep it to trout flies and of course no
> ridiculously easy flies, since it's not fair to
> everyone else. If you think this a crazy idea, don't
> hesitate to say that, too. Once the box has gone
> around a few times, we could, with the vote of
> everyone involved, donate the flies to a cause or
> maybe auction them off and donate the money to TU or
> FFF or or the Boy Scouts or see just how long we can
> keep it going.
>
> Okay, that's it. Please post your responses to the
> list so everyone can get a feel for how this crazy
> idea goes over. If it looks like there might be enough
> interest (I'm thinking at minimum ten people), I'll
> post a deadline and so on.
>
> One last note, 10 participants was just a "for
> instance" kind of thing. I we had say, 25 tiers at 4
> flies each, it would make a real nice variety to start
> out with.
>
> -John
> Oregon
>
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