Sounds to me like an awesome idea, please count me in! -Eddie D
From: John Martinez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: [VFB] New Swap Idea
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 12:17:16 -0700 (PDT)
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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