I'm in ! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Desert Eagle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 4:50 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] New Swap Idea
> John, sounds cool, I would be interested. > Jimi > > > 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 > > > > > > ===== > 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!? > Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site > http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ > >
