Don't cut yourself short Chris, it is inevitable that any swap will have glitches. For hosting your first swap you took on a challenge and meet it well. You have not only done a great service you hosted a great idea for a swap. From me and my family we thank you we thank you. Now get that new baby a fly rod and start earl. Jimi, Theresa and Amanda
Just a quick note. As all the swappers know, the books are finally done. Nothing like a June 1st original completion date. Now this monkey is off my back, I feel I can now post to the list without guilt. Since this is my first swap, I would like to give other swap meisters some advice: 1) Keep it simple - this swap resulted in a nice Velo bound 62 page compilation of short stories, with color plates showing the flies, people and fishing locations. 2) Do not host a swap if your wife is pregnant and it is your first child. 3) Make sure that international shipments are sent insured or US sent certified if there money >$10 is being sent. 4) Do not think that you can still fish throughout the year unabated by swap commitments 5) Do not think that taking pictures of flies size 16 and smaller is simple with a 2.1 megapixel digital camera 6) And most importantly - unless you want to collate every page manually (UGH!), layout the document in a way that collating pages is simple. I learned a lot on what and what not to do. Because the final work captures the essence of fly fishing, I am still planning on a Volume 2 sometime in the near future... Thanks. Chris
