sorry for a late comment an this. I was on customer site for a couple of times and was unable to run through all threads while home. And the subject line on this didn't made me to read it earlier. A proof that we should be look a bit more on the subject lines and alter them.....
Anyway, Don's idea with the TUI swap and the mess swap sounds good.
Maybe we do a double swap with 2 swap-meisters: a) a TUI swap (Prost) b) a resulting mess swap.
swap b (the messy one) does not deal with the mess after drinking a couple of beers or coffees, it is about the mess at your tying desks after tying the mess swap flies.
If we can find someone in the US who runs the TUI swap (Keith!!! - ok, is from the UK), I will do the Mess Swap again.
Rules:
The TUI swap master would do the usual swap with the flies, and I get a pic of the participants showing their bench after the work is done. A bottle/glass of your favorite drink, that influenced the fly and tying should be on the bench as well.
I'll make a pdf dokument, showing all flies, the recipes and the benches on which the flies were tied. If I get coasters ore beer mats I would add scans of them as well. Maybe we can add a pic of the tyer.
I would not distribute this document outside the swappers, Unlockers no allowed! The flies and recipes can be shown on my webpage though.
Whatdoyo'allthink?
Rene
DonO wrote:
Nick, Later on you can join one of our TUI fly swaps ( Tying Under the Influence ). Kick back, sip a glass of nice wine, brew, or whatever you like, and crank out some twisted creations, giving a new meaning to 'tying one on'.
As far as Tony's request, wait until you get my package before you send him a fly. It will have some neat stuff for you to work with. Don't worry, I gots lots of stuff. I won't miss it.
Later, when we get your tying station built up, you can submit photos to Rene Zillman for the 'Swap the Mess' photo swap, which shows off our tying benches.
Rene, with all the newbies on board, maybe you should do another round. Nick can do a before-and-after he became a fanatic flytier set.
DonO
