In my humble opinion, it's not the chat room that makes this list what it is. I have entered the chat room on occasion but have found that the conversation is often controlled by a couple of people. I don't think that this is deliberate - just the way the topic of discussion unfolds.
It is unfortunate that the list has lost some of its interesting characters over time. Maybe they became bored or were looking for greener pastures. I recently re-joined the FF@ list and found it quite different than I remember it. I even asked the FF@ list members what had happened as the e-mail subjects of conversation at the time were primarily coffee, coffee makers, nutella and American/worldwide politics plus some flyfishing and superb photo journals by Dave Lewis. That list has changed too - there is a group of regulars that keep it going but are quite happy to discuss non ff subjects. I found two or three former and some current VFB members there. I suspect that there may be more lurking in the background. Have we run out of interesting FF items to discuss? I don't think so. My own fly fishing club is the same. - The Totem Flyfishers is the first fly fishing club to be registered in BC and is around 40 years old. When I became a member some 26 years ago I was eager to learn from the existing members, some of whom were very knowledgeable. Time has taken its toll and many of the early members have passed away or become too frail to fish like they did. Some of them were real characters and were well respected for their knowledge. Now members complain that the club is not what it used to be. In its early days, the meetings were interesting and exciting because the subjects of conversation were new to us and we had to try the various methods, flies and places out. Now that we have absorbed that information, it is no longer new to us and loses its excitement. The other situation is the people involved. You can't turn back the wheel and reinvent those people that provided interesting information, however some newcomers with some new to us knowledge of certain flies, methods or places would be welcome. My 2 cent's worth Neville (Nev) Gosling Greater Vancouver B. C. Canada -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Anthony Spezio Sent: November 12, 2007 13:11 To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [VFB] I need a rotary vise Dean, Good to see you on the list, seems there are a lot of us lurking. What do we need to get the list going like it used to be. Tony --- Dean Larson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have one on my Renzetti made by the same nice > fellow. Allan I think you were there when Tony made > the one for me. Thanks again Tony > Dean > > Allan Fish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Deb, > >The original one I first made about 15 years ago > was > >for the Renziti Traveler I have. > > The one I have on my Renzetti Traveler was made for > me by a really > nice feller named Tony Spezio! > > Thanks, Tony. > > a. > -- > Allan Fish > Greenwood, IN > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
